Today I woke up feeling exhausted.

It could have had something to do with the fact that I was up at 3:00 am with a regurgitious baby.

I had an early morning doctor appointment. He told me I was severly anemic. “Take these iron supplements three times a day.” Last time the iron supplements made me throw up. But I’ve been SO exhausted (on my bad days, like today) that I thought I don’t even care if I do throw up, I just want to have energy more than two days a week.

I have taken my supplements twice today. I have not thrown up. I am still exhausted.

I felt justified by medical reason to take a 2 and a half hour nap. My house is a mess (even more than before).

I got a bike trailer. When I came home from Costco last week, I turned to Wyatt and told him “I made an impulse buy today.”

An impulse buy four years in the making.

Because anyone who knows me knows that impulse purchases – DEFINITLEY NOT MY M.O.

Having a bike trailer is everything I thought it would be. Every day – two or three times a day – I round the kids up, and we go on bike rides around the neighborhood. Calvin whines that his legs are tired, unless we are going somewhere he wants to go. And then he has legs of steel.

Olivia cruises ahead, then circles back for those of us who go so slow. She is so confident on her bike this year. She is practicing riding without various appendages (one handed, no feet, etc.).

And I cruise along, very slowly, on my awesome bike, with my awesome trailer, with my even more awesome baby sitting contentedly in the back. It’s a great way to break up the day.

On Tuesday Wyatt came home, and the first thing he said to me is “I am trying to find a babysitter. I want to take you on a date.”

Which made me happy.

But he ended up going out with his brother instead. I could have been annoyed. I was even tempted. But in the end, it just wasn’t that big of a deal. (Now it must be said, Wyatt made plans with Jared before he offered to take me out. He hadn’t mentioned said plans to me, and when Jared came over, Wyatt said “Oh, I didn’t know we had confirmed.” It was just one silly communication mess with Wyatt trying to do too much.)

I wanted to watch Dirty Dancing, which has been on my DVR for a month now. But my sisters weren’t around. And watching Dirty Dancing at home alone, while you’re husband is on a man-date with his brother is more depressing than even I could handle.

So I started reading “The Problem of Pain” which is lovely of course.

I am also reading “The Little Prince” to the kids.

Olivia seems intrigued by a planet where volcanoes are swept and trees can take over. The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes this morning was her own illustration of his charming home.

Ask yourself, has the sheep eaten the flower? Yes, or no? And you will see how everything changes.

The Kerr lanterns are ready to be put in the tree. I redesigned the mechanics of them, and I think this could be the best year ever.

It is now Friday (I started writing this on Thursday).

Did you know you can buy art supplies on eBay? It even looks promising (deals! deals!). Yesterday, during my nap, I dreamed that I spent $100 ($100!!) on paint brushes. It was awesome.

When I woke up, I considered the eternal consequences of such a purchase, and decided against it. (Impulse buys- remember?).

Instead I went to Walmart and bought dishes – plastic dishes, which has been on my errand list for a few weeks. Because I am officially at the stage of life where dishes disappear from my kitchen never to be seen again. I didn’t even have a full dishwasher’s worth of cups/plates/bowls that the kids could use, and only three glass cups for Wyatt and I.

Now I have 16 plastic tumblers, and 16 kids sippy’s and 8 more plastic kid plates.

I am trying to get my house clean today. It has not been cleaned – all at once – in about three weeks. It is 11:58 am. I have cleaned all three bathrooms. I should stop writing really uninteresting stuff, and go clean my laundry room.