Weekend

What an odd weekend. I still can’t figure out what day it is. Sunday, really? Friday felt like a weekend, since Jake was home and we went and did stuff. We watched Borat, by the way. Ouch, that was painful. I mean, it was funny, but it was also disgusting.

Yesterday Jake left for Austin and Bridget and I went to my parents’ house after taking the dogs to board. It was wonderful to be taken care of and fed without having to play any part in it. I think they enjoyed it as much as I did. My dad and I took Bridget for a walk around their neighborhood in her stroller. My mom and I gave her a bath in the sink. She was very grumpy; I think that teeth are imminent. We had to go out and get her some baby Tylenol because, while I had thought that she was teething, she had never been quite so grumpy about it before, so I hadn’t thought to bring ours with us. I feel terrible for her. But it also was funny to watch the lengths that she will go to in order to get someone’s finger in her mouth so she can gnaw on it. At one point, she actually used both her hands to grip my dads index and little fingers, pulled herself up from her semi-reclined position in her bouncy chair, and then proceeded to get his finger in her mouth. He was so amazed at her persistence that he let her do it, even though it’s gross. Seriously? The feel of a baby with no teeth gnawing on your finger is pretty disgusting. I used to refuse to let my nephew do it to my fingers when I took care of him. But you’ll do things for your own child you wouldn’t do for anyone else, I suppose.

Today, I really contemplated staying another night at my parents. But I have to work tomorrow and my laptop was here. Plus I wasn’t confident in my ability to set up a wireless network at my parents’ house, and Jake hasn’t had time to breathe, much less talk me through setting it up, although we had brought all the necessary stuff to their house last weekend. So I decided to pack up Bridgie and come home. It’s kind of eerie around here. It feels like we were gone for weeks rather than just one night. And the house is so quiet without the dogs here, I’m almost nervous to be here. I kind of wish I hadn’t sent the dogs away. At least with them here, I feel a bit safer. Silly, I know. We’ll be fine.

So here I sit, Bridget is in bed. I’m watching a bad movie on TV and missing Jake. This shit really sucks. I’d like to say that after this, his travel will be over for a while, but it won’t. He has at least two more trips coming up that I know about. I could possibly go with him on one, but have mostly decided against it for money reasons. Plus I am just not sure I am ready to fly with Bridget. We’ll have to think on that topic some more.

But for now, I’m going to think about making myself some chocolate chip cookies (thank god for break and bake cookies!) and a big cold glass of milk and curling up with my book.

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