Today was another long day. Marty is usually able to only work a half day or so on Saturdays, but today he had too much that needed to happen before Monday, so he has been gone all day. I feel so bad because it's so cold and rainy outside, and he is just trucking right along through it. Whenever I'm tempted to throw a pity party for myself because I'm having a hard day and he's not around to help me, if I can think for a moment about what his day must be like, I never feel as bad for myself. It softens my heart quite a bit. He's still working right now! It's almost 9 pm, and he's working outside in the rain.
I'll tell you what, I got what I wanted when I set out to marry a hard workin' man.
Today was one of those days when I had to think about how hard he had it too. By about 5 pm today, I was feeling totally spent, and I caved and turned on youtube for Peter and we watched videos of garbage trucks. That's his favorite kind of truck at the moment, it changes every few weeks. Carolyn is usually getting tired again around this point, but if I put her down for a nap at 5, she ends up awake until 9 or 10 at night. So the three of us sat down to watch the show and I let her fall asleep on me for a few minutes, that can usually hold her out another hour or two until bedtime.
I love that she will still fall asleep on me, Peter got so good at falling asleep in his bed by this point that he almost never fell asleep on me anymore (and he certainly doesn't now!). It was such a sweet and pleasant 15 minutes or so, I think all three of us needed that.
And seriously, how kissable are those cheeks?
Labels: Marriage, Motherhood, Personal Growth
