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summer time blues
Thursday, August 9, 2007
today was a perfect day. hot, a beautiful blue sky with a smattering of clouds and pregnant me not being able to enjoy it. sometimes i feel like i'm wasting time...like i'm not enjoying *now* enough. even if i weren't pregnant, there isn't a lot i can do. i could slather the kids with sunscreen and go to a park for a while and hope no one burns. but i can't go to the beach (omg, i can't keep both of them out of the water!) and i can't take them to the pool (both the indoor and the outdoor--open only in summer--pools do not allow children who are not potty-trained). we've been to the aquarium already this month (or, late last month. whatever.) i don't think there are any museums in munakata, and both big cities are too far away. besides, i nearly always have a fight with hiro about the stroller and how slow he is. *sigh* things will get better in a year or two, i'm sure, but i still can't shake this feeling of wasting time....
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Hi Illahee,
I know what you mean, trying to take 2 kids to a beach is very trying, especially when neither of them can swim! I tried it once, and once only with my nephew and niece!! (lol... never again!)
You really do seem down in the dumps at the moment, but don't let it get you down too much. Try thinking of one "positive" thing a day, I'm sure it will make a difference.
My situation is nothing like yours, but I find not just being away from my fiance, but being in a total different country, is really trying. I feel this time I am not with him is a waste of time... but I try to think positive everyday, and it makes the days a little easier.
Illahee,
I totally know what you mean. That is my life in a nutshell except that the older two can go outside a play without me needing to be there. But we're still not actually leaving the house.
I just keep reminding myself that my life won't be like this for forever. Eventually they will grow up and then we'll be out doing more stuff. Although by that time we'll all be pulled in different directions and then I'll be wishing for those simple days when we were all in the house all day!
Life is never how we want it to be.
One thing that I do to break up the boredom is take the girls to the mall around 11am, walk around for a bit, eat lunch and then go home for naps. I find that it's just the right amount of time for us.
Ooohhhh. I live that feeling a lot too. Like Sarah, just getting out, anywhere, even for just a short time helps. I've even taken them on pointless walks around the neighborhood looking for semis, looking at people's gardens, etc. In this heat (talk about living in a sauna) I've recently hit on walking them to nearby stores that sell soft creams etc. Helps limit snacks at home too and keeps the goodies out of the house so I'm not so tempted to wolf them all down.
My second was born in early October and that July and August was the worst! Being pregnant, really pregnant during the Japanese summer just sucks. But, I like her October birthday versus her older sister's March birthday. DD2 just seems on even footing with her peers while DD1 has always had to catch up as the youngest in class.
Do you have bell crickets? I listen to them and imagine I'm cooler.
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