Exhaustion

The good news is I have a new desk to put my laptop and our tray of bills/paperwork on. It’s the little $55 one I posted a photo of, and it’s great. Sure it’s not some high-quality piece of furniture I’ll have forever, but for around $50 if it gets me through the next year, I’ll feel good about that. And I managed to get the thing home, unload it, bring it in the house and assemble it all by myself. (I used Ella’s wagon to get it into the living room – it is way too heavy for an 8-month-pregnant woman to carry.)

I also have done a lot of cleaning around here this week – the bathrooms mainly. The toilets were long overdue. I’m trying to avoid chemical cleaners during my pregnancy, but I don’t really think filthy toilets are really the best health practice either. So something had to give. And I cleaned out our shed. Then carried every ride-on toy, bike and toy into it for the winter. And I did some cleaning of the garage. I guess all this stuff that’s been building up finally annoyed me to the point where I took care of it all.

The bad news is that Ella did not take a nap today and hopefully that is the reason that she turned into demon child tonight at dinner. UNSTOPPABLE SCREAMING AND CRYING. Once, because I wouldn’t let her sit in a booth with her 5-year-old cousin and once because I would not leave her in the bathroom by herself. Nothing worked to stop this crying. Not counting to 3. Not timeouts. Not scary mommy voice. Not threats of no candy.

So yeah, I’m exhausted. No more organizing or shed cleaning or desk assembly or storytime or walks with Ella tomorrow. We’re resting. And there will definitely be a nap, possibly for both of us.