Everything about my job is stressful. The work, the finances, the people, the environment, the future. It's all bad. I tell people how stressful it is, but they don't quite get it. Here's a little fact to illustrate my point. Three of the four people who work here are currently on Lexapro. FYI -Lexapro is pill for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. This includes the CEO. All three have just started taking Lexapro within the last 6 months and say that work is the number one reason for their depression and stress. I'm the lone hold out. weird huh?
Aidan yelling from the bathroom,
Aidan: Mommy, look what I got.
Mommy goes to the bathroom,
Aidan: Look Mommy (lifts butt off the toilet seat) Poop.
Aidan pooping on the toilet,
Aidan: This is all the stuff my body doesn't want anymore.
Mommy is talking to Aunt Julie on the phone,
Aidan: Mommy come here. I want to show you what I made.
She puts the phone down and follows him into the living room.
Aidan: There, now you're off the phone.
Sneaky!
Aidan picks up Snizzles and puts him on the bed.
Aidan: Oh, wait. I forgot to say Alley Oop.
He gets Snizzles off the bed and picks him up.
Aidan: (getting Snizzles on the bed) Alley Oop!
I am an obsessive reader. I read about 3-4 books a week. I don't have much time to read, so I try to fit it in after Aidan goes to sleep. That gives me an hour or two a night and it's my favorite time. My time. I also try to fit it in while doing other tasks. I read while knitting and cooking. With introductions out of the way, here is the first installment of 'What I'm Reading.' Well, since this is the first it should actually be 'What I've Read.'
I just completed The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander. It was husbands favorite books as a child so I decided to hear him out. I enjoyed them very much. It's basically Lord of the Rings without all the painstaking lore. Don't get me wrong, I loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but nothing makes a book come to a complete stop like a poem in a middle earth language. The Chronicles of Prydain tell the adventures of Taran the assistant pig-keeper. He loves, he laughs, he learns and he saves Prydain for certain destruction.
I also just finished two books from Jason Goodwin, The Janissary Tree and The Snake Stone. These novels take place in Istanbul in the 1830's. Our hero is Investigator Yashim, the friendly neighborhood eunuch. Jason Goodwin is a great writer. The mysteries are well plotted and interesting and reading about Istanbul in the 1830's is fascinating. I highly recommend his books.
I bought my coffee this morning based on a Futurama episode. Any guesses?
Julia guessed it-
Snizzles is on the kitchen table,
Aidan: Look. My brother is on the table. Snizzles the table is not for kitty cats. It's for plates and food.
Holding a magic wand,
Aidan: You don't want to mess with the Aidan Fairy!
Aidan's sitting on the kitchen counter,
Mommy: Aidan get down.
Aidan: (stalling) Well uh mommy. Listen listen, I love you because uh well. There's something I got to tell you about banana pants! Banana pants, that's so funny!
Aidan sticking his foot by my nose,
Aidan: Smell this one. It's not that bad at all.
Mommy: Look at Snizzles in the corner.
Aidan: Snizzles O'Connor? No, it's Donald O'Connor.
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Aidan: Cats don't talk like us, they talk with meows.
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Aidan: Snizzles, do you have a .... snooty booty?
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Aidan: Snizzles is having a booty conference.
I just realized that the title is a little misleading, but I'm lazy so I'm keeping it. So as previously reported, Snaz has become Sniz. Well now Sniz has become Snizzles. I like this better than Snaz.
It reminds me of Sizzles, the hilarious dog on "Charlie and Lola."
Aidan tries to pet Snizzles and Snizzles bats him in the head with a paw,
Aidan: (crying) Mommy, Snizzles hit me.
Mommy: Snizzles, that's a no no. No hitting.
Aidan: Thank you for telling him that Mommy. Maybe you should give him a time out so he will never do it again.
Aidan spying Snizzles laying on a chair,
Aidan: Look Mommy, he thinks he's people.
Spotting Snizzles on the same chair the next day,
Aidan: Someone thinks he's people. Who could it be? Oh right, It's Snizzles!
Aidan calls him Sniz. It's actually preferable to Snaz (which I can't help not saying ironically). Aidan also initially called the litter box, the glitter box. Makes it sound so purty.
