Trailer for sale or rent...

My head is a very scary place. And if you can identify that title, you're old, too.

Poor L. had a funky day today. I'm still not sure what was wrong, but she was definitely not herself. She crawled in bed with us at around 4 this morning, after having a bad dream. She went right back to sleep, but that's the first time in ages she has done that! I dropped her off at my mom's and went to work this morning, as usual, and she seemed okay--a little pale and rough looking though. My mom called a couple of hours later to ask if she was okay, as she went to sleep on the couch there. She NEVER does that. My child, since birth, has been able to go without sleep and doesn't crash or nap like normal people do when they are tired. She didn't look good and wasn't acting herself at all. I left work, came and picked her up, and then finished my work from home. She was just 'off' all day, so I'm hoping tomorrow will go better for her.


I spent the weekend working on the basement. I got the rest of the office carpet ripped out, the floor scraped and cleaned, and laid the new carpet tiles down. They look really good. except the three missing tiles. I went to Menards to get an additional two boxes, but they only had one in the right color (of course). I was three shy of being able to finish. The naked spots are well hidden for now, and I will have to troll Menards every week until they get more in. Once that was finished I started the grand task of getting the office area cleaned, organized, and put back together. As I always do when I start these projects, I felt compelled to continue on and clean, organize and rearrange the rest of the family room. I'm still working on that. Luciana's craft area/desk is a nightmare, so I'm trying to sort through that mess and try yet another means of organization in hopes that she will keep the area tidy. I do this about once a year. It never works, but I must be an optimist or incredibly slow, because I keep thinking, surely this time it will work. I hope to be finished and have perfect order downstairs by the end of the week. It will probably look great this weekend--but not for too much longer than that.


I really thought when I started my basement project that I would have it finished by Sunday night. I ALWAYS grossly underestimate our household projects, by days or weeks, not just hours! This amazes me, because in my career, I am pretty damn good at estimating. I have to estimate how long it will take to develop large, major software applications. I have no problem doing this and am almost always within my estimate. This skill clearly doesn't translate beyond software development. I'm not sure why.


M. is still MIA for the most part, due to the long hours of the plant sale. L. is missing him intensely and had a really rough weekend without having 'daddy time'. He will finally get a day off the weekend of the 20th, after working full-time plus for 19 days.


Since my naughty little baby girl can obviously read my mind, she intuited that I was hoping to re-do my dining room soon (soon, in terms of our household project schedule, means in 6-12 months). She decided to help me get an early start by stripping the wallpaper off for me. I'm sure it was done out of sheer kindness and a desire to contribute something to the household. Or it's possible that it's because she ran out of caulk to rip off, as we haven't yet replaced the windows and tub caulk she removed.


Here she is on her cat tree having fun playing with her mommy, Hallie.