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January 22, 2008
Single mom
OK, not really. But Jeff's been gone an AWFUL lot lately. He was in Alaska for two weeks in December, and then in January so far, he's spent two weeks in Seattle - flying home in the middle just for Linna's birthday - and now a week in California.
It's actually not as hard as I anticipated. The two weeks in December WERE hard, partly because there was so much I felt I should be doing to get ready for the holidays. But I feel like now I have a sort of a rhythm with the kids (with Ethan especially, who's more challenging than Linna right now), and I lower my expectations in terms of cooking and doing anything else.
There are a few perks, too - I get to be totally in charge, for one. I guess that's a disadvantage, too. And I don't need to cook as well - Ethan is easily satisfied with things like noodles with butter and cheese, easy burritos, miso soup and rice. And I can just eat leftovers from lunch. I do still put some effort into lunch, but I can cook things that Jeff wouldn't like - butternut squash, for example. And he gets cranky with all the vegetarian meals, but of course our vegefishian nannies like it just fine. I even made a beet salad last week - yummy. Plus I made a salad from my new Cafe Flora cookbook (on sale at Powell's), with spiced nuts and pears warmed in an orange vinaigrette. Kaya really liked it, and Ethan chomped the extra nuts later. Oh, and then last night I made this Dutch potato soup from the book - beer and cheese in it too. Yummmmy. Ethan loved it, and Jeff liked it OK (or at least that's what he said - I think he's learned to be a little cautious in his comments on my cooking), and Mandy liked it but found it sleep-inducing.
Anyway, my main point was about being on my own... having to do it maybe got me a little more in tune with Ethan, a little better able to be patient, and set things up so it's smooth. When Jeff is around I sometimes get into this mode of wanting him to rescue me if things are difficult, and then when he's not here, I have to handle it myself. And then I realized that for the most part, I can handle it fine. Yeah, I know - there are plenty of moms who do all the child-watching most of the time anyway. But I'm not one of them, and frankly I am one of those people who needs peaceful time to recharge. Not that I get a lot of it anyway, but I do get moments here and there.
Posted by ktingey at January 22, 2008 05:51 AM
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