Mathematical Mama

I'm going to be flying under the radar for the next few weeks... Stay thirsty, my friends!

I don't make a habit of putting myself out there when it comes to politics and religion. I'm not going to push my beliefs on anyone.  If someone wants to talk about religion, I'm happy to oblige. On HLN this morning, they were discussing the Republican debate from last night... I didn't see it, but the clips that aired really bothered me. All people were created with free will.  As a Christian, I don't agree with abortion.  I wouldn't have one.  But it's also none of my business if anyone else gets one.  It's nobody's business but the person who is getting one.  And it's between that person and God. Period. It's no one's business if a woman decides to use contraception except hers.  Realistically, a very small percentage of people wait until they are married to have sex.  That's a choice that a woman makes for herself, and politicians shouldn't act like they should have a say in it.  It sickens me to think that these men have

My daughter is teething.  Finally, and really?!? The day I decide to stop coddling her and picking her up every time she screams during nap time, and she legit needs me to hold her. JP put up zero fight for nap time today, even tho he didn't sleep yesterday.  I told him he could come out after 3.5 hours... I thought he was asleep!  He was just being really quiet. Today, no fight. Now I'm going in every 5-7 minutes or so and laying Z back down... she still stands up and cries.  She's only been in there for 15 minutes or so... I really need just 30 minutes of nap time... anything above and beyond that is icing on the cake.  Mommy needs to run today. I might need more coffee.

I have been spoiling my children rotten. No... I mean it... I came to this realization this morning when I went to pick JP up from school.  His teacher said he was kind of in a fog both today and yesterday... which is very uncharacteristic for my little man.  She asked if he takes a nap when he gets home, and made a face when my reply was "No."  Not the first person that has responded in that way. When his pediatrician told me that he really needed to still be napping, i shrugged it off and told her that we try, but it ends up being quiet time since he simply refuses.  Today was different.  I made up my mind on the way home that we would genuinely give it a shot.  No books, no lights on... I told him it was time for bed.  Not nap... bed.  He fought me briefly, but laid down and I haven't heard a peep.  I realized that I'm still operating with the "we're going to be leaving shortly" mentality... It's so ingrained since I was working JP's whole

7:20am- Mommy's alarm goes off. I get up, turn on JP's light and tell him its time to wake up and use the potty. Proceed to bathroom to grab a quick shower as it has been 3 days. Gross. 7:25am- My husband pops his head in to kiss me goodbye and leaves for work. 7:26am - Blissful shower interrupted by JP telling me that he stayed dry all night! Very proud, and yet fussy. 7:27am-Exit the shower. Tell JP to grab clothes for the day, spend 3 minutes explaining why he needs a short sleeved shirt. He's not convinced by the snow outside. If I was wearing more than a towel, I would open the front door to illustrate my point. 7:30am- Compromise on wearing a long sleeved shirt under a short sleeved shirt.  JP gets his other clothes while I try to speed-dress. 7:31am - JP runs into the bedroom, clothes picked out, and brings his dinosaurs to play on the bed while I get dressed. 7:37am - finally dressed after a barrage of questions about dinosaurs and why he can't watch tv in