Rachel's in bed. Spencer is just a few minutes away from it. He's tuckered. We went to the ILs today instead of them coming up here as usual. Their new house is AMAZING! It should be for the amount of money they paid, but still, it's really nice. It's the little things, that set a luxury home apart. The water faucet (a very stylish one) behind the stove top so you don't have to carry a heavy pot of water across the kitchen. The screened in porch has screening below the floorboards so that the bugs can't come in from below either. Little things... I'm so jealous!!!!

Okay, now they are both down for the night. I'm liking this in-bed-at-7 thing. Hopefully it will take.

RaRa's naps are all messed up. She's just taking short 1 hour or less naps throughout the day. And she won't nap anywhere but home. Sometimes she'll fall asleep in the car, but a lot of times she just cries. I refuse to be housebound! I'm going to try the Y again tomorrow. Maybe I should wait and try in the evening. Mike would probably like that :oP.

It was so surreal seeing Tom and Lucy in this new, stylish house. I've been associating them with that mauve wallpaper for so long. Their new furniture is gorgeous too. So jealous!

Spencer did great today. Said bye-bye to the TV when he turned it off. Was saying 'blast off' in Spencer-ese after the pat-pat ritual, instead of 'yay'. Had great fun with grandma and grandpa in their new house. Explored, but listened (reluctantly) when I told him to stay away from the steps. He was going to try to go down them adult-style on his own. Gasp!!! I'm so not ready for that. I guess I should open the gate to our stairs and let him play. I could put the old gate at the bottom so he can't actually go into the basement. Yeah, I think I'll do that tomorrow.

Mike and I walked on eggshells some, but it got better when we got to his parents house. Seemed to be okay in the evening. He's just got to learn to relax and enjoy things that are out of his control or not about him. But, he may never do that. I can only control/change my reaction to it. I'll try harder to not let it get to me.

One thing that did strike me as odd though. Mike can point to any given week and give several reasons why it was a rough week. Fine, he works hard, we've got two little ones. I don't necessarily agree, but again his philosophies, not mine. However, when his dad was saying that it was a rough week for them, Mike was completely indignant. They moved out of their house of 20 years. They made a huge mistake with how much they hired the movers to take and subsequently had to move a shit-load of boxes on their own with no planning and Lucy's poor health. Yeah, I'd say that qualifies as a rough week. Why does Mike think that no one else has it as "bad" as he does? And why does he think he's got is so bad to begin with???