March 27, 2012

What a busy few days we've had.  It seems like I've been running around doing many things for a while and I'm getting more and more tired as a result.  I'm not even sure what I've been up to but I know it all revolves around making food and doing dishes.  I wish we had a dish washer.  That would have made it a little easier on me.  All the food preparation and time spent tending to Ryan has made me pretty exhausted and I'm afraid I'm getting sick because of the non-stop pace we've been dealing with.

Tyler's birthday was really fun.  I made his favorite pizza and cheese cake which we were supposed to enjoy at the table but Ryan had other plans.  Tyler ate his meal in front of me while I sat on the couch feeding the little man.  It hardly seemed fair for me to slave away in the kitchen all afternoon and then have to watch him eat it in front of me.  Oh well.  I ate too and it was fantastic.  The cheese cake was also unbelievably tasty.  We were worried we wouldn't be able to find fresh strawberries because its been a while since we've seen them.  But last weekend we took a chance and bought a package, not knowing if they would be any good by the time we needed them and not knowing if there would be any more this past weekend.  The first package stayed fresh and we were able to buy some more so both crisis were averted.  The problem with having such a tasty dessert is that now there is always little dessert plates by the sink.  It's a never ending stream of dishes, which really isn't a problem except that we still haven't caught up on dishes from the weekend so it's a bit annoying because I like having a sort of clean place to prepare meals.

Today was a good day.  I couldn't wake up this morning because I was so tired and Tyler kind of startled me when he came to say goodbye.  I spent the morning entertaining Ryan and acting as a pantry and bed to him.  It wasn't an overly exciting start to the day but I got some smiles from my boy which always makes even the earliest of mornings enjoyable.

After Tyler left back to work from lunch, I packed Ryan up in his carrier and we went on a walk.  I was wearing a jacket because, judging by the view from my window, it looked cold and slightly miserable out.  I was wrong because as soon as I stepped outside, I was smoking hot.  The carrier is a little tough for me to put on by myself so I didn't bother going back inside to put on something a little cooler.  I headed over to the health center to check to see when Ryan was getting his 2 month shots.  I was told a few weeks ago that I would be getting a call to tell me but that call never came and I was worried they forgot about Ryan.  But on arriving at the center, I found out that he gets his shots in 2 days.  I hope he handles them okay.  It's going to make me so sad to see him crying.  Maybe he'll sleep the whole time...

I then headed around town to enjoy the beautiful weather.  I made an observation about this town that doesn't make sense.  In almost all the house windows, there are signs that say, "Heltsuik Nation opposes Enbridge pipeline".  I assume they oppose it because it could leak and ruin the water and the oil tankers going past this town would be more of an eyesore then any thing.  But then you look at the ground and there is litter all over the place.  There is so much junk everywhere that it makes this beautiful town a little ugly.  I don't understand how a people could so oppose a pipeline because of the possibility of destroying nature when they don't seem to care about the land they have.

I ended my walk at the hospital.  Tyler didn't tell anyone it was his birthday yesterday so today they had a cake for him.  It was suppose to be a surprise but when they announce that it's coffee time over the intercom, Tyler figured it was for him.  He was the first to show up in the lunch room so he didn't have the whole staff singing to him.

I came home and fed Ry again.  Before I knew it, Tyler was home and I started on dinner.  I made peanut ginger pasta without the ginger. It was so good.  It had peanut butter, honey, soy sauce and chicken broth with mixed veggies and spaghetti.  I topped it all with crushed peanuts and I loved it so much.  Tyler had leftover microwave warmed pizza.  I think my meal was better.

Our evening will end with me going to bed early.  I'm tired and just need to sleep to get rid of this illness.  I can't really afford to get any sicker.  I can't believe that it's already almost 8.  Where did this evening go.

Sonja