Downs
- Calvin seems to have finally reached the separation anxiety phase. Ok, I know I was worried he hadn’t gotten there sooner. However, now it is more difficult to pass him off to random strangers when I do things at church.
Ups
- Went to the library after church and picked up Mine Till Midnight and Seduce me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas. Previously, I had read Tempt Me at Twilight not realizing at first that it was the third in the series. I enjoyed it so I’m hoping I’ll like the first two also. It’s always nice to have a good stockpile of historical romances in my “to be read” pile since they do the best job of relaxing me enough to sleep at night.
Cute Calvin Moment
- Today was my first day back doing slides at church since I went into the hospital a year ago. I’ve been putting off getting back on the schedule because I wasn’t entirely sure how I was going to juggle it and Calvin at the same time. However, by now I have a reasonable number of people I know who will watch Calvin while I do other stuff. While I had arranged for someone to take care of Calvin during church, I hadn’t thought to get someone for Sabbath School time which is when the praise songs are practiced. I decided to take my Beco carrier to church and see how long I could keep Calvin happy while carrying him on my back. It worked beautifully. Calvin clung to my back the entire time like a little monkey just as happy as could be. Having him on my back meant that I didn’t have to worry about him tumbling down the stairs or getting in my way while I worked on the computer. Plus, it was kind of nice to have him cuddled so close. The only problem I ran into was I couldn’t feed him his bottle while he was on my back. Maybe they need a camelbak apparatus for babies.
Simplification
- I didn’t have the energy to put up much Christmas stuff this year. All I put up was a couple of Christmas stockings and our Christmas wreath. The Christmas wreath is decorated with ornaments and is my Christmas tree substitute as we don’t have the room for even a small tree. In spite of the sparseness of the decorations, I didn’t get around to packing them up until tonight. You think I would have learned my lesson since I procrastinated last year and ended up in the hospital the day before I was planning to take down the decorations. In any case, our house has finally moved out of the Christmas season.