Hello! I think it’s Wednesday, Feb. 13th. I just woke up at about 2 p.m. Last night I partied with Mia from 1 am till about 4:30! Yeah, that’s Cry Time! She is now nine days old, same as peas porridge in the pot.
It has become evident that she really does get into that baby-crying thing from 1am till about 4:30. But to calm her, last night I tried a new trick. My co-worker the Lingley recommended static– that is, white noise, to calm the baby. Folks in that situation you are willing to try anything. I couldn’t get my lousy radio to produce any soothing type white noise; so I thought of something else: The SHOWER. I took the bundle of cry to the bathroom, turned on the shower… and… VOILA! she was UTTERLY MEZMERIZED!! Man I should’ve gotten a picture of that! Maybe I will, again tonight, if I can! it was soooo cute.
I also have a recommendation in general for people’s bathrooms. I did this years ago, and it has worked out marvelously: Buy a red “Party Light Bulb”, the kind that are really dim, that give off the light that looks like it might be for a darkroom, and install it into the overhead light fixture in your bathroom. I’m telling you, in the middle of the night, when you have to get up and use the restroom and you’re dreading the glaring shine of the full-power lights of the bathroom, just flick on this red bulb in the overhead (Mine’s installed in the vent-light), and it provides the perfect amount of light to see by to use the restroom, and it does not hurt your eyes at all no matter if you just woke up in the middle of the night or not.
So Anyway, Yesterday I went to the Colby Fitness Center (A.K.A. the Co-Rec) for some exercise and it was GREAT!
The days have all run together, and I’ve been in a social vacuum. The only people I’ve seen besides Hongmei & Mom are my Mom & Dad. they came to visit on Saturday & Sunday and Dad, excuse me, Grandpa, took some great pictures. They are up on the photo album (CLick to go to photo album).
Can’t think of anything more to write in the blog at this time.
