Zombie Sexuality

If you're my friend on facebook then you probably already know that I've been ridiculously tired the past week or so. As the title of this post suggests, I've felt like a complete zombie even after sleeping a good nights sleep. It's like I don't sleep while I'm asleep which would go along well with the action packed dreams I've been having. The worse part about all of this is that it completely kills my patience. On an average day I have a pretty high level of patience and can deal with the screaming, banging, and question assaults. On exhausted days I can deal with one tantrum, half a banging, and only repeating a question once. I really try to distract the situation with offers of a book or something else that's fun but there are times when that doesn't work so we've had a lot of time outs this week. Daddy's been frustrated as well with Violet this week because she won't let him do anything. She wants him with her 24/7 and won't stop calling for him as long as he's home (and sometimes when he's not). Violet loves me, but I'm the one that gives time outs so she sees Daddy as the fun parent. He also gives her what she wants much faster than I do (if I do at all) So I think she also feels like he's the one to go to get her way. Although it's actually very difficult to give Violet what she wants because she never seems to know. I'll ask what she wants for a snack and she'll say "goldfish" so I go and get her a bowl of goldfish and like partway through pouring I hear her screaming "NO I DON'T WANT GOLDFISH" so then we go through a list of snacks and she doesn't want any of them. Then she'll want the snack we ran out of three days ago and finally settle of the original request of gold fish.... We repeat this pattern for every single meal. At big meals, however, I won't make her something different but I may add a side of something (like another fruit or vegetable).

On a non related note, I was reading recently that Teen Mom Amber (the one who's facing felony assault charges against her ex-fiance) was dating a couple of guys. What surprised me were some of the comments that people posted about her. There was a comment about her being a whore or a slut like every other comment. A lot of people were calling her a bad mom as well but not because of the assault but because of her dating life. I just don't understand why we're held to a different standard because of our age. If Amber was in her 30s and a single mom, people would praise her for getting herself out there and dating but because she's 20 (like me) and a mom she's some sort of deviant. If I were single and Violet was staying with her dad I would probably date casually. I wouldn't bring them home to Violet but I would date on my own time. I think it's age appropriate to not really be serious about any one guy (obviously not in all cases since I'm with Daddy and a couple of my friends are married) I don't know, I guess it annoys me because I wouldn't want people saying things like about me if I was single and starting to date again. It could be that those people really were just angry because Amber's not being the best mom she can be for a slew of other reasons.

Anyway,
If you can please donate a Knock Knock Joke for Violet in the comments section. If your comment doesn't show up, it's because you didn't type in the security thingy that shows up after you hit post. She really needs some new ones!!!

Transatlanic Porn Star

So today's title has nothing to do with the actual post. On the way home from the grocery store there was a Death Cab for Cutie song on which made me think of another one of their songs which made me think of today's title.


I don't know if I've mentioned this before but my daughter eats like she's a truck driver. There are times when she's not really hungry or she's tired and cranky but for the most part she's ALWAYS hungry. While at the store I went to get her a Hungry Man meal and her dad goes "does she really need that much?" All it took was a look and he realized what he had said and recanted his question. You're probably thinking my daughter is a chunkster now. Violet weighs 23.2 lbs on a good day. She eats and eats but has a really really hard time gaining weight. Most kids her age are around 30 lbs (at least) by now and she's the size of most one year olds. We haven't really figured out why she has such a hard time gaining yet. Her daddy and I have no problem gaining weight though I am a small person in general. The biggest thing about Violet (other than her personality) is her head. While her height and weight stay in the less than 3 percentile, her head is usually in the 25th or larger percentile. It's normal for children to have larger heads but it's kind of funny to see just how much bigger her head is than the rest of her according to the numbers.

Staying on the topic of food, I really don't enjoy cooking on a regular basis. I like making meals for special occasions ( I make dinner for my dad on his birthday and Father's Day) but not on like a day to day basis. It's hard to do in our house anyway since Violet's dad and I don't like many of the same things and we have really plain tastes and I like for Violet to eat really healthy so if I did cook I'd end up making three different dinners each night. I make two things at least once a week, Spaghetti and Tachos. (Tachos are really taco meat, fritos, and cheese in more of a salad type dish but my boyfriend started calling them Tachos so it stuck) I'm the only one that eats either of those things. Violet's food can usually be popped in the microwave or the oven for a few minutes so I don't consider that cooking and her dad usually makes himself a frozen pizza... The pizzas really annoy me. One day Violet was pretend eating him and I asked her what he tasted like and she said "Dr. Pepper, Pizza, and Hamburgers." I think you have a problem when your two year old can sum up the gist of everything you eat.

Moving Day is Almost Upon Us

*Sigh* I really wish there was a way to just transport all your stuff from one place to the next without having to pack it or carry it... Our apartment is slowly emptying into boxes upon boxes and it's a little sad. Today I have to sort out the stuff that I never unpacked from my move from Montana... It's mostly cold weather stuff and clothes that no longer fit (or were gross to begin with, thanks mom) since I'm no longer carrying 35 lbs of weight solely in my belly or that don't fit because i was carrying 35 extra pounds and I haven't quite evened out yet. Yes, it's been 2 years but I'm not big into other forms of exercise besides dance and there's no gym in our current residence.

On an unrelated note

I made deviled eggs for Violet yesterday. I got the recipe off of www.nickjr.com I love that website. It has all sorts of healthy and fun meals to make and most of them are fairly simple. The hardest part for me was making the hard boiled eggs. I'm good with almost everything else in cooking but eggs and I just don't mix unless I am making an omellet. Violet seemed to like them though so that's a plus :)

On yet another unrelated note

I'm trying to make a guest list for Violet's bday party. It's kind of annoying because I don't want to invite too many people since we're funding it, but at the same time family alone is 15 people not including us. I love our collective family but I need other people there. My poor boyfriend works so much he's too tired to ever really want to go out with friends and the most of the people he works with are weirdos so the guest list is family and my friends. Next year it'll be Violet's friends at least and we'll have a seperate family party :). I really can't wait til GabbaFest 2010 begins though!!!!