- Assembled a spaceship out of Lego bricks
- Assembled a vampire castle out of Lego bricks
- Tied (with one hand) the strings of a babydoll’s pajama pants
- Made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
- Discussed mold remediation with a contractor
- Made eye contact with one of my former college students, whom I was paying to help me move some boxes into my new house
- Slept
- Administered liquid Tylenol into a toddler’s mouth via plastic syringe
- Clipped my baby’s fingernails
- Searched my older sons for ticks
- Ate some chicken, which I was unable to cut and so I just stabbed it with my fork and bit off chunks of it above my baby’s head
- Re-watched that episode of Mad Men where Lane and Pete have a fistfight!
- Read a lot of Beatrix Potter books out loud to my older kids
- Refereed several fights over the last bowl of one cereal or another
- Sang “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” to my nursing toddler, who slowly fell asleep in my arms
- Checked Facebook a lot
- Read Fat Girl Walking by Brittany Gibbons (it’s so good!)
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