I spent the day holding the most delightful bundle of energy. Watching her wrestle with an empty 16.9 ounce plastic water bottle had both of us laughing. She's no longer flinging it. She's grasping it firmly around the middle and bashing it onto the bedspread. Over and over and over again, switching hands and grips, sometimes using her newly acquired pincer motion to hold onto the (tightly secured) cap, she fascinated herself and her audience until she needed to stand up and use her legs.
My son made a delicious dinner with minimal mess, and there's still some of Amster's rum cake on the counter for a lovely dessert. I'm not thinking about loading up on sugar and alcohol the day before I have fasting labs because really, who schedules such a thing at this time of year?
I'm not thinking about why the doctor wanted to redo the labs in three months. I'm just not in the mood.
I'm having an exhaustingly wonderful time. My family worries that I've taken on too much, but every moment with Honey Bunny feels like a gift from her parents. Watching her change, day by day and week by week, while tiring and taking a toll on my body, reminds me to view the world with joy.
She's thrilled with everything. I turn my head and then turn back - she giggles. TBG's hair is a source of endless delight; she's gone from grabbing and pulling (Go ahead, baby, make me balder than I am) to gently placing her pointer finger underneath his soft locks. She laughs when he sits up and laughs when he brings his head down to her fingers again.
I'm finding it hard to muster much anger or angst about anything. There is so much to worry and fret over. Human rights are under attack here and abroad. There's nothing I can do today or next week to fix any of it. The fact that so many people seem to love a lying, indicted adulterer could send me into a tailspin, but two people in the last two days have complimented me on my Mark Kelly for Senate and I Will Vote 11/5/24 stickers on The UV's bumper and that's a new and exhilarating experience for me.
With all this wonderfulness, I am just not in the mood to rant about the NYTimes' expose of the Supreme Court's process in the Dobbs decision. I can't muster the snark to share my latest upset with the Lying Liar. And the Gaza/Israel situation is beyond words for me.
So, you will have to excuse me for denying you the full effects of my rant. I just don't have it in me right now.
No need to explain beyond, "I'm enjoying my amazing granddaughter." Full stop.
ReplyDeleteI can hardly listen to the news much less watch it. While Terry cleaned up the kitchen last night, watching the news on the counter tv, I sat in the living room, reading my library book. After he finished the cleanup we watched an episode of Chelsea Detective, after which I went back to reading my book and then went to bed. It's the best I can do right now.
If only we could all return to the wonder of a babe.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't need your rant right now, as articulate as it might be. It's Christmas/Holiday week, and we need to find JOY. You found it for sure.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a different enough comment to make - I agree with everything the others have said! It's great that you can enjoy Honey Bunny on a daily basis for a while.
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