Reading, Baby Talk, Super Bowl

I haven't posted anything for a while it seems like. I have lots of things on my mind to write about, and there are always things going on around here, but it seems like by the time I have a minute to sit down and write about it, I just don't have the energy.

Update on the Powerball lottery from the last post. We didn't win anything! Can you believe it? We bought $3 worth of tickets even! Shocking. In the words of the great Motley Crue... If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

I've been reading Pride and Prejudice this week, and I love it so much! I was required to read it in high school, but I hated it. I never finished it, never picked it up again, never saw any of the movies. I hated all the British lit we read in high school, actually, except for Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew. I probably read a total of 5 books in high school out of the 20 or whatever that I was supposed to read. I'm so glad that I finally picked it up again, and can't believe it took me this long to do it, but I'm still not giving Ethan Frome or Beowulf another chance anytime soon.

I had a work thing that I had to make an appearance at the other night, and while I was there I had a chance to talk with some of my co-workers about trying to juggle work and family and the different struggles. It was so nice! For some reason, most of the people I know are stay-at-home moms, people with no kids, working moms of older children, moms who work part-time... and there are lots of common things we can talk about as moms, but some of the particular day-to-day struggles for us are different. I have a few friends who are working moms with my family situation, but I really don't talk to them very often, so this just really was so therapeutic for me to talk to other people and have them struggling with the same challenges. And one thing that I have really thought about over the last few months is how grateful I am for a husband who is a full-on partner in parenting and house keeping and cooking and all that jazz. There's no way I could do the things I want and need to do if he wasn't. I signed up for a writing class on Tuesday nights and Sean just said, "OK, we can handle it," without blinking an eye. I ended up dropping the class for about 5different reasons, but it's so nice to know that I have support. Because man do I need it. I am not an organized or efficient person, and would be a wreck if it weren't for Sean.

Lexi is starting to talk a little bit more and it's pretty cute. They call her Lulu at the daycare (I call her Lexi Loo, so they call her Loo or Lulu) and she pronounces it Yuyu. She's called her blanket "mommy" for about 5 months now and I haven't corrected her because I think it's cute, but I noticed she hasn't been saying it as much lately. She's going through that stage where they love to read books and you have to keep reading them over and over, and you start dropping them over the side of the chair thinking that you're being so sneaky and subtle and they won't notice, and then they go "UH-OH!!" and go retrieve them, so you have start kicking them under the couch when they aren't looking.

Sean's dad and grandpa came over and watched the Super Bowl. It was fun, but too bad our team didn't win. I thought they were going to pull it off. I ate way too much. Sean made some super fabulous brownies, and I've eaten like 10 of them since last night. Argh.

Well, off to make a lunch for tomorrow, find something to wear, finish my homework....