It has been a busy few weeks in the Jowers’ household. I had to quickly come up with an internship that would allow me to stay at home and also allow me to graduate on time. This was rather stressful but after some frantic searching I found an online magazine that needed an Associate Style Editor, what a relief. We also decided it was time to remove the watered down Pepto Bismol paint from our bathrooms and spare room, it was just too hideous. With all of this adult activity going on I found it hard to remember to stop and take time for Mason who showed his displeasure with all of the activity by climbing on chairs, screaming at the top of his lungs, and even hitting himself. Scott and I tried to distract Mason from the unsafe and ear splitting activities he was fond of by setting up toys, getting paper and pencils to color, or even turning on the T.V. (gasp, I know)!
None of our distraction tactics worked and I quickly realized I just needed to play with my son; put down the work that could wait until after he went to bed, stop stalking people on Facebook, and leave the kitchen to be cleaned later. I took Mason to the park, went on a walk in his wagon, and set up a race track for his cars. He loves the park (of course) and really likes riding in his wagon. The cars are a new obsession for him and we spent 25 minutes last night driving them on our side table, he was in Heaven. Today we didn’t turn on the TV once, spent most of our day upstairs in his room playing, and had the best day I can remember! I just need to take that time out to remember what my job is, mom to Mason first, student and intern second. It is going to be a long three months until graduation, but who needs sleep anyway?
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