03.14.08
Answers - #7, #8, #9, and #10 from Jason
(LOOK! Two posts within a week!)
Jason, I have no earthly idea where Carmen Sandiego is. In fact, I never watched that show growing up. (I wasn’t much of a TV watcher as a kid. I read a lot. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case these days!)
Jason also wants to know the answer to a few questions about motherhood:
1) The one thing motherhood has taken away from me that I miss the most is probably time for myself. I know that sounds so typical of a mom, but you really don’t realize how little time you have to do little things you want to do when you have kids, or when you’ve planned something for yourself, only to have to change plans at the last minute. A recent example I can think of is finally getting an appointment with my hair stylist (I am in BAD need of a cut and color), only to have to cancel it at the last minute because Gracie’s come down with a stomach virus and can’t go to Mother’s Morning Out. So, I’m going to have to sit here for a few more days with straggly gray hair until I can get things rescheduled. Also, the last pedicure I had was back in August right before the girls were born. Sigh.
2) The biggest surprise of being a mom? Hmmm. I guess discovering that serious old Adriene can act silly every now and then. It used to be hard to imagine me sitting on the floor with babies making faces and silly noises at them to get them to laugh, but now I do it on a daily basis. But don’t tell anyone. I don’t want them to know.
3) The thing motherhood has given me that I enjoy the most is love, I guess. Sure, I had plenty of love in my life before they arrived (I love my husband, of course, and my parents are pretty awesome as well), but it’s just a different sort of love with the girls. It’s something that you really can’t put into words. I think the best way I’ve heard it described is that it’s like having a part of your heart walking around outside your body for the rest of your life. It’s really something different and lovely.