when "me time" means doing the dishes

another fabulous day. maybe i'm getting the hang of this?

i woke up and fed ella, then got a shower while j. cuddled with her. i'm so glad he got that time this morning. the snuggling time is so precious.

then ella and i had our alert time during which she smiled up at me for a full six seconds! i danced her around the house while we twirled and bobbed up and down and i made up a song about dancing and turning that was super redundant but she seemed to like it nonetheless. her pop-pop stopped by to drop off some laundry and say hi (and talk about his depression). when she fell asleep i put her in her crib instead of in the snuggly because i was determined to get some cleaning done.

it's funny how doing the dishes is now a break from my normal routine and is therefore kind of pleasant.

i put away the clean dishes and washed all of the dirty ones and wiped down the counters and put away almost all of the laundry and tidied the living room and the bathroom. it felt good, and the place looks so much better.

j.c. came over around two thirty for a walk. elenora was taking her afternoon nap, so it was easy to slip her into the babybjorn and set out on a long excursion. j.c. is in the middle of a breakup that has been coming for years. still, sad. we walked downtown and up past the library, then down by the ipswich river to the boat launch and back along the river path to the bridge by ebscoland. there we bumped into about six of my co-workers and they got to meet elenora and i got to catch up on the Office gossip.

tonight is tv night, but k. isn't coming over. i'm going to record The Office for future girls' viewing while ella is taking a nap some afternoon. but i hope i get to watch it tonight all the same.

two exciting things for me today: 1) my bottle organizer arrived in the mail and 2) i pumped a full four ounces in one sitting. amazing what will make you happy at different seasons of your life.