3 posts tagged “pets”

On May 5th I officially leave behind the SAHM life I've been living for the last 4 years, and take on the role of Working Mom. Sure, I've been working the last 4 months at Queenie's school, but it's about as part-time as you can get, and you know, I'm still with the kids, so really it's more like just hanging out and getting paid (which I was already doing before the school started paying me).

I have a lot of mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I've got to leave my kids. On the other hand, HOLY SWEET MOSES, I get to leave my kids. I get to leave the meltdowns, the whining, the bickering, and the hangings-on. I get to go to the bathroom, or even Starbucks, by myself. So that could be exciting. And really, I'll be working for a fine organization that does a lot of good in the world, and I am being given an opportunity to bring about change, and create programs that I enjoy. So, until the great money fairy falls from the sky and whisks me away to a lovely house in West LA, I've got a good position working with friends, and am able to help dig my family out of the financial hole we've dug for ourselves. Not bad, right?

So, there it is. Thought I should mention it.

Spit Spot is thrilled (at least in theory) with going to preschool. It's on site where I work, so she's already familiar with the space and many of the kids who go there. We've gone shopping for her emergency kit and class supplies and she keeps practicing using her new pillow on a nap mat in the living room.

Queenie, however, is a bit freaked out. She's mentioning it to people at school which is huge as she never mentions anything troubling her to her teachers. She's private like that. So how do I resolve that problem? By providing her with a security blanket, something to help her feel safe, strong.

That's right, we've broken down and agreed to the hamster. Help us, dear G-d.

More on that later. We're just all kind of sad that we can't name it Waffles, as that is already taken by a schoolmate's dwarf hamster. But damn, it's a good one.

Okay, crazy. So today I'm talking about macaroons with my friend, BD. I had saved him some when I made them last week, but never saw him to give him any. Anyway, today I'm telling him I'm about to make more and he's excited, saying they're his favorite cookies, how he just looooves macaroons, and then he stops mid-sentence and says, "But, hey, is it almost hamantaschen time?"

You'd think I put crack in those hamantaschen they way people are asking for them.

On another note that has absolutely nothing to do with cookies, we put Jack in his new 1 gallon tank today. Wooo! I never knew a fish could get so excited, but he's having a rousing good afternoon swimming up....and down....and up....and down....and up....etc. It's not a regular tank, but a glass food jar with screw on top that we got from Batty and her friend, Soap (thanks, again!) who are part of the crafty/home school-y crew with which I sometimes hang although I am neither crafty nor home school-y (they are very kind, those people. I think it's charity).

Anyway, he's excited, and Queenie only asked me about hamsters 7 times today, so maybe it'll whittle down some more.

It's official! Our new Betta fish, Jack, is a happy fish. Today I went to feed him and found "happy bubbles" clustered between the leaves of his fake plant. Hooray! I thought I saw the beginnings of some of these last week, but they were few and far between and mostly wishful thinking. But today, goodness! It's a veritable nest of them.

I am relieved, as our last Betta, Mike, was not so happy, and did not last too long.

Not that it matters to Queenie. After Pet Day at her school, she has moved on to hamsters. Ugh.

Still, I'm happy and it's a beautiful day here in LA.