So wise...

These are my parents. Mom and Dad. Aren't they cute? They are high school sweethearts, she was 14 and he was 16 when they made googley eyes at each other across the cafeteria at good ole Winlock High School. They got married the summer before her senior year and are just as goo-goo ga-ga in love now as they were when they met. That was 27 years ago. They are THE best... I might be biased... but seriously... the best.

And I'm really missing them right now.

It could be that I'm lonely, or sick, or far away, or homesick for beautiful Washington, or overwhelmed but I have been calling my mom A LOT! We have always been buddies, she is really my best friend (other than Brinders of course!). Well, I have been calling her and telling her just everything about the apartment horrors, looking for a new place, Brind's long work hours, Violet bouncing off the walls, wanting to find a mommy & me class, fighting with the apartment people, needing to wax my legs, being sick, wondering when I'll be able to clean the house, trying to get Violet to eat better, needing to get her and myself to the dentist, still trying to find an OB/GYN, boxes are waiting to be unpacked (or is it repacked?)... and just feeling crazy! Last night I was having a baaaaad night trying to get Violet down. I took her baba away because I don't want her to be dependent on it to go to sleep (or have rotten crooked teeth!). I called my mom at midnight (her time) while Violet protested in her crib and she gave me THE best advice I've ever heard. She said, "Now is not the time. Give that girl a bottle so YOU can go to bed. You'll have plenty of time to worry about that when you're feeling better, but right now you have to take care of you!" So I filled up a bottle and didn't hear a peep from the babe until this morning. The woman is so wise.

Sometimes when I think about EVERYTHING that needs to be tended to I feel like a failure because can never do it all. Today, I saw Violet schemering banana in her hair and thought, "That girl really needs a bath." but the tub is in the bathroom with the cat box and I know the sight/smell would send me over the edge. Now is not the time! Brind came home from work and loving bathed our little angel before bed. I so love my mom (and dad!) and treasure each little pearl of wisdom I glean from them.

Julia :)