I won't lie - today was a grande pity party for me. Dunno what set it off - can't really pinpoint one thing. Just nothing was going to make me happy. But what can ya do? You put one foot in front of the other, make your to-do list and keep on going. Toilets ain't gonna scrub themselves - although I am wondering if Nathan is old enough to pressed into manual labor.
I did manaage to get several things done on the to-do list - the aforementioned bathrooms and grocery shopping and culling out his clothes that won't fit him this winter. He's finally conceded to wear long pants - I had to turn the heat on today.
We also started the grand rebuilding of the Lego "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull" project. So every nook and cranny was search for lego parts. Now, I know for a fact we are missing one of the original unique pieces. But I figure with over 40 different lego sets big and small, we could probably rob Peter to pay Paul. So all 40 sets are now in a big heap in the living room. Eric would probably have had a conniption fit at all the little pieces every where, but oh well. This is not a one day project. Of course, this was supposed to be a "joint" sorting project.... seems like Mommy's the better sorter, and therefore needs to do most of the work.
Skyped with Eric twice today. Was nice that it was the weekend for me, so he could call during his daylight hours. Looks like he's hauled out about half of the stuff the previous occupant left for him. They're still getting their operation set up, but he seemed pretty pleased with what they've done so far.
He and Nathan had a staring contest through the webcams. I know Eric's happy to see me, but let's face it, I won't appreciably change in the next year. Different sotry for Nathan. The webcams are really for the two of them to keep connected. Nathan admitted tonight that he almost started to cry when we dropped Eric off (of course, he was in full-fledged tears actually), but he did say that he was a little sad Eric was gone. (Of course, he calls him 'nutball' and 'eric loser pants' while the camera's on. Just a different kind of love, I guess).
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