Indigo Girl: Single Parenting: Done!

We were at karate sparring class last night when A texted me that he was home. Yay! Of course, now I'm thinking about meal planning again and realizing that I've forgotten how to do it. It's like when I spend a week or two NOT making school lunches - it's hard to get back into it. It's so easy to get out of practice with the chores I hate.

Last night was homemade pizza, salad, and ice cream cones. No fruit because pizza for this many days in a row has made me lose my will to live.

E and L have started a grammar unit at school. This resulted in E saying, "Me and L . . . oops! I used bad grammar! I meant L and I . . ." I almost french-kissed her teacher the next time I saw her. I hate bad grammar.

I had ordered more school uniform shorts for E and added some clearance summer stuff, too, when I found a Little Miss Sunshine shirt and how could I NOT order it for C? I mean, she is the epitome of sunshine. Truth in advertising. It made me smile all day and she got lots of comments on it.

Yesterday I decided that my plantar fasciitis has healed and I used two sets of risers during my step aerobics class. It kicked my butt. I used two sets during my class on Tuesday, too, but in that class we alternate between using the step and being on the floor. In step class we are on the step 100% of the time and I was done at the end of class. Still: I survived! And my foot doesn't hurt today.

We ate lunch and went to read with the kids. I stopped in the office and gave them a copy of C's birth certificate, her admission paperwork, and made her kindergarten screening appointment. Sniff. After we finished reading, I returned a super cute dress to Costco because it was indecently short on me. C and I wandered through Target to kill time before school pick up and I tried to find a lipstick to take the place of my all time favorite that has been discontinued. I have a few more and I ordered a few through Amazon, but eventually they will be gone and I should accept it.

It was good to have A home and not just because he got up with C when she woke with her nose gushing blood. I have a hard time sleeping when he's not here. We're not sleep-snugglers (I NEED MY SPACE), but I like it when he's there. His presence is comforting and I don't feel like I have to sleep with my phone half-dialed to 911.

The single parenting thing made L ask a ton of divorce questions, like who gets the kids and how that's decided. I answered all her questions to the best of my ability and then asked, "Did you WANT us to get divorced?" and she said, "No! I just want to know how it works. [Pause and a sheepish grin] Just in case!" MY DAUGHTER. I can totally relate. I want to know how things work and have a contingency plan ready even if I never use it.