Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Units of Time

With the boys in daycare now I'm begining to feel a bit like Will in the movie About a Boy


 " I find the key is to think of a day as units of time, each unit consisting of no more than thirty minutes. Full hours can be a little bit intimidating and most activities take about half an hour. Taking a bath: one unit, watching countdown: one unit, web-based research: two units, exercising: three units, having my hair carefully disheveled: four units. It's amazing how the day fills up, and I often wonder, to be absolutely honest, if I'd ever have time for a job; how do people cram them in? "


What fills my units of time?


Morning talk shows -1 unit


Lara Croft Tomb Raider, apparently today that took 4 units


The Bachelor on Hulu- 4 units


googling spoilers about the bachelor- 1 unit (I know, so bad! Sorry)


a Percocet induced coma - 4-5 units


facebook, family fued-2 units


One perk of taking Percocet is dreaming of being in a romantic movie with Ryan Reynolds. This must be why people become addicted to narcotics. Then again it does give you some horrific nightmares too, so never mind.


Just to clear up any misconception, I'm still pretty limited to what I can do so that's why the kiddos are in daycare. I hate it. It feels so weird to rely on someone else to care for my children. 
I'm still sleeping in my recliner-uhg, yuck. Still taking pain meds although not as much. Still not changing any poopy diapers!!!!  


My new bed. 
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My current obsession

Raising Cain, The Emotional Lives of Boys. Read it, just do it. It's only 258 pages long and it will change how you view and interact with boys. If you have a boy in your life, whether you're a parent, teacher, mentor or friend, you need to read this.
"...But as their manuscript progressed, Kindlon and Thompson realized a simple "how-to" would not do. "In the end," they write, "we found that the best advice we had to offer was simply to understand boys as they truly are ­ rather than as they appear or as we wish them to be. Our deepest wish is to pull aside the curtain boys so tenaciously draw around themselves and offer you a look inside their hearts and minds. If we succeed, we hope that you will see more clearly the ways in which our culture conspires to limit and undermine their emotional lives. We hope you will understand boys better, and above all, we hope you will enjoy them more"
Read an interview with one of the authors, Dan Kindlon, PH.D. here.