John fixed the elliptical. So today, not Monday, TODAY, not next week, I decided to start. I got the bright idea to get some books on CD to listen to while I work out. Music doesn’t distract me enough, and if I can’t get outside because of the snow and the ice, and I have to be in basement, I really need something to distract me. Just some chick lit- I’ll let you know what I think of them as I hear a little more. Just 20 minutes today, more tomorrow. I know that working out will help with the IBS (now officially diagnosed, no colonoscopy, I went to the doctor again) and also with the entrapment I sometimes feel as a SAHM. Just sometimes.
John heads off to the library every day now to work on his writing. First, his application for a grad school program and then another project he’s been wanting to focus on. I think it’s been good for him to have somewhere to go where I can get him to “hold Bubby for just a minute” and good for me to learn how to do stuff without so many pairs of arms around to help. (Let’s not fool ourselves, I’ve still got help) but honestly, I just gotta figure life out. One day, God willing, we will have a steady income and a place of our own, and I better know how to go to the bathroom without hiring a babysitter or I’m in trouble. OK, it’s not as bad as that. I can be pretty independent as a Mommy, but I’ve still got some learning to do.
As for what I’m going to be up to as John writes and when he gets work, I think I’ve found a Mommy Baby group to start going to. I just hope with my new stomach regime I’ll be able to get a handle of my ISSUES and get out. Also, I officially have my first TWO piano students! I had a listing on craiglist for beginning piano lessons, and after a few crazy emails I got one that was a legit inquiry into my services. I went for a consultation last night- their house- not mine- and was a wee wigged out to be going to someone’s house I didn’t know. At all. (Shouldn’t have seen Taken, huh?) So I hired help- brought my brother along as my thug in the car. I promised him Taco Bell for his services, and instructed him that if I didn’t come out in 20 minutes to call me because I was probably in distress. An hour after arriving and after I visited with the NICEST family in the entire world, I walked outside to a brother who had been trying to figure out how to climb the side of the mansion they lived in, enter through the bathroom and save me before they cut me into a thousand pieces. I felt bad that I broke the protocol and freaked him out, but I seriously have the best brother ever.
The funny part was that new piano student codename: Speedracer (younger brother figure) kept looking out the window “checking” on Jonathan, worried that I left my “little brother” in the car. I told him that my little brother was no longer little, and he was just fine. I don’t know if they realized why I brought him along or not, but I don’t care. I’m just not into death and disappearing, and although I was super lucky and they are very nice (and had TWO kids to teach, not just 1!) I’ve definitely walked into houses before and feared for my life. Call it a side effect to serving a mission in Brixton. What can ya do? But I was lucky, there was no near-death experience, and I will now be teaching Speedracer and sister Ballerina, who are both amazingly nice children being raised by charming and respectful parents. I almost didn’t feel shy at their house. Almost.
So that should be fun. I get to prepare lessons again, and I am going to love being “forced” to spend more time with the piano. I’ll have to post some of my lesson materials so anyone who so desires can use them with their kids. I already have a few games planned out to help Speedracer learn the names of the notes on the staff.
Also, yesterday, I made some more Bubby food. I think squash is by far the nicest, most pleasing veggie to steam and puree. It turned out really smooth and pretty. Even more than the carrots! Let’s hope he likes it.
