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| Mommy, why are you so lazy? |
You've probably heard, but the East Coast is a mess of heat and humidity today (and tomorrow, yay!) and it makes for a long day with a toddler. We went for a run/walk early so the dog could get her exercise, but it never really cooled off last night and it was already hot by 8am. I wanted to go earlier, but Faith was being contrary and sleeping in. I woke her up at 7:30am because any later and she won't nap and she was not pleased with me. She was really fussy inside, so I thought if we went to a shady park that she could tire herself out.
I'm pretty sure putting on sunscreen and driving to the park took longer than we actually spent at the park because it was so freaking hot and I'm TFP to sit and sweat in the shade at 9:30 in the morning.
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| Ugh, this sand is DIRTY Mommy. What am I, an animal? |
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| I'm going to need a bath after this. |
After about 20 minutes, I asked Faith if she would like to bag the park idea and go get Slurpees instead. Her reaction:
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| You mean this park business was optional?? |
She actually ended up picking out a fun juice bottle thing with a SpongeBob top instead of a Slurpee/Icee and was so excited to be in an air conditioned car that she busted out enthusiastic dance moves to the Wiggles "Hot Potato" song.
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| Hot potato, hot potato! |
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| Mashed banana, mashed banana! |
Yes, those are the actual lyrics and yes, I think the Wiggles may come up with song ideas while under the influence.
Meanwhile the dog's idiotic world, she likes to stand out in the hot sun until she almost vomits. It's like the fireplace in the winter, but somehow even sadder.
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| Durrrrrrr |
Yes, the tags are still on the chairs we just bought. I can't hold the thought to remember to cut them off. Maybe the shame of posting this on the internet will inspire me to just do it already.
I did the rest of my run (5 more miles) in the AC on the treadmill with a fan on me, which is pretty much the only way I can even approach comfort while running these days. Running with the stroller is steadily becoming less of a viable option because it uses way more abdominal muscles than I thought and steering it actually strains my obliques since my front abs are useless right now. I haven't given up on it entirely, but it hasn't been feeling good this week.
I think tomorrow is going to be an inside day since it's going to be even hotter. I may fill up her pool, but even that task sounds like it would involve lots of sweat on my part. I feel like being pregnant in the summer is like wearing a down vest all the time, but that could be just me since I'm always hot anyway. It's really fun how the heat makes me cranky. My husband was trained for combat and all, but I don't think that prepared him for coming home to me after a hot day with a boisterous toddler. Who says that men don't suffer in pregnancy?
How are you beating the heat this week? If it's cold where you are, you are dead to me.
Do you have any made up acronyms in your life?
Yep.. I've been preggers in the summer. Twice. Once.. due to some very bad planning, I was in my last trimester in TX.
ReplyDeleteSuggestion: Find a pool. Stay in the water. Belly floats, you don't feel so bloated, and Faith can have fun too! (you can even put a life vest on her so you don't have to hold her all the time)
A life vest and some sort of leash...I like where this is going.
Deleteyou get 100% for hitting all the items on your blogging checklist today: fetus, toddler, dog, running, eating shitty food.
ReplyDelete-5 points though, for using YATLA (yet another three letter acronym) because my life is too full of acronyms already.
This grading system seems biased.
DeleteThis blogging system seems formulaic.
DeleteWhen I was pregnant with Charlotte all I wanted to do was float in a pool, but she was born in January, so that wasn't an option. I've already taken advantage of my in-laws pool a few times and it's the bomb. I'm also TFP for this heat, going on day 4 of 90s and humidity, but it's probably not as bad here. Today I floated my BFA (big fat ass) in the pool while I thought Charlotte was napping, when in reality, she was screaming. So we went home.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of floating in a pool in the shade. The direct sunlight is my enemy though, mostly because I don't want anymore skin hacked off by the dermatologist.
DeleteYou could get a parasol.
DeleteIt's been boiling here. Yes, it's true--it's a dry heat. But dry doesn't mean a lot when you have no AC. FWP--first world problem. :^)
ReplyDeleteHaving no AC is one of the worst first world problems to have!
DeleteThis post just made me laugh. At 34 weeks I'm dying trying to keep up with my two/almost three year old. All she wants to do is play outside and the heat/humidity in South Louisiana is unbearable. I just want to sit in the ac and put my feet up but my toddler has other plans! I'm just hoping I can survive the next six weeks without going crazy or freezing my husband out of the house. Take care of yourself and stay cool.
ReplyDeleteOh man, you have it worse with being way more pregnant than me and living in a hotter area! Stay strong :)
Deletethanks, I'm dying down here. Hoping this baby comes early because I'm not sure how much more of this heat I can stand!
DeleteIfffff it makes you feel any better, I'm much more pregnant in the summer than you are (and I was last time too, with Isabelle being born in August.)
ReplyDeleteI like Faith's cute little ponytail :)
I do enjoy that you're suffering more. Thank you :)
DeleteI am a firmer believer that most kid music is created by adults under the influence.
ReplyDeleteIt's the only reason for a whole song about hot potatoes, cold spaghetti, and mashed bananas.
DeleteNGP is an acronym my dad made up for "not good, people".
ReplyDeleteand the high tomorrow is 97 here, MAJOR NGP.
p.s. looooved the pic of faith reacting to the slurpee offer. :)
I'm loving the enthusiastic dance moves! The B usually just stares at TV/DVD screens. I work in aerospace and that means we use a ton of TLAs. Sometimes it sounds like this, "Did you write the ATS for the MRB with the WBF MIC? Don't forget the EVA for the CRB so we can report out at PPR.". They dedicate a whole company web page for TLAs, but I think sometimes people just make shit up just to feel special. I won't mention what our weather is like, but you are always welcome to come visit ;)
ReplyDeleteMost of my jobs have been full of three letter acronyms. It just seems right. :)
DeleteFCITS (for crying in the sunshine). Of course that's just more fun to actually say.
ReplyDeleteFaith's crazy eyes are awesome.
ReplyDeleteMy solution to the heat is buy another dehumidifier for the basement and stay down there.
I made the mistake of attempting yard work in 90 degree weather. Dumb. It zapped my energy for 12+ hours. I asked my husband to hire a gardener. He made crazy eyes at me like Faith gives you.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, our Peanut would be rolling in sand by the time I even pulled out a camera. The kid loves sandboxes...in her pants. (interpret that with a 17 month old in mind please).
ReplyDeleteps- I was totally singing that song the other day (because I'm a loser who apparently listens to Toddler radio on pandora way too much) and I love the "cold spaghetti cold spaghetti" lyrics...but no one seems to understand why I am so crazy.
Please tell me more about how hard your life is getting to stay home in an air conditioned house all day and run on your own personal treadmill in the AC. I ran outside, went to work all day in a non - air conditioned job, then went to a second job.
ReplyDeleteWe made up a lot of acronyms when I worked at Starbucks. If your mocha frappucino said "MFF" instead of "MF", it meant, here's your mocha frapuccino, FUCKER.
Hahaha. This was one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteI am the same way in the heat. The summer I had Owen was one of the hottest on record, and I was a MEAN pregnant lady carrying around 40 extra pounds on ridiculously swollen ankles. Oh god. My next pregnancy will NOT involve being that big in the summer.
Good luck. Slurpee and a/c for the win.
I hated heat while pregnant so much that I told my husband we will plan better for kid#2. Love the acronym!
ReplyDeleteI treadmilled this morning, but the apartment complex's gym wasn't exactly cool. I'm still not sure if it was better or worse than being outside.
ReplyDeleteI totally make up acronyms, or rather make up the definitions for Patrick's Navy acronyms.
8:44 and it's 66F. Don't hate, just move to Southern California. :)
ReplyDeleteI live in a valley where if it doesn't hit 112F, it's a record breaking summer. When I first moved here I lived in a house with no AC. I think a lot of brain cells boiled to death that summer.
ReplyDeleteIn Toronto it's bloody hot, in the 40s here (that's the 100s for you American F lovers). It's hot. Our a/c isn't working.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm still running, in the shade, but pushing those toddlers, so it's like pushing over 100 pounds in a sauna(but they enjoy it, all the wildlife is out we keep seeing snakes and frogs).
The sprinkler has been a hit though, Nate loves running through it.
(I don't have an acronym but I do have unique gestures to short hand curse/speak to my husband, well it's only one gesture, I encircle my nose with my hand, as a short hand for f&@k knows).
Don't want to curse on your blog, not everyone has a mouth like a truck driver.
So if you mime it but don't say it, it's ok? What the fuck is the difference if you make some gesture that you know *means* the same as cursing, versus actually cursing?
DeleteIt's the same fucking thing. Get over yourself.
Wow. It's a joke between me and my husband that I wanted to share. What the fuck is your problem?
DeleteOh snap, now we're spelling everything the fuck out. Shit just got real.
Deleteyou're the one who said Kara was fat.
DeleteI mean, a truck driver.
same thing.
nothing wrong with truck drivers. have you seen a picture of her? If she's fat I'm a whale.
DeleteAnd the truck driver I was talking about was actual me, as I wrote, F&ck rather then writing FUCK because I usually don't curse on other peoples blogs.
DeleteI keep that shit for my own blog.
I live in Houston, I can relate to your summer heat...it's dreadful.
ReplyDeletei love TFP! genius!
ReplyDeletei've been running at 5:30AM to beat the heat and i don't feel like i'm beating it at all.
It's almost warm enough for track meets.
ReplyDeleteOh and I read that WS100 was shockingly cold in the morning up in the peaks. Aren't you glad it isn't shockingly cold where you live?
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