Twas Brillig

Okay, I know I’ve posted a million times today, and those of you have me on google reader are probably ready to kill me right about now. But, as you can see, this is still a very new site and I’m trying my darndest to get it up and running. So, lucky for you, I’m pretty much posting everything that comes to mind right now! hahaha

So, yesterday while I was at my Relief Society meeting, a VERY PREGNANT woman came up to me.

“Hi!” she says. “I heard that you had your babies at home!”

“Three of them, yes,” I replied, not sure if she was going to admire me or condemn me to hell for such “endangerment.”

“Oh, that’s so great. Can I have your phone number? I don’t want to go to the hospital too early when I go into labor, but I’m afraid that if I wait TOO long, I might end up having this baby at home and I’d need your help, since you know all about this and you live so close.”

I was flabbergasted.

Just because I have given birth at home does NOT mean that I automatically know how to deliver a baby!! That’s like saying that since I had surgery on my kidney stones I can now perform the same surgery on someone else?

As if my midwife hadn’t gone through years of schooling, hundreds of births, and an extensive liscensure process. And as if I just happen to have oxygen and pitocin and other possible necessities lying around my house that I could stick in my trunk and bring to her birth.

However, I was taken off guard just enough that I said, “Um, sure! Call me anytime.”

Hahahahaha. YIKES!

So, yesterday was a terribly busy day.

Besides getting all four kids (the oldest of whom is 5) fed and bathed (which should count as a full day’s work) I had a meeting with the Realtor who is selling our old house (yes, the hot one). We hadn’t found a babysitter, so Hubbyhubs and I had the kids with us. After that meeting we had ANOTHER meeting an hour away about our NEW house–a construction meeting thingy. We were flabbergasted to see that the whole thing is framed out, the roof is on, and the windows are installed. They were working on the electric when we got there. Our once far away dream is becoming a reality! There was much traipsing around the construction site with all four kids in tow, including one who peed his pants. Sigh.

From there, Hubs dropped me off at his car which I took out to our old house while he took the kids “home” to his parents’ house, where we are currently living. I spent THREE HOURS going through crap in the basement, sorting, arranging, etc.

Then I went to my Releif Society meeting(a women’s group devoted to service and kindness and empowering women) and mingled and giggled and had a nice little well-earned break from the crazinesses of real life.

Then I went BACK to the old house and continued the basement project. Didn’t leave until after 11:00 p.m. Got “home” at about midnight.

And WHY does any of this matter?

Because I did it all in sassy three-inch heels, thank you very much!!!

I know that just about everyone I know and love (besides my dear husband) received some degree or another from the illustrious Brigham Young University (including both of my dear parents, who were professors there and retired from there). This is not meant to be an offense to you… I’m just becoming less and less interested in your University…. which is difficult… since they’ve been on my very-dark-if-not-completely-black list for some time now…

I just heard the SUPER DUPER news today–Dick Cheney himself is going to be speaking at BYU’s commencement this year.

Our dear Vice President was available, of course, because NO ONE ELSE ON THE PLANET WAS INTERESTED IN BOOKING HIM!!! Seriously, people! Dick Cheney? The guy who tried to convince the American public that TORTURE was okay? The guy who stands beside our dopey president as he breaks one federal or international law after another?? The guy who leaked info about a CIA agent?? And does ANYONE besides me remember Haliburton???

Oh, but wait. He’s a Republican. And this is, after all, the land of the Blind Republican Sheep. He could eat your children in front of you, but he’s a Republican. Therefore, we must admire him and shout his praises. And maybe even teach a few Sunday School lessons about his endless virtues…