this-is-for-now

I need to not forget gloves.

I need to wake up at 2:22am without a sense of dread.

Yesterday the small one earned his first $10 by sitting on my lap in the university's cognitive development lab. He watched images on a screen; he was watched. I am always wading through all-campus emails that say, 'volunteers needed!' or 'do you have a child under the age of...' and I usually blink them away, but this time, I DO have a child under the age of.... I DO have a child.

I think, no, I know, that the way to get through this whole kid thing in tact is to not make assumptions and to not read new-normal when it's really this-is-for-now.

He rolls over. And then he gets stuck. So, you know, there are lots of things to laugh about.