On this my last day ...

This is what I did:

• got up at the same time that my husband went to work, and cleaned the house. Again.
• finished my thank you notes (no, I didn't get them mailed)
• had lunch with my husband (and his work friends)
• bought Spencer a couple pairs of jeans because he's been wearing 18mo jeans which appear to look like floods.
• sat outside at the mall and enjoyed a Bacia gelato and read.
• picked Spencer up early from daycare and let him play outside and in the sprinkler.
• cleaned the garage.
• took a shower and dried my hair so as to be generally ready for tomorrow
• took a sleeping pill (an hour ago, not kicking in yet)

I think I got the most out of the day. I hope, anyhow. I'm exhausted, so there's nothing more I can do anyhow.

So this is my last List update before going back:

Books read:
1-2-3 Magic - plot: count to three, put your child in timeout, be consistent. I mostly did this before, minus the consistency. I might still go out and buy this book (borrowed from the library and since there's a hold on it I'm not allowed to renew. Could not actively read, had to skim for the bigger picture.

The Maze Runner - very interesting plot, bare bones uninteresting prose. The author didn't try hard enough to make me believe the out-of-the-ordinary. I didn't learn to love the characters. I had to push myself through to find out what happened, and I was a bit disappointed in the ending. I hate when books rely too heavily on there being a sequel. I don't think I'll be reading the sequel. Was all that vague enough for you?

Crush - I have no idea why I heard of this book, but it ended up in my hold items at the library so I took it home and read it in 20 minutes. Sweet little book. Not badly written - would have appreciated a longer book by the author.

Harry Potter book 1: I'm one of the 3 people left in the universe who haven't read this series yet, and so I'm starting. I've seen pieces of all the movies so I know generally what I'm getting into. It's okay. There are a million better books but I'm going to stick it out.

During my maternity leave, I read 33 books.

Movies:
The Ramen Girl (Brittany Murphy). Hmmm. Cute, I guess. Hard to watch while cleaning since you have to read subtitles.
The Initiation of Sarah - pretty dark for an ABC Family movie, but Jennifer Tilly ruins it for me. I haven't liked a single role of hers since Vicki in Let It Ride

That's a total of 19 movies.

I feel like I ran out of time during my leave - I wanted to be able to hang out with MamaFuss and the kids one more time, and see Jonah again (he appears to be thriving right now), have more playdates/winedates with Suz and Jamie and take more walks and play more. Not yell as much. We got so good at it toward the end of leave, and I hope I can carry the attitude on during nights and weekends. We'll see - wish me luck!