I feel like a switch flipped this week. I ventured out of the house, voluntarily, almost every morning this week. After five months of doing everything possible to avoid quick trips to the grocery store (Peanut butter on a crust of bread for lunch? With tomato slices on the side? Wonderful!) I actually put both girls in the car and drove to the store for an onion. A single onion! And do you know why I needed that onion? Because I was making homemade chicken stock, with the carcass of the whole chicken I roasted the evening before. If you were inside my home during the day the last few months (and thank goodness no one was) you would know how crazy this is. June's love language physical touch. She's five months old and we already know this. The girl wants to be held all day long. I love the snuggles, but when I can't even unload the dishwasher, it gets a little difficult. Fortunately, I have a very patient, understanding husband. It probably also helped that, even if if was only fifteen minutes before he arrived home, I always showered, did my hair, and put on makeup. A Band-Aid on a hemorrhaging jugular. Okay, makeup was about 70/30, but you won't convince me that's not darn good. Anyways, let's just say it's a good thing that CPS doesn't do random home-cleanliness inspections, or my kids would probably have a new mommy. But. We're starting to turn things around. I bought a Didymos wrap (used, for $90, and it was a steal. Don't judge.) so that I can wear June on my back. That's it's own post. Spoiler: there's a reason the instructions insist you practice over a soft surface. She's also better at entertaining herself, as well as interacting with Juliet.
And for some reason, an easier time at home makes it easier for us to leave home. A full shopping trip to Cosco and the farmer's market. The aforementioned onion run. And today, a jaunt solely to pick up a new diaper pail. Two weeks ago, I would have waited for James to come home, and that would have been our Friday night entertainment. I did it by myself, before lunch. We also walked around the shopping plaza, wandered into the pet store, and got free slices of bread from this amazing local bread store. They give out massive slices of fresh bread, with lots of melty butter, and it is heavenly. On the way home, I saw a sign for a little craft show just a few blocks from my house and impulsively pulled over. It was so cute and Pinteresty. There were about ten vendors, all set up in a random backyard. I scoped it out and then went back with my mom later in the afternoon. We bought lots of stuff, mostly Mother's Day presents for various people. It was fabulous. The whole day was fabulous.
Up until this past November, James and I only had one car. We always made it work, but it was never very easy, and it got much harder once Juliet arrived on the scene. We bought a second car in November, realized it wasn't big enough, and traded it in last month for a Mazda5. Anyways, I spent years dreaming about what I would do once I wasn't stuck at home all day. The fun outings we would take, trips to the library, the zoo. I would never have to eat weird things for lunch, because I could run to the store at any time. I've spent the past few months secretly, slightly disappointed because that never happened. But we've turned a corner. And maybe now my lunches will as well.
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