Friday brain dump

There are so many silly things swirling around in my head right now, that none of them combined make for a worthy blog post. But if I BULLET point them, then of course they are worthy!

• Nick slept much better last night. (Oh joy, she's starting this post with ANOTHER lament about her child's sleep habits!) But for real...he was beginning to make me go crazy. Last night still wasn't as good as he had been sleeping in the past, but it was better. I fed him almost double the amount of dinner he usually eats, put him to bed slightly later, and slathered his gums in baby orajel. Which Todd thinks is a stimulant, but I think it's just an excuse to shut up your baby with something sickeningly over sweet and cherry flavored.

• Despite Nick sleeping much better, Whinnie slept much worse. Because I'm psychotic, I have it in my head that Nick can hear us shut our bedroom door at night. I swear he can...every night, the minute it shuts, he wakes up crying. Like "why are you shutting me out of your lives?!" So last night I told Todd to leave it open. Thinking it wouldn't be an issue, because even if Whinnie got up in the night and went to sleep in the office, it wouldn't be a problem. WRONG. She took a giant crap right in the doorway of our bedroom. And then I'm pretty sure (and I left this part off facebook, because it's disgusting) she played in it. Yuh...you read that right. There were poo pieces scattered around and a big brown stain on the carpet. I'm thinking of encouraging her to sleep in the backyard tonight.

• Speaking of things I'm thinking of...I'm thinking of delurking. What is delurking, you ask? Well honestly I have no idea, but I've read the term on other blogs that I follow...when they ask for all of their lurkers to make themselves known. Basically I'm a huge blog stalker. I read tons of blogs of people I have never met and find incredibly funny. There is this special blog world where people comment on complete strangers blogs, which in turn drives up the traffic to their own blogs. Right now, I'm pretty private. I know all of my followers (unless I have stalkers which would be sweet). But sometimes I read something on a strangers blog that I find hilarious or inspiring and I'd love to be able to leave them a comment without sounding like a tool. Oh, and most of the blogs I follow host giveaways. I'd LOVE to score some free swag. But apparently you can't do that anonymously. Who made up the blog rules, anyway? Any who, it's just something I'm thinking about. Maybe I'll work up the nerve one of these days.

• My diet seems to be going well. At least in my head. Literally. My brain thinks I'm thinner on a daily basis. Great for self-esteem. That is until I try to button any pants purchased pre-baby. I have been dieting and exercising for two solid weeks now. I fell off the wagon once or twice (damn you, blue moon and your ability to alter my state of mind into convincing myself that eating crab fritters in lobster butter sauce at 11pm at night would be a fabulous idea and wouldn't harm my diet AT ALL). But aside from that falter, and a teeny slip up yesterday at lunch (but hey, someone else was buying...can't fore go a free lunch, I'm on a budget people), I've been doing great. I just have yet to see the progress...

• I am having a love affair with hot green tea. I have no idea why. The taste is slightly odd...the microscopic amount of caffeine it offers is doing nothing for my droopy eyelids...and it looks like urine. But for some reason, every time I venture to the half-million dollar coffee pot in our office kitchen, the first thing I reach for is the green tea. At least it offers 0 calories and apparently some antioxidants or something beneficial like that.

• I'm having a fantastic hair day. This is due in large part to the fact that it's not humid outside today. But it's due in larger part to the fact that this is the first time I've washed my hair since Monday. Or possibly Sunday. I honestly can't remember the last time I washed it. Man, I'm gross.

And that, folks, is what's in my head today.

Happy Friday!