And We Press Onwards.

I've been mostly writing on the weekends-- or on the cusp of the weekends-- since that seems to be the time when my mind is mostly in order.  I say mostly because I have been lacking a good amount of order and decisiveness in my week which amounts to a lot of staring into space at the end of the day.  It is my free time, but dang it if I can make a good decision about how to use it these days.  For me, it has been one of the  only differences between having one or two children.  With Sam, I was still capable of a good amount of focus and energy at the end of the day-- I also worked part-time up until Augie came  home, which makes me think maybe I should start doing that again. 

I am sure fatigue has something to do with it.  I am also quite sure that the dynamic of brothers and all their violent love for each other has a little to do with it.  They tap me out, Man. 

Generally speaking, I can muster a little stick-to-it-edness on the weekends and so here we are:  Friday and full of determination.  (And if Tuesday's election results aren't going to kick me into gear, I don't know what will.**) 

Miss Four is having a little shindig this afternoon and Sam picked out the greatest/creepiest book for her-- Fairy Houses and Beyond.  I don't know if Amy is going to like me more or less after she sees it.  The pictures are kind of crazy from a technical standpoint and we probably should have gotten her the first one, since the  "Beyond" part makes it sound like you stepped in the middle of something.  Seriously though, I can get down with a good fairy house and their website is somethin' else.  Do you have a fairy house?  I need to get Sam on this STAT, before he get even more gender specific with his play

We made her a flower crown, too, from my stash of fake flowers.  I wouldn't say that I'm the sort of person to have a stash of fake flowers, but there you go.  They make sweet little bouquets that get the preschool set all excited.  Plus, they are cheap to make and they last forever (I'll admit, the forever part is creepy in the whole save-the-planet sort of way).  

Other girlie gifts in the same vein:  The eeBoo catalogue is very, very nice.  We got the paper dolls (they are actually the vinyl sticker kind) for another birthday party this weekend and the Sketchbook/Pencil page is also quite good.  Spending a half hour at a toy store looking at all this stuff is about as girlie as I'm able to get these days.

** And now for Tuesday.  It was a good, good day and I am still surprised at how quickly it all happened-- surprised and so relieved.  There is so much to be done and murky results would have wasted so much time.  This whole Proposition 8 business is no good however, and I'm devastated that fear and misinformation won out in  Arkansas, where single parents will be denied the opportunity to adopt or provide foster care to children who need safe and loving adults in their lives.  I feel like we should be able to do better than that. 

But back to Friday.  I've got work to do.