Weekend Matters
It was a great weekend! Ian and I got to go to see Eddie Izzard play Oakland’s Oracle Arena with some friends. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a bigger venue for anything. We had nosebleed seats way up top, but it didn’t much matter. We so enjoyed him. Anybody who does Latin jokes is my hands-down favorite. I took a pic with my cell phone, but I don’t know how to get the picture to my computer…
Yesterday we moved Lucas’s bed into Asher’s room. Well, Lucas and Ian moved the bed. I performed support tasks and kept Asher out of the way. It’s quite an adventure taking Ikea furniture apart and putting it back together again. Good think my hubby’s so handy! Both of the boys seem very excited about this new arrangement. Last night at bedtime there was a kind of slumber-party feeling in the air. I expect it will take some getting used to, but I think they will adapt nicely. Asher’s bed is now beneath Lucas’s bed, which gives Asher a kind of cubbyhole to sleep in. I think he will come to really like that, at least for a time. We’ll leave things like this awhile and eventually move my office into Lucas’s old bedroom. I feel a little guilty taking his room from him—it’s been his since his birth. But the new arrangement will give my office a door (a blessed, beautiful door!) that I can close to keep out family noise while I’m working. I look at it as a short- to medium-term investment in my sanity and my business, and possibly in my kids’ relationship. Perhaps sharing a room will promote brotherly closeness. Or perhaps that’s my wishful thinking.
I got to share a meal with some girlfriends last night and I’m more determined than ever to make that a more regular occurrence. I just need to get out more and my kids can now handle it better.
We’re getting ready for Asher’s birthday party next weekend. I’m excited!
January 26, 2010 at 7:58 am
New adventures for everyone! This really shifts things around for you all in terms of home life. Can’t wait to read how it all goes. Keeping my fingers crossed, and hooray for doors!
January 28, 2010 at 10:10 am
I know. It’s really encouraging how the kids are now referring to “our room.” We’ve now had four nights of this. Lucas is sleeping beautifully. Asher’s very resistent to our attempts to put him down for the night at the same time as Lucas.