Friday Things, 1/23

Er, maybe Saturday things. I don't know. The cold weather has thrown me off. Struggling to remember what day it is without Monday night and Thursday night football to keep me on track. 

1. I tried to make this my phone wallpaper last week and it won't fit. Either way, I woke up with this verse in my head every morning last week, completely unprompted. 

2. ICYMI: I wrote this the other day, inspired by the fact that a friend of mine is transitioning from SAHM with kids in school to homeschool mom. It wasn't until I was talking to her about it that I realized how different the two are! 

Also, I saw this on Facebook and it's so true: there are different versions of motherhood and my version is entirely different than my own mom's. I'm not just "bad at it" some days.  

The first two years with Wells were absolute survival mode. He left my sight maybe 20 times in 2 years. The first year with baby Sutton wasn't bad at all because I had preschool drop-off for Wells to give me a break. The next two years I worked were survival mode. 

I will say I have had time lately to reset and be by myself simply because they're 7 and 3 and don't need minute-by-minute supervision. Also, Scott will tote them along now when he goes places because they're independent and that can be done easily (no packing up supplies or diaper bags or bottles). But in the case of a military wife who has a baby every couple of years for a decade or more, there is no respite there. 

But my kids absolutely came to the dentist with me on Tuesday. We have a lot of talks about how children should be seen and not heard and they can answer questions but they can't start yelling and interrupting adults. 

It went well until the floodgates opened when they were asked "how was your Christmas?" (which wass an example I had given them about when they could talk as much as they wanted) and Sutton started talking about "our dog that died" and then educating the hygienist on demogorgons.

There's something about taking your kids everywhere to not-fun places with you though: they absolutely learn how to behave in public. It just takes a few tries. 

3. This is my Roman Empire true crime case. I've listened before but the youtube videos are enlightening. I have my theories. I re-listened over this last week. I can't believe more people don't talk about it.

4. Landman is over for another season. I spent the last two months hating it and then, all of a sudden, the season finale was GOOD and that annoys me. Was it their plan to redeem 9 crappy episodes with the last half of a 10th episode?.... probably. 

5. 

I told Scott we're done going to football games together. Many years ago, we went to a Penn State game and Joe Paterno lost his job two weeks later. 

Why are they like this? I don't understand. It's a sensory nightmare for a parent, in a bathroom that echoes, too. 

The 2016 thing is super annoying just because we were literally all here in 2016. (It was 3 years ago, right?)

Either way, if you're on the internet now, you were on the internet in 2016. 

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