Day in Snippets

I'm still very behind, I'm still very stressed about being very behind, and the papers still aren't done. I stayed at the library until 11 PM on Monday and Tuesday, but came home on Wednesday at 7 PM to find a little boy sitting in the tub where my little baby was supposed to be. I swear he looked older, although that might have been because I spent the morning putting together mini photo albums of "Landon through the past 10 months" as Mother's Day gifts for the two grandmas. It already seems like so long ago he was just a lumpy little baby...

Today I had a doctor's appointment at 1, so I stayed home in the morning. JP took Landon to daycare and when he got back I decided to ignore my stacks of research for a while and go on a date. We went to one of our favorite neighborhood brunch places and had a wonderful time. Daytime dates are my new favorite thing - we'll have to do them more in Austin. Then I went to the doctor, came home and was surprisingly productive until JP and Landon came home from Maya's. Landon was in a very cheerful mood and I just enjoyed being in the same room as my boys, even if my productivity plummeted. We went on a long walk after Landon's dinner to a nearby park and pond where he looked at the ducks with deep suspicion (he likes my quacking better than the real thing) and had big smiles on the swing. JP and I talked about our plans for the house- what projects we want to do first, how we can make our summer funds stretch as far as possible, and how much Landon is going to love his little playscape and the nearby pool. Landon had a bath, snuggled, and went to bed with unusual ease... he's definitely working on at least one more tooth right now, so I'm not optimistic that his great evening will translate to a peaceful night, but every time I make a guess about his sleep, I'm wrong, so who knows. I went back to work on some caselaw research and JP chefed up a delicious meatball sub for dinner (with meatballs he made from scratch). He came up with the idea in the grocery store, got all the ingredients, and executed it perfectly - it really was delicious and he was so proud :)

And now I am going to bed. Still stressed, still behind, but happy that I enjoyed the day. I figure next week is going to be horrible no matter what (the papers are due Monday the 19th), so I might as well enjoy the delusion that I still have plenty of time left before I can't make myself believe it anymore (like the night of the 18th). Night!