Well, we survived!
On Monday, I cleaned all her NB clothes out of her drawers in the nursery (sniff! sniff!) while she enjoyed her mobile (she’s finally noticing it!). Then we went to pick up my neighbor from nursery school. When we got home, she napped while I made turkey stock out of the Thanksgiving leftovers and did some mail. Then we packed up Rio and took her to the park for our first ever “just the three of us” walk. Which went really well. We stopped at the grocery store on the way home and picked up some bay leaves (I was out) for the stock, and I grabbed a package of muffins as well, which I made when SB got home. We had leftovers for dinner, as that’s what you do the week after Thanksgiving.
On Tuesday, I went to the dry cleaners with all our winter coats, since the temperature has dropped a ton in the past week and Sailor Boy need his wool coat for the first time this year. I bundled up the lil’ bit and we took Rio down to the park for a big long hike (my first since I was about 8 months pregnant). She slept for about 2 of the 3 miles, and then for the better part of the next hour in the car, as I went to a new mom class. After that, we went to lunch with some other new moms. I got a chance to chat with Carrie in the afternoon (yay, “work”) and we brainstormed some stuff for our books. We both have a bunch of short stories to write in the coming months. Then I cleaned hte kitchen. Then I went out with a friend and had my first martini since January (yay! Martinis!) Since it was my first, unfortunately, it threw me for quite the loop, and I went to bed early.
Goals for the day: Walk Rio again (providing it’s not too rainy and Rio is feeling okay — see below). Call insurance company (some moron scraped up my left rear bumper in a parking lot some time this weekend). Call vet (Rio’s been limping on her front left paw and I can’t figure out what part hurts). Go to Post Office (for reals). Make more turkey stock (I couldn’t fit the whole carcass in the crock pot). And maybe, just maybe, do some actual writing work. After all, it’s December now.
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