Cabin Fever

I have heard some of my friends that the weather in California has been an absolute beast.  The beast?  Rain.  The state of California has experienced rain for over two weeks. 

Aside from the obvious depression from the lack of vitamin D from the sun was the inevitable consequence of staying indoors for that long - cabin fever.  The sheer boredom of having nothing fun to do for two weeks is rough.  Even more rough when you throw young children into the mix because those children believe annoying you is the best way to fill the indoor time.

Well Cali, I feel for you, I really do.  But I would gladly take two weeks of non-stop rain over the unbearable cold and snow that encompasses five months out of the year here in Minnesota.  You see, there is a stage past cabin fever.  Here in Minnesota we get a bit crazy. 

To illustrate my point, I would like you to see what kids do in Minnesota in lieu of running through the sprinklers.  See here...



LOL!  I think we need to move.  Or spring needs to come more quickly.

Live and Learn...

Anwar is out of town, so I am going it solo this week with the kids. Nikolai woke up at 2:30 am the other morning and, since he has been sick, I just went in and got him figuring he could just sleep with me.

He had a different idea.

 

First I felt a finger poke right into my eye and heard Nik whisper "eye", then he nearly picked my nose and said "nose", "mouth"...you get it. Then, after he was done naming stuff and poking my face, he started saying TV over and over because he thought that would make me turn it on. I don't think my explanation of "there are no cartoons on at 2:30 am was sufficient because he got bored and got off the bed and started wandering around the house. He pretty quickly went to for cat food - because hey - it was the perfect time to feed the cat. So the cat hears Nik rummaging through her food and gets all excited because she thinks, "awesome! I am going to eat early today!"

So now, I have a toddler wandering the halls, a cat meowing over and over because she is confused about why she doesn't have any food yet and me really, really wanting to sleep.

So I thought, fuck it, and picked up Nik and put him back in his crib assuming he was going to freak out on my for doing so.

Nope. He went right to sleep. Next time I know just to leave the kid in his crib. Sheesh.

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No, really.  I literally need you to "like" this photo:

Why?  Because I entered a Modern Bird contest so I can win the above awesome photo done MB style.

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