Donnelle (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jexia) wrote,@ 2007-04-01 21:38:00 |
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We did it; we spent our first night away from the boy. It was desperately needed. I'm so burnt out that lately I look at him sometimes and it just feels like he's an annoying pet that I wish I could shut outside. Yes, yes, Mummy Hell, blah blah. I needed to get away. M has had weeks without him when we've been away, but I've never had a single night off. Add to that eight months of "morning" sickness... my time had come.
Dad came down Saturday morning and fixed the alternator on the car. Woo! He has been awesome lately. We've come a long way in nearly two years. It's his sixtieth birthday tomorrow. Scary. Once the car was fixed, we dropped the boy at Roger and Jodie's, settled him in and headed off.
We went down to Hamilton, for a school-friend of mine's (H) flatwarming. From quiet Catholic school-girl to polyamorous international jet-setter in ten short years :P We checked into the motel (which I recommend, by the way-- nice facilities and the best showers ever) then wandered down. We took Munchkin and Balderdash, and ended up going back to the motel to pick up Settlers.
I met lots of nice people (alasatyr and debxena-- always nice to meet friends of friends by overhearing "Livejournal" and then going "hmm, I know that username... who are you friends with?", as well as invisiblemoose and aj_dot_com) and had a great time. Just like old times, but with new people! Balderdash was terrific fun, such a great bunch of people. H catered from Not Your Mother's Cookbook, so we got to try blue cheese cheesecake and chocolate chilli with cornflake meatballs. You know you're at a geek party when there's multiple versions of Munchkin, and you have a group gathered around the computer suggesting youtube searches, which lead us to the either profound or profoundly weird sockbaby. Later entertainment included eye toy games. When we were down to the last four people (shush, we were making the most of our freedom!) there was Singstar. I thought it was fun, but I was pretty tiddled tired by then!
Stumbled back to the motel around 2am, where the Coke portion of the Bacardi and Cokes caught up with me and I lay awake for most of the night. *eyeroll* The customary McD's for breakfast, along with the customary McD's being incompetent and continually giving our ordered BLT bagel away to other people, and we delivered the required dose of salt and fat to H's house for hangover cure. Drove out of Hamilton for half an hour, then back in to pick up my bag which I'd left at H's, and then back out...
X cried for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. He was very very glad to see us and has been basically attached at theboob hip ever since. I left him in bed with M while I ducked out to the loo, and he started to cry "Mummy gone, Mummy gone", so I'm thinking it's not something we'll do again soon. He'd probably be much happier if someone stayed with him here rather than him at their house, but we're in no rush. Just knowing that the option exists makes a big difference. I feel... revitalised, despite the tiredness. I've not been a proactive or patient parent lately; my tank has been too empty. Bacardi A break has filled it again. I had a great time.
I've been needing one of these
No responsibilities
I've been needing one of these...
Saturday
-- David LaMotte
Dad came down Saturday morning and fixed the alternator on the car. Woo! He has been awesome lately. We've come a long way in nearly two years. It's his sixtieth birthday tomorrow. Scary. Once the car was fixed, we dropped the boy at Roger and Jodie's, settled him in and headed off.
We went down to Hamilton, for a school-friend of mine's (H) flatwarming. From quiet Catholic school-girl to polyamorous international jet-setter in ten short years :P We checked into the motel (which I recommend, by the way-- nice facilities and the best showers ever) then wandered down. We took Munchkin and Balderdash, and ended up going back to the motel to pick up Settlers.
I met lots of nice people (
alasatyr and debxena-- always nice to meet friends of friends by overhearing "Livejournal" and then going "hmm, I know that username... who are you friends with?", as well as invisiblemoose and aj_dot_com) and had a great time. Just like old times, but with new people! Balderdash was terrific fun, such a great bunch of people. H catered from Not Your Mother's Cookbook, so we got to try blue cheese cheesecake and chocolate chilli with cornflake meatballs. You know you're at a geek party when there's multiple versions of Munchkin, and you have a group gathered around the computer suggesting youtube searches, which lead us to the either profound or profoundly weird sockbaby. Later entertainment included eye toy games. When we were down to the last four people (shush, we were making the most of our freedom!) there was Singstar. I thought it was fun, but I was pretty Stumbled back to the motel around 2am, where the Coke portion of the Bacardi and Cokes caught up with me and I lay awake for most of the night. *eyeroll* The customary McD's for breakfast, along with the customary McD's being incompetent and continually giving our ordered BLT bagel away to other people, and we delivered the required dose of salt and fat to H's house for hangover cure. Drove out of Hamilton for half an hour, then back in to pick up my bag which I'd left at H's, and then back out...
X cried for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. He was very very glad to see us and has been basically attached at the
I've been needing one of these
No responsibilities
I've been needing one of these...
Saturday
-- David LaMotte
