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gfrancie ([personal profile] gfrancie) wrote2007-02-05 01:25 pm

yes sir

I have a sick husband on my hands, a somewhat fussy baby and the urge to smack the shit out of the population at large.
But instead of laying waste to the land I am going to stuff my face with jaffa cakes, watch some costume dramas and label the week with the comment, "Yeah? well fuck you clown." (best punchline to a joke)
The one thing I am learning about this Motherhood gig: Ain't no fucking medal at the end of the day for who can be the biggest damn martyr. Nor is there a prize for showing off how damn precocious little Othello or
Lucrecia is. Yes yes yes they started analyzing Goethe at nine months and they have never been in the presence of white granulated sugar and they prefer building models of DNA sequences to running around screaming but you know what? Who gives a flying fuck.
A parent has to do what they gotta do so they can keep their kid alive and keep a few strands of sanity intact. And most kids? they got their brand of unique going on (and that is great) but they are still just children and most are fairly common. Meaning little screaming folk who poop their pants and bitch and moan. Much like a lot of the human race.

[identity profile] moravskyvrabec.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
But then they're potty trained and start saying clever stuff and make you soooo proud....

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I am going to be cynical and cruel for a moment;
Despite that most are still pretty average in their wants/needs and general state of being. The fact is the whole competing parent hobby is ridiculous and a waste of time.
I for one am opting out. I have better things to do with my time.
Like...being a parent.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Let's eat crayons!

[identity profile] kristenlou.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
I for one am opting out.

Yay you! My kinda gal.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Besides. I would always win because my kid is the cutest on the block. hee.

[identity profile] sarahparah.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I heard a rumor the lj-smack tag will be out soon. Patience, precious.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
I would enjoy that feature too much.

[identity profile] tenebrous.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice idea! I want one.

[identity profile] bliss-street.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"A parent has to do what they gotta do so they can keep their kid alive and keep a few strands of sanity intact."

Word!

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Pizza and ire!

[identity profile] rockrgirl8.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
raising your child should not be a competition (i'm not naive i know how people are). but mostly i hate other people, so fuck 'em. let me know if i can help.
xina

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Up for a killing spree? hehe

[identity profile] cusackam.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I still want a fucking medal!

[identity profile] cusackam.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
That would work, I could use some good chocolate.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
A big giant block to gnaw on.

[identity profile] solar-diablo.livejournal.com 2007-02-05 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
little screaming folk who poop their pants and bitch and moan.

Nursery, or nursing home? Funny how cyclical life can be. All you can do is laugh.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
And have some pudding.

[identity profile] robiewankenobie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
maybe you're just not doing it right.
::ducks::

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
No jaffa cakes for you.

[identity profile] robiewankenobie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
oh, baybee...you knows i loves you!

[identity profile] robiewankenobie.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
hey, any time you need a pat on the back for being a kickass mama, you lets me know. it's so weird how that mamaguilt just kicks you in the balls, isn't it? even when there isn't a damn thing to be guilty for. it's a silly system.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-09 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
It's great. I wake up and feel guilt. I go to sleep. I feel guilt. At least it is consistant.

[identity profile] robiewankenobie.livejournal.com 2007-02-09 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
yeah. it's wasted energy. if you are trying to do right by the little guy? you are. little ones are just a mess. they are. it took me months to like the babins. which really upset me. i loved them, for sure, but i didn't like the early baby thing at all. and then i fell head-over-heels. once they got their shit together a bit. the guilt was overwhelming.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-10 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I like Alex as a person. As a baby? He can be very exhausting. I want to say, "It's not you. It's me." Hee.
Thankfully he can be amusing when he smiles and makes odd noises.

[identity profile] robiewankenobie.livejournal.com 2007-02-11 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
that's hilarious! and yes, it is the cute that saves them from the gypsies.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-11 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I am better now. I actually left him with Mr. Jenner for a couple of hours and I did stuff. I went to the spice shop and the cheese stall and bought things. I took my time. I then went to coffee with a couple of girlfriends and again took my time. I felt like I was missing something. (like leaving the house without my keys or thinking I had left the stove on kind of feeling) But I enjoyed myself.
Even though I was gone for three hours I feel much more relaxed and together.

[identity profile] robiewankenobie.livejournal.com 2007-02-11 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm glad that you were able to recharge!

[identity profile] doctor-mama.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Ha ha!
My kids are a bit older, so I know I'm not doing it right.

oh shit

[identity profile] bbcaddict.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
was the sick MY fault??
:(

feck.

Re: oh shit

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think so, unless violent vomiting was a symptom of yours.

[identity profile] bbcaddict.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
no. yikes though. agh. this is your run of the mill head cold.
snot production is down today which is a tidbit of TMI I'm sure you didn't want.

I hope that malt o meal will help after his stomach has calmed down.

thank you for the chocolates!!
:)
now if only I can get in a suitcase the next time you go...
;)

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
His was primarily stomach-related so no guilt. I am still not sharing the Malt-0-Meal with him.

[identity profile] anonamys.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Incidentally, no worries about pacifiers or bottle nipples. (Not that I thought you should worry before.) http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml99/99031.html Note that this is dated 1998, so even though there were a couple of brands still using phthalates then, they stopped in 1999. It's only 8 years later that they've started worrying about the phthalates in sex toys.

[identity profile] rockrgirl8.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
thank you for this.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Ah so I am not slowly killing him. Nice to know.
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[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
I realized that I had to remove it from my friends list because I was growing more and more irritated with each day. From the grand stupidity, "Y'all I'm breastfeeding, how could I get pregnant?" to the smug, "Ohmahgawd you used drugs to get through the birth? I would never do that."
*throws obscene gestures in their general direction*
Yeah.
Ire.

[identity profile] tenebrous.livejournal.com 2007-02-06 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Hear, hear. A little bragging is okay but for heaven's sake, keep your head. People are people.

[identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com 2007-02-07 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly.