Graceful Parenting in Austin

I waved to my neighbors. It was completely dark with just a little light from a street lamp. They were going for a walk. It was late for a walk. It was also late for a drive. I wondered if they could see my robe and slippers.

I wondered if it would be strange to get in a car accident and be caught in my robe in slippers. Well, if it was a serious accident I probably wouldn’t care what I was wearing. But what if it was a fender bender and the guy in the other car wanted me to get out of the car and trade information? That would be worse. Wait, no, not worse than a serious accident. Maybe I should just not get in an accident tonight. It would make getting Baby Girl asleep that much harder…

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You hear about the famous bloggers who have thousands of subscribers and make forty grand a week, like my first blog crush, the Queen of Spain. My world has been only slightly different than that. My rewards come in the form of Huggies coupons and free tickets to a kids ballet if I write about it. (I totally would have gone to, if I didn’t have a conflict. It looks like a ton of fun.) Valuable rewards to be sure, but less handy when paying the bills.

That is, until today. My little known blog is finally starting to pay off in ways I couldn’t have imagined. Check this out…

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I’m not a tell-all blogger, I don’t share the deepest, most personal struggles in my marriage or the most embarrassing thing my 11-year-old did at school or how my relatives make me crazy. My in-person relationships are more important than my blog and I’ve got to save something for my tell-all book, right? But this all changes today. I’m willing to give up my Biggest Blog Secret Ever to you for just $10.

DON’T READ THE REST OF THIS POST IF YOU DON’T HAVE $10 TO GIVE ME.

Legal notice: Reading past this paragraph indicates your agreement to pay $10 for reading the Biggest Blog Secret Ever. No returns or exchanges. Not valid for those under eighteen or those residing in California.

If you are ready, only if you are fully committed, here it is…

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I was back at work last week, working from home, but as busy as I’ve ever been at work, especially since Baby Girl got sick again and then a hurricane hit Houston, where my family lives, so they were all in Austin, spending a lot of the time at my house. When is a girl supposed to blog?

Random thoughts…

- Remember when I thought Baby Girl might have been switched with another baby at the grocery store because she was SOOOOOO fussy? Good news and bad news. The good news is that she was on a new medicine to help with her wheezing and some babies are sensitive to it. It’s hard to ask her for details, but it could have been upsetting her stomach. The day after we stopped the medicine, she was less fussy and she’s been less fussy ever since. The bad news is that she still wants to go outside a lot of the time and some of the fussiness was more about her learning to walk and being independent and less about the medicine. But it isn’t all the time, just now and then and we can handle that.

- We have an offer on our rental house. We are past inspection, waiting on the appraisal and the buyer’s financing. It will feel good to have it sold.

- I’m still fascinated by Sarah Palin. I enjoyed this Saturday Night Live skit.

- I might be fascinated by Sarah Palin, but I’m in LOVE with Tina Fey. She is my super-double-extra-shot-of-Blossom. She is a writer and I love writers. She is funny and smart and successful. She is kind of awkward, like me, but she wears it well, which I hope to one day. I also hope to have lunch with her. I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about celebrities or which ones I want to have lunch with, but Tina Fey is my #1 dream lunch date. #2 and #3 are Dolly Parton and Jeff Tweedy. OK, maybe I think about it some.

Those are all my thoughts for today. Hope y’all had a great weekend. Talk with you again soon.

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I haven’t worn shoes for two weeks. Bed rest is over tomorrow. But Blue Eyes and I were thinking, since I’m able to walk around and sit up lately, that I could do these things while eating dinner at Threadgill’s. I had to find my shoes, they felt strange on my feet. I had to find my purse. I haven’t needed money for a while. I walked out to the car and it felt strange to leave the 1200 square feet of my house. Everything seemed new.

A vegetable plate, talking with Blue Eyes, watching Baby Girl walk around. It was a good night.

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