Stop and Smell the Chlamydia... No, Wait...

Originally posted July 19/2007 on "Allison Wonderland"


Bedtimes are becoming difficult. Not for me- I can go to sleep any time, pretty much anywhere these days. Simon's not doing so well. Since he has decided that any time between 8:30 and 10 pm is "Daddy and Simon Time", AJ has been missing out on a lot of his own down-time. We're experimenting with getting Simon to nap later in the day (to prevent over-tiredness), keeping him up a bit later so he gets some extra Daddy time... we'll see.

Last night it was getting close to Simon's old bed time, and we were in the yard. Simon was getting bored, so I suggested we all go for a walk; it was a gorgeous evening, and we've got to grab those when we can. We packed up water (for me and AJ) and water-juice (for Simon) and strolled down to Mundy Pond. That's a beautiful spot; if I can't live near Bowring Park, I'll take this.

Most of the time my current sensitivity to smells is a pain in the ass (I had to leave work early yesterday because the smell from the roof was making me barf), but last night I actually got to enjoy the smell of the clover that's blooming all over the fields and the wild roses by the pond. I was trying to identify the flowers we saw; there was one that I know starts with a "c", but darned if I could think of anything but "chlamydia". But really, wouldn't that be a nice name for a flower? Forsythia, foxglove, rhododendron, chlamydia... but I'm reasonably sure that's not it.

Simon chilled in his stroller- he's such a good little guy to take for a walk. It was getting late by the time we got home, but he still thought there was plenty of time to play in the yard before bed. We disagreed. It's sad that we win because we're bigger and Simon can be scooped, but you can't reason a cranky toddler to bed. He didn't wake up for Daddy Time, but he did wake up twice during the night, which is unusual. Obviously we still need to work out some of the kinks in the bedtime plan.

I need to take these long walks while I still can, before they become short waddles.

*sniffle*