Ok. ok. okokokokok. Sometimes there is this sound that is just like... you know. And you have to go out and be outside for a while and then you go back in and it starts again because you suck. If you didn't suck you would still be just like "Woooo!" "Hooray! I don't suck!" but that's not where you are really. Where you are is just here. Walt is with the Others and a dude named Taylor Hicks (no lie) is American Idol.
And what you do is pick up the sound machine and go outside and walk up and down and talk about trees and flowers. The willow trees make the machine louder so you go back away from the Loud-Making-Trees and go back into the house and find something cool like a new song or a new voice or a new puppet...
Because you have to. Because if you don't, there is this noise that just... Oh god.
Sigh. Ain't motherhood grand?
Can I just say, though, that I lovelovelove your blog, and that I am so happy it is back up and running?
Posted by: girlysmack at May 25, 2006 07:42 PMYou know what new parents sometimes need that they never get? Vacations. If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, then I think we both know I'm not unfamiliar with that sound. And what makes the sound go away is three day of good regular sleep, regular meals, walks and some alone time. Because the sound is chemical, and the way people like you and me and Paul can try to control that sort of thing is by regulating our chemistry with the above mentioned regulating tools.
So if you can take a vacation, try that.
Otherwise-- you know.
Or if I'm wrong about what you're talking about, nevermind.
-Josh
Posted by: Joshua at May 29, 2006 11:36 AMThanks girl... Happy to be back from time to time.
Joshua - You are not wrong. I'm going to see my mother in a couple of weeks which while not exactly a vacation is close. Cause she's all you know "I'll take that baby. You give me that baby. Don't worry about a thing."
Lots of napping will commence.
On the other hand, I once babysat a three month old during a severe flood and hailstorm in Tex-ass(I'm talking broken windshields and bloody people curled up in the back of their cars on freeways waiting it out) and that kid screamed straight for about five hours while I tried everything (except going out in the hailstorm.)
Either way, vacations are what's required.
[okay, why is the lone star state banned from comments?!)
Posted by: Appalachia at May 30, 2006 12:18 AMBecause it's part of the name of one of the most popular cardgames, and thus the most popular blogspam topics, on the internets.
Posted by: flamingbanjo at May 30, 2006 10:47 AM