Mother’s Day Redeux

So, I had grand plans for a lovely post on Mother’s Day. One that talked about my transformation as a mother, from scared kid to a real grown up. One that explained in detail how I have finally grown into my motherhood, how a person who used to do anything to show people that I am “MORE THAN JUST A MOTHER!” now puts mother first in the description of who I am, and is totally okay with that. Happy, in fact.

But instead Trent and I got food poisoning and spent our Mother’s Day evening puking our guts out and yesterday sleeping/moaning in pain.

So instead, here’s a super adorable picture of the kids from Easter. They are what make me who I am. A mother. A happy, lucky mother.

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Born This Way

OK, so if you know me in real life, you know I CAN’T STAND LADY GAGA! And yes, that requires all caps and an exclamation point. I think she is basically an unoriginal hack who just does crazy things to be crazy. And it annoys me because she’s actually quite a good vocalist and I really don’t understand why she has all these gimmicks. Annoying!

Anywho….

I am willing to make an exception for “Born This Way.” Even though it does sound a lot like “Express Yourself” by Madonna. Because singing this song at the top of my lungs with Lucy is one of my new favorite pastimes. Luckily, there is a great Glee version so I don’t have to feel like I’m giving in to the Gaga Machine.

If I had a t-shirt in high school with something on it that I was insecure about, it would be “Space Camp Geek.” I was teased mercilessly about my love of all things NASA (and nerd-related in general), but now? Now I not only embrace my dorkiness, but love it! It’s one of my favorite things about myself. I was born this way, and this way is totally badass!

[Sidenote: Have you all been watching Glee lately? They are KILLING it! This last episode featured music from Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors album and holy crap…so good.]

To Do

Buy and send mother’s day cards to all the great grandparents; wrap mother’s day gifts for all the moms; prepare for marketing meeting; put together documents for large government proposal; grocery store for milk; figure out what to make for dinner; buy new pump parts for the ones the cleaning people threw in the trash on accident at the office; order photos to send to family who refuse to use email or Facebook; figure out insurance questions for Trent; purchase birthday present for boy in Lucy’s class (Spiderman action figure?); buy gift for Lucy’s teacher’s wedding shower; bake cupcakes for Teacher Appreciation Week; return emails; set up lunch reservations for important client meeting; edit video of Tate eating cereal for the first time; work out; BREATHE; clean out back playroom; do laundry; watch backlog of programs on the DVR; figure out how to explain Osama bin Laden to Lucy; eat; buy flowers for back deck; update company website; put together document explaining “what I do” for company vice president; drink 6 glasses of water; call Big Brothers Big Sisters to figure out fundraising plans; find “caramel” colored dance tights for Lucy’s costume; locate sanity; drink bucket of wine.

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