And so to bed

[ailbhe]

Rob came home and Linnea was calmer and happier than she has been all week - spending the day in front of the telly was a good idea, for her; I may be frazzled and wired and exhausted, but she's rested and revitalised and cheerful.

And she made Daddy take her for a walk - no, a carry - at 9:30 at night. Because, you know, it was important. We tried to fob her off and have her make do with the back garden, but no, she insisted on being taken down the street and around the block.

But then she came home, had a nice breastfeed, and went up on Rob's shoulder to bed just like she should.

So now we're going to watch some Yes, Prime Minister and I will, once again, get to shout repeatedly, "Omigod IloveBernard Omigod IwishIworkedwithim Omigod" and so on. The attention to detail is something I have often woshed for.

Only now, you know, I don't work. I sing the Roly Mo song almost obsessively, but I don't work. I can change a nappy while playing pat-a-cake, but I don't work. I'm so tired I had to ask Rob whether I had actually received a nasty letter from La Leche League demanding the return of a borrowed book, or only dreamt it (I'd dreamt it) and I have checked my online journal to see whether my exam under anaesthetic was already over or not (it was). I begin to wonder whether my employer would mind if I got signed off sick on exhaustion-induced stress leave. I think we would.

I really need to sort out some way of getting a graphic for the tshirt I want - you know, the one that goes -

If I was a

Stay-At-Home-Mom

you couldn't read this tshirt

Please tell me if that didn't work, because this whole font-tag thing is beyond me, I'm a stylesheet girl usually, only I'm, you know, TIRED.

Comments

[rmc28]

Bernard is fantastic.

[allyphoe.livejournal.com]

If I *were*. Please please please. :)

[ailbhe]

No, because where I come from that's not just grammatically correct to a pretentious degree, it's *Anglo*-English. Like saying "naughty" instead of "bold", or "cupboard" instead of "press", but *worse*.

[k425.livejournal.com]

The only change I'd make would be to move the final hyphen in the penultimate line to the last line. From "stay-at-home mom" to "t-shirt". Cos I'm tired too and tried to pronounce tshirt, which I suspect is from an African language...

I love the icon, Rob and Linnea look lovely like that!

[sshi.livejournal.com]

I could do that for you, I reckon. Tell me what colours and what sort of fonts (serif, san-serif, all-upper-case or mixed, etc.) you would like and it should be pretty quick to throw together.

[ailbhe]

Um! I don't really know. I just want the middle line to be big and easy to read, and the other two lines to require actual reading, ie be a bit smaller. I think not ALLCAPS though.

Maybe red font on a clear background, so it can be printed on lots of different colours?

Congrats on yoru grant btw.

[sshi.livejournal.com]

Just sent you an email with some quick versions in it

And thankyou on the grant, I still don't quite believe it :>

your comment on chez miscarriage

[(Anonymous)]

Your comment about getting the No Cry Sleep Solution not to read but because looking at the cover is comforting made me guffaw out loud and I rarely do that reading blog comments. V v witty.