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Resolution for 2008: to never have Christmas, a Masters assessed essay and a new born baby all at once ever again.
Christmas – let’s pass lightly over the six hour Christmas dinner preparation, vomit, dudelet’s complete lack of interest in his main present in favour of a box of tablets to make your bath water different colours and dudelette’s ongoing preference for sleeping in daytime and feeding at nighttime and focus on the positive.
- dudelette is putting on weight bang in the middle of the scale
- she enjoyed her first Nick Cave record this morning, much to dudelet’s delight (he still refuses to listen to ANYTHING except Nick Cave and the Arcade Fire)
- dudelet continues to be utterly fascinated by her (”Say hello to your big brother! WAKEY WAKEY” “Er, I don’t think her fingers should bend back that far…” “But she likes it!”)
- dudelet has taught himself to write Japanese. Seriously. I asked him and he told me he was writing Japanese. And the strange and delicate little marks he was making would do credit to a Heian lady calligrapher’s grass hiragana
- supermum is knitting me a scarf, though dudelet seems to have resigned himself to my appropriation of his. Yes, I steal the clothes off the backs of my children
And now that that dreadful death march of an essay is finished, I might even get to read a few blogs…
I’m getting a Tom Baker Dr Who type scarf knitted for me by someone i work with.
I’m rather excited about it.
So, in January you’re taking it easy? Right.
Dudelet’s writing Japanese, and my son was going around writing little 4’s on things the other day, because “that’s the address of his nightstand.” Where do these minds come from?
Those “box of tablets to make your bath water different colours” are so facinating, really. I would prefer them over anything else anyday too :)
Several walls in our home have mysterious letters written on them in various colours – “Ch – S – R – An” Just yesterday we found out its the 9 year olds doing! Why? She doesn’t know…
And I can’t knit to save my life.
Glad to hear the worst of the horror is behind you, and you can move forward. I wish you lots and lots of time-appropriate sleep for 2008.
Congratulations on being a double father, with double…joy.
If you want to do some serious reading in the Buddhist section I’ve just linked to the Shasta Abbey site where the entire Shobogenzo, Dogen, has been published. It’s a days downloading but worth it no doubt.
I stopped by because I noticed somebody had traveled over from your site to mine recently. I guess formal meditation practice is a distant memory.
That’s my kind of resolution – eminently doable.
Dan, Tom Baker was always my favourite Dr Who. I just can’t quite get into the current version, though. Possibly because supermum hisses, “God, his facial expressions are so irritating!” every time David Tennant comes on.
Henitsirk, I wish I knew. And I wish I could move there.
Achelois – writing on walls had consequences for someone in the Old Testament. Can’t remember who off-hand. The tablets are from the early learning centre. He actually had two baths, both before bedtime. Cleaner than he’s ever been in his whole life!
Charlotte – thank you! Sleep – dudelette and dudelet have other plans…
Mugo – Lovely to hear from you. Not such a distant memory (though regular practice is, admittedly) but certainly a daily part of my thoughts and reactions. Have downloaded the Shobogenzo – what an achievement! – and will post a link in a later post.
Anna – more resolutions in subsequent post, I’m afraid!
I think it’s sooooooooooooooooo cool that your kids like Nick Cave! They have very good taste!
Addendum: The tablets came from boots.