the end of a good day

i got to lay out - for all of 15 minutes.
teege woke up shortly after i got all settled.
tomorrow i must remember to start face down. i am so uneven.

I am still waiting to here from TJ. i got one tiny little email from him last friday. i'm hoping maybe this is a weekly thing since he hasn't been allowed to call. last week they gave them 5 minutes to use the computers. he had enough time to say that he loved me and missed me and the he was good.
i've emailed him a few times since then but since he's not able to check his email regularly i don't want to clogg up is box with daily tidbits. so i try and keep it simple.
i've also mailed him a letter and a card for fathers day with a few pictures of the baby in it.

i got alot done today.
teege slept for 2 hours this morning.
i cleaned my bathroom, swept and moped the kitchen. vacuumed. got things tidy.
tomorrow i might try working on the porches.
they both need to be sprayed off and de-cobwebed.
and the back porch has tile that is covered in muddy dog prints that have long since dried and crusted on. that will need to be scrubbed. i better eat a good breakfast - that will take alot of elbow grease.

i went to target with my neighbor.
i've told you about her and her kid right?
we have a jealousy problem with her kid towards the baby. this wasn't a problem until recently.
he does not like it when his mother pays attention to teege. he is always telling her not to look at him or play with him or talk to him and then tells her she is a "bad girl" when she does it anyway.
today she tells me before we leave that "someone is feeling their oats today" i just looked at her."i think he's feeling a little jealous of the baby"
we get in the care.
i am strapping teege into his seat and the neighbor boy is getting in to his seatbelt.
i see him throw a nasty scowl at the baby.
and then another.
and then a third.
he was making this awful face!glaring at teege with his teeth bared and his eyes narrowed in to tiny slits. i think he was seriously thinking about pinching teege!
i got right to the bottom of that.
he had already been told once that if he didn't change his attitude we were staying home.
"brandon." i say this very sharply and he immediately looks at me.
"if you are not going to be nice to the baby we aren't going anywhere " (he had money he wanted to spend)
"if you are going to be mean to the baby we will stay here b/c i won't be able to let you ride sitting next to him if you are thinking about hurting him.now, are you able to be nice?"
"yes ma'am" he says and turns to stare out the window.
needless to say i kept my eyes on him the whole way to target. now i know how all mommies get those eyes in the back of their heads. they just appear as motherhood becomes more real.
he kept his arms folded across his chest the whole time.
he was good the rest of the trip.
i don't understand why his mother doesn't keep better control of him.
he is always like this!!! always bitching or fit throwing or being bratty about something. "i want this. don't do that. don't look at me. buy me this. get me something to eat." and he back talks and pushes and pushes his limits.
oh yea, he has no limits. no one ever set any for him! he just does whatever he wants!
he can treat his momma how he wants to - and even then there were times that i wouldn't put up with him being mean to his mom when she woudln't do anything about it. and she still doesn't do anything about it. i have fussed at him probably more than he has ever been fussed at in his life by anyone else!
but this is a baby we are talking about. my baby. who has done no one any wrong aside from being too darn CUTE!! and he's picking a fight with the wrong momma this time.


but all in all it was a good day.
i bought some lean quisines at the store b/c they are so much easier than trying to cook something for just me. and you can only eat some much salad and sandwhiches.
i got some of the new flatbread melts ones. i tried the pesto and chicken with roasted peppers. it was good.
the pesto got old before i was done. but it wasn't bad.

and now i guess i must go to bed. i haven't been getting much good sleep so i better sleep while i can.