DOARS- Week 5, Day 2- Five Strikes and You're...

Okay, only one more after this! Not sure that I'll post it today, but I might. I do want to catch up... although I know that just as soon as I finish these I'm going to play some more and need to catch up again.... well, imagine if I just played without catching up! Then I might still be writing about Hector as a baby when in game he's married with kids!
... yeah, I probably wouldn't let it get that bad....
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Dear Diary,

Today is the fifth day in the string of waking up alone days. I think I might be getting used to it. As soon as the kids are in school, though... well, let's just say that there had better be some changes.

The bed is nice and made, though, isn't that lovely? I have this thing about cleanliness, you might have noticed. I enjoy cleaning. I want my house to be clean. If I see a dirty dish I want to wash it, that's just the way I am. Some people say I'm a bit obsessive about that, but obviously I'm not since now that I have kids I just don't have the time for it like I used to, and so sometimes we do have dirty dishes around our house. Not the bed, though. I almost always make the bed. I can usually find the time for that little luxury.

I found my kids playing with their dolls. They really love those things. I wonder why Buddy and Pat are so special? They're just raggedy looking dolls, after all. Well, whatever, as long as my kids are happy then I'm okay with it. If Hector and Raquel want to be best friends with a doll, who am I stop them.... for now. I think if they keep being friends with dolls, though, that might be unhealthy.

Hmm, watching my two kids play is extremely telling about their two personalities. They are like night and day. I kind of wonder if Pat will even survive until Hector becomes a child... tonight. What? Tonight? Hector is going to be a child tonight? We don't have anything set up for him! We need to buy him a bed and think about getting him his own room, and who knows what else.

Okay, time to calm down, it'll be okay. All he really needs before the day is out is a bed, that's it. The gnomes will take care of that. Meanwhile, I've had my eye on a sprinkler to help save Cycl0n3 some time. I installed it and made sure it would automatically water the plants when they needed it. Hopefully this'll free Cycl0n3 up enough to spend more time with me. Hopefully. Even if it doesn't, though, this will make things easier for him, so it's worth it.

Actually, he seems pretty happy about not having to water his plants any more. While the kids took their naps we were able to spend some really decent time together like we used to. Yes, yes, it's true that we can't talk much while he's gardening and I'm running, but just being in each other vicinity while we're both doing things we love is enough.

Nap time doesn't last forever, though. But after such a good morning and early afternoon, I was really happy that my babies were up and ready to spend time with me, even though my husband was going to bed for the rest of the day. Well, Raquel wanted to spend time with me, anyway and that made me happy. Hector, though, sequestered himself in a corner of the main room and kept hissing at me when I tried to ask him to come play with me and Raquel. There's just something not quite right with my son...I hope this is a phase that he grows out of.

Raquel is just as sweet as ever, though, she took her first steps today. Cycl0n3 and I were so proud of her! It's bitter sweet, though, because she's the last one. After she learns how to walk, then the fun toddler stuff will be all over with. 

Then just after the sun set it happened. My little boy became much less little. His first day of school is tomorrow. I can't believe how quickly time flies! It seems like just yesterday I was giving birth to him in our living room.

It was already pretty late when everything settled down and the gnomes had his bed set up, so he decided to go ahead and get a good night's sleep before school the next day. That was good of him, he really can be a well behaved child, you know. I don't mean to always be saying that he's a little terror, because he isn't always that way... just some of the time.

Anyways, Cycl0n3 woke up and I went to bed, like it has been for a longer than I care to think of. Now that Hector is in school, though, maybe things will change. It would sure be nice if they did!

Excited for work tomorrow,

Lynn Sw0rd