It was a bit hectic the past week. We drove to San Diego for Aaron's work and stopped off to visit some friends in the LA area on the way. It was really healing to be around old friends we both realized. It's a lot of pressure to put on a marriage to have a spouse fill all the roles: friend, provider, entertainer, etc.
We hadn't been to San Diego together since before we were married. Olivia and I hung out and explored during the day and then would pick up Aaron at the Mexican border each night. Olivia is less inclined to want to stay in the car these days so the trip overall was taxing as she fretted at being constrained. Once out of the car seat she was her happy self.
Yesterday, when we returned to Alameda, we went up to Glen Ellen to visit my friend Maurine. We went to a nearby outdoor pool where Olivia had a blast in the kiddie pool. She could enter and exit it herself so that was endless fun and when she got sticky from a Sno-Cone, back into the pool.
Feeling a bit adrift in Alameda. Olivia has been waking up around 4 each morning and I haven't been going back to sleep afterward. Too much time in my own head to worry and turn things over. By 4 in the afternoon I am out of patience and energy and there's another 3 hours or so before Olivia goes to bed. Those hours are frustrating for both of us and I wish I contained my temper more. I am having back spasm again from picking her up which doesn't help matters.
We started going to a play group a couple times a week at the Veteran's Center. It's a big room with a wood floor and tons of toys scattered about. The kids just have a ball running around and the parents sit around the room's perimeter checking their Blackberries. When we return home Olivia crashes hard. Reminds me of how the Dog Whisperer always says "exercise, discipline, affection -- in that order." There's wisdom in that.
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