No, I still don’t have a kid. We’ll get to that.
I’m just checking in to let you guys know I’m doing great today. I went back on a dairy-free, low-sugar vegetarian diet, and I can feel results physically almost immediately. I feel more solidly inhabiting my body than I have in a long time. You are what you eat, I suppose. Honestly the difference is like night and day to just get dairy out of my diet. I never should have added it back in. I don’t care how good cheese is. Totally wasn’t worth it.
For the first time in ages, I woke up at a decent hour, around 8 am. I did a little bit of work and then headed out to the nail salon to get my fake nails taken off. There is a very simple way to determine whether or not I’m in a crazy period: If I’m wearing fake nails, I’m probably in a crazy period. When I was younger, the way to tell was that my hair was bleached when I was crazy, then I’d darken it when I got sane again. I’ve stopped doing that. Now it’s the nails. I needed them off. They interrupt the flow between my brain and the keyboard. I never feel like I can effectively express myself through the written word when I have those damn nails on. And, ya know, that’s basically the only way I express myself, so it’s kind of important.
I headed off to the office, where I got to sit in on the Film.com podcast with Laremy, Garrett and Natalie as their special guest today, and that was a lot of fun. They wanted to talk about celebrities. I told them I was sick of celebrities and I wanted to talk about politics. And we actually did. So I have no idea how they’ll edit it or what they’ll use from it. I’m a little nervous to find out, but if I approve I’ll definitely post the link for you guys to check out.
My friend Candice called around 2 pm to say that her sitter had the flu and she had an important work meeting tonight and was there any way I could come by and look after Audrey? I was like, “Hell yeah!” By the time I finished work and got to her house it was 5:30, and she had to leave at 5:45, so I got a 15-minute crash course in taking care of Audrey, and then I had her alone for the next 2.5 hours. I did EVERYTHING. I gave her a bottle, I burped her, I changed her diaper, I cleaned her little butt, I changed her pajamas, I took her for a little walk and I got her to sleep by the time Candice got home. But OMG I have never been that exhausted by ANYTHING. Babies need CONSTANT attention. It is unbelievable how something that small can be that demanding. But Audrey and I had fun — we sang show tunes and theme songs and then watched Bad Girls Club. Actually, I did all those things. Audrey occasionally burped. And here is another thing — in just those couple of hours, I learned to do a lot of things with one hand that I always assumed required two. But I fixed Audrey’s bottle and made myself a sandwich and a lemonade and peeled an orange all while holding Audrey over my shoulder. So Audrey required one hand, and I did all those other things with the other. How do you make an entire peanut-butter sandwich with one hand? I don’t know, but I did it. I also don’t need to work out at all again this week. Carrying a baby around for a couple of hours is the hardest workout ever. Mothering is TOUGH WORK. Still. I’m really excited to get to do it. I loved taking care of Audrey.
Sheesh. I’m soooo tired right now. And I still have a shitload of work to get done. But I’m so, so grateful to feel solidly on the planet again, finally. Today was my best day in at least a month. So, so, so grateful. I hope it stays.
