Reason #83 – Is it affection… or a hallucination?
Reason #83 – Is it affection… or a hallucination?
Sep 10I’m not sure if this really happened or if it was all in my mind. Bear with me.
The other night I left C’s diaper bag at a boutique where I had been trying some dresses on. None came remotely close to what I had in mind and all were terrifyingly overpriced, so we fled walked out in the most dignified manner possible… forgetting the diaper bag on a counter.
I’d like to pretend I thought my sister had it, but frankly I did not even remember the diaper bag even existed until I looked for it the next morning. These days I live in a state of permanent incoherence, the world getting blurrier and blurrier as the sleepless nights pile on. Nothing seems to have sharp edges anymore, and words on a screen are always doing a little jig. And was that a pale blue platypus I just saw prancing by?
But I digress.
I forgot the diaper bag.
The following day I left C at daycare, drove to the boutique, shamefacedly collected the diaper bag , then drove back to day care to shamefacedly deliver it.
And since I was there, I thought I’d give C a kiss.
This is where things get really weird.
Because my independent boy, the one who happily goes with anyone, the one who dashes into daycare whooping every morning, suddenly got clingy.
And he was not clinging to his lovely daycare assistant.
C was clinging to me!
I picked him up and kissed him, which usually is enough to send him fleeing as far from me as possible.
C clung.
So I kissed him some more.
Clingety-cling-cling.
I put him down and tried to walk away.
He started sniffling and looking like rain.
I kissed him one more time, shamefacedly said “seeyoulatermysweetMamahastowork” and fled walked out in the most dignified manner possible while C whined after me.
I was glowing in the car as I drove back to work: Oh my god! My boy actually showed me some affection! In public! Maybe I’m not doing such a bad job after all!
But then I saw a flock of pink hippos crossing the street.
So maybe I just hallucinated the whole thing.
A good night’s sleep? About as plausible as the polka-dotted flamingo looking over my shoulder as I type this.
Updated delusional Bad Mom Post:Reason #83 – Is it affection… or a hallucination?. Read it now! http://1000reasonsimabadmom.com/reason-8...
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Anything from your blog that you like. Otherwise, I’ll just cruise through and pick one or two, with your permission. (Sometimes, I do Follow Fridays without pictures and just put up my own graphics, but pics are better, I think.)
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ofthesea Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Oh, in that case help yourself to any photo you like, and let me know if you would like a larger version. Woot woot!
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Aww.
(Just so you know, these days when a form asks me what my favorite mom blog is, I always put in this one.)
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ofthesea Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Thank you thank you thank you! You have just made me a very happy person on a very bleak Monday!
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Serene Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Aww. Thank YOU.
Hey, I do a Follow Friday blog post every week (you can see examples at momfoodproject.com/category/follow-friday/
May I feature you on the 24th? If so, is there a photo or two I could share on the post?
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ofthesea Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Absolutely! How exciting! What kind of photos?
He started looking like rain?
Love that image.
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ofthesea Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
This is what happens when I read through your archives and feel inspired to try my hand at metaphors.
It looks like rain.
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See? You’re not THAT crappy of a mom.
And the hallucinations? You get used to them. Sometimes, they can provide for some pretty incredible conversation. Avoid chatting it up with the emus though, they’re completely self involved.
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ofthesea Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
He was clingy throughout the entire weekend! Except for the part on Sunday when I literally threw C at my mom and sprinted towards my old bedroom to catch a nap.
Boy it was a good nap.
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Who cares about the kid, that dress is GORGEOUS!
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ofthesea Reply:
September 10th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Also, that dress may get the kid a dad. It’s almost a necessity!
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poor baby :( he is probably used to you leaving and then coming back and he thought it was coming back time already – sweetie!
(he would have had the joys of two coming backs in one day! _ I’m sure he was fine after you left)
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ofthesea Reply:
September 10th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Good point – maybe he thought I was gonna leave him overnight!
Not that it’s ever happened…
…yet ;)
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I’m sure it wasn’t a dream. It’s nice to know we’re needed and loved!
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ofthesea Reply:
September 10th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
I took a sick day off work today and slept ALL afternoon. If he does it again we will know it was for real!
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I have to admit, I don’t like to see my kids cry. But the days of them clinging seem to be long over – and I miss it!!!!
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ofthesea Reply:
September 10th, 2010 at 9:25 am
I still can’t believe it. I must have dreamt it!
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