The Good Life: the hotel room

this last weekend we were doing the normal traveling thing. we were in a hotel as usual, but we had 2 separate rooms. this happens from time to time, and it's always nice when it does. it's nice because, well, there are 6 of us...and i'm pretty sure it's not hotel/motel legal when we are all in 1 room. it's also nice because it's easier to get the two little kids to sleep when we don't have them in the same room. those two have it out for us, of that i'm sure.... have i mentioned the spitting contests in the back seat that they have? you can hardly see their dvd player screen....because it's covered in spit. i'm not proud, i'm just sayin'.... and i don't know what the best way to clean it off is. so, it sits there, all spitty like. i'm getting sidetracked...

so last weekend, in the hotel, ella kept me up from 4:30 to 6:30 in the morning. it was tiring, but she is a baby, i understand. she may not have liked her new surroundings. i won't hold it against her....well, i didn't hold it against her once i got up and had coffee. back to this past weekend. (this past weekend being the one we just had, last weekend being the weekend from last week...sometimes there is confusion in our home as to what past, last, this coming and next weekend all really mean. i say it right, others in our home do not. we will leave it at that) ella went to sleep like a champ! i was so proud of her! of course everyone in the room had to go to sleep with her at 9:00 in the evening...as she does not like to see any light when she is going to sleep/sleeping. anyway.....i was awakened at the same time, 4:30 in the morning. but this time, it was olivia getting up to use the restroom. she was very quiet, i was proud of her stealthness. unfortunately, her time up didn't end there. i quickly became irritated with her non-stealthness. she tossed and she turned, and she turned and she tossed. it was annoying and loud. i was afraid she was going to wake up ella. so i told her to be still. about 15 minutes later she said, "mom" quietly. i pretended to be asleep...just knowing she would leave it alone. i couldn't believe it when she actually said, "MOM," louder. "can i switch positions?" to which i replied, "i know you didn't just ask me that". she continued to toss, turn, and construct bed forts with pillows. i laid there, kept awake by her constant moving, until the alarm went off at 6:30. ella woke up at 7:30....not hearing a bit of the ordeal, having slept the entire night like the little princess that she is. as a parent, we all know it's impossible to have a favorite child. but i think......that perhaps..... possibly..... i might have, at 6:30 this morning, had a favorite daughter..... and a not so favorite daughter. no worries, i eventually forgave her. but it was later in the day...much later. like just an hour or so ago.....

i can't stay mad at her for very long...she's too sweet....

so, this morning, as i was getting ready for church, i had to iron my clothes. i know, i know, this isn't at all like me...but, b/c i was in a hotel room, i couldn't just throw the clothes in the dryer for a few minutes. back to my original thought. why are ironing boards SO LOUD????? it's impossible to iron secretly. and sometimes, you need to do some secret ironing. i just don't understand. old ironing boards, new ironing boards....they're all SO LOUD! it was the ironing board, btw, that woke ella up at 7:30. who knows, she may have slept even longer...putting her even further in my good graces.