Downs

• I accidentally ruined Calvin’s morning nap. Often, he’ll wake up for a couple of minutes 20-30 min into his nap. He’ll cry a little bit and then settle down and go back to sleep. Today, he woke up shrieking. It sounded like he was in real pain so I bounded up the stairs and cuddled him in the rocker by his bed. Well, he might have been in real pain, I can’t really say. However, he quickly recovered and decided he wanted to play with mommy instead of going back to sleep.

Ups

• This is the first day since Wednesday that Calvin didn’t require an outfit change due to various bodily secretions.
• I mostly got back into my normal routine. I had a dentist appointment today so I didn’t work as much but other than that, everything appears to be back to normal. Hopefully it will stay that way.
• Yesterday, we got a babysitter and Jaeger and I went to Costco and then hung out at a Starbuck’s reading before heading back home. It was nice to get out and not have to worry about Calvin.

Simplification

• Yesterday, I reorganized our fiction bookshelves. We’ve been running out of room on our “favorites” bookshelf downstairs so I had to move some of those book upstairs. Unfortunately, I was also out of room upstairs which is a little sad since we got 2 large bookcases just last year. Part of this is probably due to the massive book buying binge I went on a couple of weeks ago. It’s dangerous to be employed at the library since we get a very nice discount on books. In any case, it was time for a weeding project. I discarded 27 books which gave me just enough room for the books from downstairs.

Calvin Moment

• Some of the books I discarded were in such bad shape that I didn’t think they were even good enough for the thrift store. Originally, I was going to give them to Jaeger to take to the hard-to-recycle place in Boulder. However, it occurred to me that Calvin might like playing with them. I was right. Calvin had a blast opening the books, trying to turn the pages, and moving them in and out of the box. Some of the books were pretty thick and probably weighed a couple of pounds. It was really funny to watch Calvin holding these books with two hands like he was using them for weight lifting.

Food Diary

• Breakfast – Oatmeal with peaches and soymilk
• Lunch – Cliff Mojo bar, triscuits and cheese and bread
• Snack – 2 pieces of dark chocolate
• Evening Snack – 2 cookies