The firm Perry Mason worked with this summer called him this afternoon to let him know they’re offering him a job! Yay, Perry Mason! He’ll graduate in May and head South sometime thereafter. I’m so proud of him!
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Transitions and little victories
When we moved last weekend, we didn’t set up the crib in Poppy’s room. We set up a twin bed, returned the crib to its rightful owner and crossed our fingers.
And it worked.
Poppy made the move to her “big-girl bed” with no problem at all. She’s been falling asleep with very little trouble at night, and she hasn’t gotten up to play in the middle of the night or the wee hours of the morning.
The one hitch in our collective giddy-up has been naptime. The only naps she took last week were in the car. She was content to sit in her bed for about 30 minutes, but there was no sleeping going on. Not in the middle of the day. Not when Daddy was home, just waiting to Play!Play!Play!
Today, though, is Daddy’s first day at his new job. And just like that, the nap is back. Maybe I should feel bad about that — the fact that the prospect of an afternoon with me isn’t exciting enough to override Poppy’s need to nap.
It’s hard to feel bad when you get to take a nap of your very own, though.
Decor dilemma
The kitchen cabinets in our new apartment seem to want me to do some decorating. There’s a big, empty space above them. And it just looks so … empty. I’m not so inclined toward interior decorating, so I’m not sure what to do with the space. Ivy and baskets seem to be popular options for cabinet-tops. I don’t know that I’m an ivy person, though. The baskets are a possibility. Then it would be storage, but in a lovely and decorative way.
I sought advice from Martha Stewart, but she didn’t have anything helpful to say. So I searched Flickr for “top of the kitchen cabinets.” Those results suggest that Marsha T. Cat would be the perfect accoutrement for the kitchen cabinets. As Marsha isn’t living with us now, though, I may just have to go with pottery and baskets.