What did I do for my birthday today? Cleaned the cat boxes!
Actually that made me happy. Not cleaning the cat boxes, that is not particularly fun (doing a thorough dump-everything-out-and-scrub cleaning). But what it represents.
When we were first trying to get pregnant at the start of 2005, Chris took over cleaning the litter boxes. I figured it would only be a matter of time before it became my job again; instead, it’s been his job for 3.5 years. Cleaning the cat boxes means I am no longer trying to get pregnant, and it means I no longer am pregnant: it means I have a baby! So yeah, cleaning the cat boxes made me happy.
It also felt like a more normal kind of day. Some days I don’t get anything done besides taking care of Jack. Which is fine, obviously that’s important, but I also want to ease back into my normal routine, and be able to do chores during the week so that when Chris is home it can just be family time.
I even vacuumed with Jack in the Bjorn. Very productive day!
