Jen on the Edge

What is it about road trips that I spend my time in the car scribbling notes about things I need to do when we get home? Five hours in the car this weekend ensured that I came home with several pages of notes of things I had to remember, including:

• Scheduling Graceful’s next orthodontist appointment for this summer. (DONE) It’s been eight months since her first visit, so time for new x-rays and to see how much her teeth have shifted.
• Also scheduling a hearing screening for Graceful. (DONE) I don’t think I’ve mentioned it here, but Graceful is partially deaf in one ear due to congenital otosclerosis. In other words, the wee bones in her middle ear don’t conduct sound properly because they’re malformed. So her hearing is not quite stereo. She could wear a hearing aid, but chooses not to, as she has compensated just fine all these years without it.
• Finish shopping for the girls’ summer clothes and bathing suits. (NOT DONE) They’ll have to sit at the computer with me and show me which things they like before I hand over my credit card number to Lands End, LL Bean, and Hanna Andersson.
• Get birthday presents for my father-in-law and stepmother. (SO NOT DONE)
• Get groceries at Whole Foods (DONE, with happiness) and Sam’s (DEFINITELY NOT DONE, and I’ll certainly delay as long as possible)

So I’m starting off the week with a list of things to do, but am also moving through those items quickly, which feels good.

You know what else feels good? Spending the morning and part of the afternoon with this guy:

So, also on my list of things to do:

• Love the Boy (DONE DONE DONE DONE and IN PROGRESS)