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August 18, 2003
So sorry for the delay, a nasty stomach virus struck us down in our house this last week. It started last Saturday night. Alex and I were staying the night at my parents house since we got back late from a day trip, well I woke up to a sick little one at midnight, sick all over the bed we were sharing. Poor guy was so upset. Then all say Sunday he would urp up everything that went in his mouth. Luckily water was kept down, but anything else his body just refused. Sunday night started the other end, and that didn’t stop till Wednesday. But then I started on Thursday night with it. YUCK!!! Alex of course thought it was super funny that mommy didn’t have the luxury of a pull-up and had to run to the potty every time. Needless to say potty training has been on the back burner a bit. :O)
I was having a very hard week last week, I was sad, lonely and depressed. Casey was out of town on business and Alex and I were both sick. I also realized that I really don’t have as many close friends as I thought, and none of them can even come close to relating since they are all single and childless. It can be really frustrating to realize that you’re basically alone in the friendship department. The friends I do have, really don’t seem to count our friendship as dear or as important as I do. I felt neglected and alone. Plus I think I was PMSing. :O)Then comes Saturday and I am at an event listening to a fabulous person speak and she asks us if we are surrounding ourselves with the people we most want to be like. My answer was No. I don’t want to be single, or childless, or different then me, but that is what all my friends are. I like being a mother and wife. She said that some people experience inner conflict when their real lives and the lives of those around them do not mesh. No wonder I have been upset! I kept trying to compare my fabulous life to these singletons, and was frustrated. So I spent the rest of my weekend being happily aware that I am married and a mommy. I will still keep my single friends as friends, but I need to find some Moms to bond with. Because honestly how much is a singleton going to relate to Rotavirus or potty training triumphs when they only have bars, cosmos, and single lives in mind. Some day maybe we will be able to connect on those topics, but for now I am not expecting much any more. That just might be the trick.
Talk to you all soon! Love and Huggles and mommy vibes to all that need them.
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