July 27, 2006
- How does my infant
demonchild know that the last 24 hours were/are critical in terms of Mommy Needs To Do Important Things time? Because she slept HORRIBLY last night and has wanted to be held (by ME) every time she wakes up. It’s hard to pack and hold a sleeping baby at the same time. - Is it possible to paint one’s toenails without getting polish on the skin? If you can do this? You are dead to me.
- I realized this morning I have nine million pens, four thousand highliters, and NO folders. So my Blogher prep stuff is in a Fantastic Four folder. Does that scream “Professional!” enough for you?
- Is it too excessive or paranoid to bring TWO laptops in case one craps out? I’ve not had a good run with technology lately.
- Is it just me or is the taste of the first cup of coffee in the morning one of the most amazing tastes in the world? I mean - it almost makes the three hours sleep I had last night seem like enough! ALMOST.
- Am I an idiot for promising to work half a day today? Nevermind, I know the answer to that one: Yes. Yes I most certainly am.
Morning, Zoot!
Lotion your toes up (not the NAIL part, derr) before you polish. That way, you can just scrape it off, or it comes off in the bath. Otherwise, nail polish remover and q-tips.
Idiot here too. We leave for vacation today. But I said I would go into work today for a few hours! AM I INSANE?
There is packing to be completed, instructions to be writen (in hourly detail) for the care of our pets while we are gone and last minute important items to be bought (like extra camera batteries!!)
have fun at blogher!
I thought it was just me with the nail polish thing, my nails always look like they’ve been done by a herd of toddlers.
I have itsy-bitsy toenails ( partially because I cut them all the way down and partially because I have, as someone lovingly told me, little sausage toes), so I just sweep polish on them and don’t care. The skin polish just makes it look like my toenails are normal sized. heh.
So, does this mean that you can paint your fingernails without getting any on the skin? Dude, I’ll be 30 real soon and I STILL can’t do that. I’m right handed, so my left hand looks ok, but my right land looks like a drunk monkey painted the nails. Classy!
the folder screams professional Mommy. It will totally work. You should see my toes after I paint them. It looks like…well it ain’t pretty. Have fun at blogher and hopefully there will be a drink waiting for you in the bar!!
i can’t do the nail polish thing either…
oooOOooo…i know you’re going batty, but i’m so jealous! have a GREAT time (at blogher, not work. hehe).
oh and promise that you will post more than you did while you were on vaca…i’m assuming they’ll have some type of broadband connection. i don’t want to go through zoot withdrawal again!
You have two laptops?
Am I supposed to be brining highlighters and folders to this thing?
Now I’m stressed.
1. I don’t know but has she been making long distance calls to Nevada? Because I swear she coordinated that with my son. OMG, angel baby suddenly decided sleep was for the wicked. I told Kile this was either a good thing, as he’ll be saving sleep for the actual trip. That or it is a portent of the evil to come and he plans to SCREAM all the way to San Jose.
2. No, it’s not possible. I’ve tried. Many times.
3. Think of it this way: you’re starting a brand new trend. Next year, all the BlogHer speakers are going to want superhero folders.
4. It is NOT and I only wish I’d thought of it myself. I’ll have two with me, but one is Kile’s. THough I imagine if the need arose, I could call him in a panic and he’d bring it to me. So that’s something, I guess. Good call!
5. OMG, I want coffee. We have none and I’m crying here. Actually considering a stop by McDonalds on the way out this morning so I can at least have something resembling coffee.
6.YES, OMG girl! But no more idiotic than agreeing to travel with a three week old so I suppose we’re even on that. Good luck concentrating on work.
Have a fun trip!!! Hope the flights go smoothly and kids are happy. I usually hand at least one of my kids to a flight attendant as soon as we board — they do a lil “meet and greet” with the other passengers while I breathe for a minute. (Your son would love this, I’m sure. Ha.)
Holy hell, my stomach is in knots for you.
First off, navy is most definitely a jewel tone. I don’t know what the others said, but I’m going with yes.
I SWEAR that some crazy stress hormone is secreted in our breastmilk that makes our kids go ape-shit wild anytime we are stressed.
Toenail polish on nails only? Newp. Not possible.
Fantastic Four Folder screams coolness and casual organization.
2 laptops=prepared.
1st sip of coffee=closest thing to Heaven on Earth ESPECIALLY after being up all night with a stress-hormone-hyped child.
Have a wonderful trip. And relax. You’ll be fabulous.
Yes, they are genetically programmed that way–some kind of anti-sibling survival of the fittest adaptation. I think, somewhere in their wee little reptilian lower brains they KNOW that stressed out mommy is only a few short steps away from being just laid mommy. And we all know what happens next.
No, there is no staying between the lines when it comes to polish. Unless you pay for it. I think it’s a conspiracy.
Fantastic Four rocks. All the other BlogHers are gonna be sooooo wishing they were cool and edgy like you.
You can never have too many laptops. Not possible.
Coffee is nectar of the gods, especially when your husband magically materializes a cup of it on your desk so you don’t have to detach from the blogosphere in order to caffeinate.
And well, ummm…I think that last one’s been covered.
Have a blast!!
Have fun at BlogHer! I can’t wait to hear the recap when you get back.
And yes, that first sip of coffee is heaven.
A Fantastic Four folder sounds pretty darn professional to me.
For me the first drink of Diet Dr. Pepper, Diet Coke, Diet Cherry Coke, or Diet Cherry Pepsi is like heaven.
It sounds like NikkiZ and Amalah’s Noah have been talking.
Have fun at BlogHer!
Now watch, somebody else will show up with a Spiderman folder and you can compare super heros for twenty minutes. Or, more.
(I can’t paint my nails, either)
You brought two laptaps because you want to share one with me.
(YOU HAVE TWO LAPTOPS?!)
I’m awesome at painting my toenails. But my fingernails are a completely different story. I end up looking like an eight year old whose grandma let her paint her own nails.