{"id":1337,"date":"2013-01-12T09:18:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T14:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2017-03-09T17:07:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:07:43","slug":"7-quick-takes-saturday-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2013\/01\/7-quick-takes-saturday-9.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes Saturday!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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#7<\/p>\n

This was our first week of \u201cnormal\u201d life after Christmas. Sienna went back to school, the Ogre went back to teaching classes and continued writing his dissertation in earnest (since he never really took a break from that, except on Christmas Day), and I\u2026<\/p>\n

I took a vacation.<\/p>\n

Yup, that\u2019s right. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve been off the internets this week. (And if you have emailed me this week I\u2019m sorry I left your email languishing in my inbox, but I\u2019ll get to it soon.) On Monday I was dragging by 11 am, so when Liam and Lincoln miraculously took simultaneous naps at noon, I put a movie on for Charlotte and laid (lied? lie? lay? someone teach me grammar!) down on the couch.<\/p>\n

And promptly fell asleep for two hours.<\/p>\n

#6<\/p>\n

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That evening, after dragging myself through dinner prep, dinner, clean-up, baths, pajamas, teeth, stories and bedtime, I sat down to rock Lincoln and fell asleep in the rocking chair, while rocking him, at 8:30.<\/p>\n

I woke up with a jolt a half-hour later and realized that although my family was going back to normal life refreshed, rested and energized, I was depleted. The holidays are wonderful and I enjoy them immensely. I love cooking, so extra work in the kitchen is really a joy for me. But it was also exhausting, having everyone home all the time, wanting to eat at least three times a day, leaving their new toys everywhere, refusing to use the spaces I specifically carved out pre-Christmas for new toys, breaking the ornaments, wrapping themselves in the leftover wrapping paper, etc., etc.<\/p>\n

So I decided that this \u201cback to business\u201d week for everyone else would by my vacation week.<\/p>\n

#5<\/p>\n

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Is it a problem that my greatest hero is a fictional television character who\u2019s still in high school?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We gave the house a thorough scrubbing last Saturday and I\u00a0 managed to get the tree down and all the Christmas stuff packed away on Monday, so I didn\u2019t feel too guilty about taking a week off. I kept the house running, doing dishes, cooking, and doing laundry, but I totally ignored any major cleaning. I stayed off the internet. I re-watched Season 1 of Veronica Mars (which is the televised equivalent of a fuzzy blanket and a hot toddy\u2026comforting, familiar, and wonderful). I took the kids to the park, read lots of stories, and took naps in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

#4<\/p>\n

It sounds idyllic, but actually it was kind of boring. And although I tried not to, I got increasingly frustrated as the week went on and I felt like I wasn\u2019t accomplishing anything. I did feel quite refreshed by yesterday, but that waned just a little when I brilliantly went to bed after midnight and Lincoln woke me up by peeing all over himself at 4 am.<\/p>\n

He also decided that since he had a clean diaper and a new onesie, it was time to party. While I question his judgement, his happy early-morning squeals were pretty hard to be irritated about.<\/p>\n

I did manage to drum up some irritation when he fell back asleep just as the other three woke up and wanted breakfast, though.<\/p>\n

#3<\/p>\n

So, guess what made the highlights reel for my week? This<\/p>\n

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is the awesome graphic that accompanies an awesome post on\u2026<\/p>\n

(drumroll)<\/p>\n

(is the suspense sufficiently built up yet?)<\/p>\n

(no?)<\/p>\n

(are you getting annoyed?)<\/p>\n

(don\u2019t worry, you\u2019ll be freaking after the big reveal)<\/p>\n

(another drumroll please\u2026)<\/p>\n

(dum dum dum\u2026)<\/p>\n

Kassie\u2019s new blog!<\/a><\/p>\n

#2<\/p>\n

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Thanks for letting me borrow this picture, Kassie! (PS: can I borrow the picture on your About Me page?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That\u2019s right, the erstwhile Secret Vatican Spy is back, and she brought the awesome, as always. You must go read her blog. She is brilliant, and she writes haikus for me, and if I batted for the other team you can be sure Kassie and I would be getting hitched in some courtroom in Massachusetts by now. (Or Colorado? Where is this legal now? I lost track.)<\/p>\n

#1<\/p>\n

And now that I\u2019ve lost followers with my off-color humor, I\u2019m going to leave you. Alas, my vacation-ish week is over, and I must go grocery shopping. ALONE! Because as one of my wise commenters pointed out, I have to start living like I have four kids, not two\u2026and four kids just don\u2019t fit into the grocery cart.<\/p>\n

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And because this picture is a LIE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Go see Jen for more quick takes,<\/a> and to read her lovely birthday reflection<\/a>. Make sure you leave her some comment love, too, since she\u2019s going to be having a rough time for a while.<\/p>\n

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