Monday Again?

I don't really have "weekends" the way people who work at a "real job" do. Pretty much every day I should work--it's grad student guilt and actually, this weekend, I did work both Sat & Sunday. But because Andrew goes back to work on Monday, I still get the benefit of the Monday blues; getting up earlier, breakfast, then off to scurry about importantly doing things. Andrew, who has what I call "Rabbit-y" tendencies (after Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh, who always had VERY IMPORTANT THINGS to do) was very Rabbit-y this morning. It was 8:30, he wasn't getting an answer at the bank or this other call he was trying to make, and he was very impatient. It's cute.

But what makes this more than just a silly observation mundane blah point is that I was actually sort of trying to sleep in this morning. We drove back from Shreveport last night and a 7 hour drive wears me out nowadays-- it's hard work just sitting in a car that long when you weigh as much more as I do now (I won't tell you an actual weight... that would start the advice flowing and I'm not in the mood). Andrew came in the bedroom, the cat meowed her disapproval at him. This in itself would not normally have caused me to wake up. But I stirred a bit on that borderland between awake and asleep. At that moment, Sean, the baby that lives right under my bellybutton (Maia lives lower in the ab area) moved in such a way that it literally felt like someone had gently put a palm-open hand on my stomach. Just a pat. But it didn't really feel like it was from inside, and it was sort of startling. I had to open my eyes to see if someone was standing there touching my belly. He did it twice. I think he was hungry-- "Get Up MOM We want Raisin Bran!!"

But now, I got stuff to do. Agenda: read more articles for dissertation. Try to write a bit (I've been put off my stride again by comments from the muckety mucks. It happens. It's not a big deal). Do some errands. Go get lunch someplace cool (maybe the Greek place.) Annoy my cat. Be poked at various intervals by the banana twins. (I guess they're bigger than a banana now. Maybe plantain sized.)

So that's my general Monday plans...I hope you all have a productive day or a non-productive day, whichever is highest ranked on your to-do list.