Today: A Good Day

Today, like most days, I spent a good hour on the phone with Amy, who might be the most empathetic, real, and funny-as-hell person that I know. Which is why I talk to her daily. She sent me the link to her new blog, and in not so many words, told me to get off my ass and update mine. Which I am now doing. Reason #1 that Today is a Good Day.

Also, I got to take a shower. A few weeks ago, when I was first home from the hospital with Roarke, I recall smugly saying to my mother, "I really don't get those women who say that they can't find time for a shower everyday once they have children. How can you NOT find ten freakin' minutes for a shower." Now, I said this at a point when Roarke was sleeping twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes everyday, and when both my mom and my husband were home to keep an eye on the little guy while I indulged in personal hygiene.

Fast forward to yesterday. I did technically take a shower. I mean, I stepped into the shower and got my hair wet. That was as far as I got. Roarke started screaming his adorable little head off, and I was forced to bolt from my liquid heaven to assure myself that Luna wasn't chewing his face off. For the record, Luna is the most placid dog on the planet (well, that's a stretch). But she is completely in love with Roarke and would never hurt a hair on his head. Anyway, back to the point. I hurriedly donned a bathrobe, pulled my sopping hair back, and picked up the babe. And didn't put him down again for the rest of the day, because if I did his head might explode from the piercing nature of his own shrieks. By the time Sean got home, I was so fried that I couldn't take a shower, I couldn't eat dinner, I couldn't do anything but slip into a protective coma, of sorts. Oh, and cry. A lot.

But TODAY, TODAY--well, if one can look past the 4am explosive pooping/peeing/puking episode, Roarke has been asleep in his swing for over an hour, I actually got to SHAVE MY LEGS and DRY MY HAIR, and I ate a PB&J. That I had time to make. Oh, and I wrote this. So, you see, today is a good day.