Hey, Look What I Can Do!
As go about the business of get back into my groove, all the little things I can do, things that I took for granted before I suddenly had a 2yo living in my house, begin to occur to me. Here are just a few:
1. Leave my phone (my glass of water, my reading glasses, my computer) on the hearth.
2. Put my grandmother's blue cut glass genie bottle back on the kitchen island and my grandmother's blue fruit bowl back on the dining table.
3. Take the doorknob covers off the office, the guest bathroom, the laundry room, my bedroom, the utility room, and the kids' bedrooms.
4. Put the cushions back on the dining chairs.
5. Take the locks off the kitchen cabinets.
6. Put the nightlights back in the outlets.
7. Put the books back on the bottom shelves.
8. Get my new treadmill out and start using it again without fear of finding crunched crayons under the belt.
9. Leave the door open when I exit a room.
10. Put my iHome back in the dining room and listen to music while I work.
11. Take the step stool out of the bathroom and get rid of the tub toys.
12. Put the sandstone coasters (the few left unbroken by the 2yo) and a few knick-knacks back on the occasional tables.
13. Put the DVDs back into the TV cabinet.
14. Leave the house whenever I want to--go walk at the track, work out at the Y, do my grocery shopping, have lunch with a friend, attend writers' meetings--without having to line up childcare.
15. Write as late as I damn well want to.
16. Swear without fear of having my words immediately parroted.
18. Put Mr Robin's meds back into the bathroom drawers.
19. Sit on the porch by myself.
20. Clean windows, dust and polish furniture, and scrub the wall under the handrail, and expect them to still be clean an hour later.
21. Keep pens and markers at hand without worring that they'll be used to scrawl on the walls the instant I turn my back.
22. Put away the toy box and expect that the living room will still be neat the next time I walk in.
23. Put something down and expect to find it right where I left it.
24. Talk on the phone without being constantly and rudely interrupted.
25. Watch a TV show or movie without interruption.
26. Sleep through the night.
27. Fold laundry without "help" from a 2yo.
Well, that list could go on forever, but you get the idea. This is really going to take some time to get used to...
1. Leave my phone (my glass of water, my reading glasses, my computer) on the hearth.
2. Put my grandmother's blue cut glass genie bottle back on the kitchen island and my grandmother's blue fruit bowl back on the dining table.
3. Take the doorknob covers off the office, the guest bathroom, the laundry room, my bedroom, the utility room, and the kids' bedrooms.
4. Put the cushions back on the dining chairs.
5. Take the locks off the kitchen cabinets.
6. Put the nightlights back in the outlets.
7. Put the books back on the bottom shelves.
8. Get my new treadmill out and start using it again without fear of finding crunched crayons under the belt.
9. Leave the door open when I exit a room.
10. Put my iHome back in the dining room and listen to music while I work.
11. Take the step stool out of the bathroom and get rid of the tub toys.
12. Put the sandstone coasters (the few left unbroken by the 2yo) and a few knick-knacks back on the occasional tables.
13. Put the DVDs back into the TV cabinet.
14. Leave the house whenever I want to--go walk at the track, work out at the Y, do my grocery shopping, have lunch with a friend, attend writers' meetings--without having to line up childcare.
15. Write as late as I damn well want to.
16. Swear without fear of having my words immediately parroted.
18. Put Mr Robin's meds back into the bathroom drawers.
19. Sit on the porch by myself.
20. Clean windows, dust and polish furniture, and scrub the wall under the handrail, and expect them to still be clean an hour later.
21. Keep pens and markers at hand without worring that they'll be used to scrawl on the walls the instant I turn my back.
22. Put away the toy box and expect that the living room will still be neat the next time I walk in.
23. Put something down and expect to find it right where I left it.
24. Talk on the phone without being constantly and rudely interrupted.
25. Watch a TV show or movie without interruption.
26. Sleep through the night.
27. Fold laundry without "help" from a 2yo.
Well, that list could go on forever, but you get the idea. This is really going to take some time to get used to...
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