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So I FINALLY got around to watching the Oprah with the Sex and the City cast, and it got me even more excited about seeing the movie. I figured it had to be coming out this weekend, or maybe next. But NO. May 30th! That's THREE WEEKS from this Friday. Now, I get that Oprah has her show schedule, and the season is ending, and all that. But it seems kind of cruel to get us all pumped up and then make us wait. What makes it even harder is that I am trying my best to avoid all spoilers, so the plot can be a surprise. Which means that as the release date DOES get closer, I'm going to have to go into media blackout mode, which is challenging when, like me, you are pretty much addicted to the internet. We'll see how I do. In the meantime, I guess I'll just bust out my DVDs of the entire series and start watching my favorite episodes to get myself pumped up. Not the same, but it will have to do. And there are worse things, right? (At least there's a really good website for the movie. Not that I've fully checked it out, thanks to the media blackout.) Meanwhile, my daughter is now a total speed demon with the crawling. Just a week ago she was still kind of tentative, making her way slowly across the floor. Now, it's ON. She slaps her hands on the carpet, grunts, and makes a beeline for the most dangerous thing in the room, every single time. I had no idea our house---and the world---was so perilous until I got down the floor with her to check things out from her level. Hard table edges! Gates where fingers can get stuck! Rolling chairs that can...well, roll! I mean, good gracious. I feel like unless I put her in a plastic bubble or a Nerf suit, there's no way to keep her totally safe, but I guess that's life. I can't protect her from everything. I wish I could. I wish I could protect everyone I love from every single bad thing out there, pack them all into plastic bubbles and Nerf suits and know they were okay, every moment of every day. But that wouldn't be much of a life. So I guess you just have to sit back and cringe, and bite your nails, and just hope that somehow everyone's able to negotiate those hard table edges and sticky gates and big wheels rolling all around them. You have to because that's all you CAN do. It's as simple as that. *reads over entry* Whoa, that got a little deep all of a sudden, didn't it? Sorry about that. Maybe it's because I've been up since 5:30? Hmmm.... Have a good day, everyone! |
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On May 8th, 2008 02:55 pm (UTC), an anonymous reader commented: A Note From Ali My aunt had a baby around the same time that you did, My aunt does everything though. She has the perfect gates that I cant even get through, the cardboard books with the soft edges, the rounded trim on the wall. It is pretty crazy, but the baby is always safe. Note though, that if they dont get their fingers stuck, or run into a table now, she will do it for the rest of her life. She wont have a lesson that she learned when she was really young and it stuck, she will just have a bruise on her knee from when she was five that she wont remember getting. Just a thought. |
On May 8th, 2008 11:34 pm (UTC), an anonymous reader commented: Hey, I just started reading Lock and Key, and I have it here on my lap right now! It's awesome so far, and all my friends want 2 borrow it, but NO WAY r they getting their hands on it! It's WAY to awesome for them 2 borrow! So far, The Truth About 4ever and This Lullaby r my faves, but Lock and Key might make it 2 the top. Good luck w/ Sasha, I no how u feel! Bubble wrap might work. LOL! Thx 4 writing the books, Luv, Southern Sweetheart |
On May 9th, 2008 12:45 am (UTC), an anonymous reader commented: I recently finished reading Lock and Key.. absolutely AMAZING! Can't wait to see what other brilliant story lines you can come up with! |
On May 9th, 2008 02:19 am (UTC), an anonymous reader commented: babies and safety I learned the very thing of which you speak when my (now 10 year old) daughter was 18 months old and toddling around the house. She followed me into our totally child-proofed and nearly empty living room, tripped and fell and poked the spout of her sippy cup into her forehead. Fifteen stitches later (9 INSIDE, 6 out), she was grinning and sporting a big, fat bandage over her right eye. I realized then that no matter how careful you are and how protective, one can't always shield them from every thing that might come along. I was only a step away from her and still couldn't stop it. Now she calls it her Harry Potter scar... when she is a bit older, she may feel differently. It isn't hugely obvious. Believe it or not, this incident helped me relax a little about some things. After all, I realized I can't control everything, no matter how much I try. Sasha will be great! (BTW... this is the first time I've commented here, but I do read your blog daily.) |
