By no means was today a bad day, but it just wasn't a particularly good day either. Nothing stands out about the day in my memory as a positive that needs listing here.
I was extraordinarily tired today. Carter woke up at 5 this morning, coughing so hard that he was gagging. The coughing fit was very short, but since we actually got up to calm him down and make him some tea sweetened with honey, I was totally awake and struggled to fall back asleep. This would be fine if I was a reasonable adult who had gone to bed early the night before but, alas, I am not. So I'd say I slept for a whopping 5 hours. I'm exhausted now - at 10:20 - but I'm one of those weird and crazy moms who literally can't sleep until she knows her kid is sleeping and he's coughing right now here and there for the past 20 minutes, so now I can't sleep. I don't try to stay awake; in spite of my most valient attempts, I simply cannot fall asleep. It's the worst kind of curse, I'm tellin' ya.
Okay so today. What did I like about today.... Think, Amber, think!
1. Cuddling on the couch with my boy. We made today a lazy movie day since he is under the weather. Our days of cuddling whenever we feel like it are soon to be over, so I was happy to hold my boy and give him an annoying number of kisses.
2. When I read books to Carter at night, one of the books I usually read is "I Love You Through and Through." There are a couple parts where the character is sad and though the book doesn't say why, Carter seems convinced that the boy misses/wants his mom. I'm probably reading into his analysis, but my heart believes that the reason he thinks that is because missing me is what makes him the most sad. It makes my heart both smile and cry.
3. Drinking tea with my boy today. He was pretty darned interested in what was in my mug, so I spooned a little out for him into a tiny espresso cup and he loved it. The first time he ever had tea was in the early hours this morning when I made him a cup to soothe his throat and calm the cough. He loved it then, but I didn't know if it would continue or if it was more the novelty of getting to get up with mom and dad in the middle of the night. Turns out, he's a tea drinker! I told him we could have some tea while we read books before bed tonight and he said "tea?!" in his cute, excited, raspy, little voice. So he definitely understands what it is and he knows he likes it. There is something so soothing and comforting about tea, a book and a warm, comfy bed, so if this is to be a new part of our nighttime routine for the winter, I'm down!
I was totally unproductive today and moved at about a snail's pace, but I was on cuddle-mom duty; re-reading my post now, the day sounded pretty darned good, actually, didn't it?
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