Drinking a Rum and Coke (Mexican, non-HFCS Coke) with lime and eating a slice of boysenberry pie with Cool Whip. Yum.
Today I feel was a taste of my likely life as a single dad. After an oil change appointment for my car, I came home and made OS and I some lunch, and then I fed YS his lunch.
All 3 of us went down the street to the library book sale (our local library has really amazing book sales--probably helps that we live in a fairly well-off neighborhood, so there are always lots of really good donations that sell for super cheap). I bought some books for myself and to use in my courses, but also a couple of books each for OS and YS. YS wanted to be held close to me pretty much the whole time at the book sale and library--for probably at least 2 hours, I carried him while navigating the rows of books for sale (outdoors and inside), as well as carrying him in the library while he sang / talked and chewed my fingers (he's teething and loves to chow on my fingers--I absolutely love that he does that). We then came back home, where W spent some time with them and eventually fed YS, while I showered.
W then left to go out with co-workers / work friends, and I then packed up the boys to head out, too. We went to the local 99-Cents Only Store (SoCal people would more understand this--it's a dollar store, but a pretty neat one, I think). We tooled around for a bit, bought some things, and YS fell asleep in the car seat on the cart. Chick-fil-A was our next stop for dinner--YS napped, but then woke up, and was super fussy, so after some attempts at dinner for him (bottle and fruit purees) and some play time in the playplace for OS, we came back home and got them ready for bed.
Both boys are bathed, dressed for bed, story and prayers for OS, bottle-feeding and walking around for YS, and it sounds like they are both sleeping, which is nice.
Shopping at the 99-Cents Only Store made me think about what things would be like in the event that our D goes through--getting staples at the store, getting cheapo stuff (like kitchen gadgets and other whatnot) to outfit whatever place I end up living in.
GAL has been okay for me--mainly right now just doing swimming in the pool at school. I swam 4 days this week, and it was great. It's good to get some of that aggression / angst out, good to see current and former students who are on the swim and water polo teams, it's good exercise that is easier on my body compared to running, and a doctor told me once that it's better for me than running because I have asthma (the air is more moist near the surface of the pool). Plus, it works out my upper-body more, which is a bonus. Next week is the Religious Ed Congress in Anaheim, which will also hopefully help with GAL some at least--basically, a convention for people who work in parish work / teaching for the Catholic Church. Seminars, prayer experiences, vendors--all sorts of good stuff.
A close female friend of mine from grad school (who was also YS' baptismal sponsor / godparent) will be flying in from Chicago later this week and will be staying with us. She has absolutely no clue what is going on between W and I (or should I start referring to her as STBXW?) I feel terrible (well, many things about this make me feel terrible), but at some point her and my other friends will eventually have to find out. Not looking forward to that, but that day is approaching closer and closer.
Welp, off to grade some and take advantage of the relative peace and quiet around here. Pie is eaten, but still have the drink to go. Tomorrow is church and Sunday School for OS--have a good one, DB land!
