6.17.2009

4w1d

There are a number of things that are muuuuuuch easier to do without the presence of an infant:
  • Managing to take a shower that's long enough to allow for shampoo, conditioner, soap, and shaving underarms and legs
  • Doing more to your hair than pulling it into a ponytail/headband/braid - forget the flat iron or curling iron (hell, forget the hair dryer most days)
  • Cooking a meal that includes no pre-cooked elements, nothing from a box, and nothing from the frozen food aisle
  • Sleeping. Duh.
  • Having a conversation with your husband about anything other than said infant
  • Waking up from a fog to find it's pouring outside, where the dogs are - and then trying to get two 75 lb. dogs inside, into a bath to wash the layers of mud off of them, drying them, washing the towels used for that bath, cleaning up the pile of vomit from one of those dogs because the rain sent him into a tizzy and upset the delicate balance of his stomach....all while it's time for the baby to eat and all because your husband laughed when you mentioned the thunder and the possibility of rain and the notion that maybe, just maybe, the dogs should be brought in from outside before he left for work.

Then of course there's the things that are impossible to do without the presence of an infant...namely, staring at your beautiful child for hours on end, loving her very presence.

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