Tuesday: Monday Taught Me Nothing

Today, I made an ill-thought decision to take Ivan to the mall with me while I did a bit of last minute Christmas shopping and had a trip to the new Lululemon store here in Nashville. Ivan was a champion at Lululemon and he was reasonably well-behaved while we went to the Cosmetic Market. After these two stops, we had to go to the mall for two last gifts.

The mall induces in Ivan a frenzy that is rarely seen in human children. I am not sure if it is too many stimuli all at once or the fact that he can hear and see other children running about. I have no idea. I do know that while I was at The Body Shop, Ivan wrenched himself out of his stroller and sprinted around the store like a full-on lunatic. After I tackled him, I tried to get him to the bathroom for a spanking, but, of course, it was closed for cleaning. So, I did the next best thing, which was to get him a chocolate lollipop from the See's candy people. This kept Ivan quiet and happy for several minutes, until I noticed that the entire chocolate lollipop was melted down the front of his lovely outfit, the same outfit, incidentally, that he ruined before we went to the neighborhood party on Saturday night.

The chocolate lollipop melting was pretty serious. It looked like he had thrown himself into a mud puddle. I tried to pick him up and I am pretty sure that it ruined my favorite scarf. If that amount of chocolate ever is dry cleaned out of my scarf, I will be SHOCKED. In Ivan's diaper bag, I did have a a change of clothes, which was an old pair of footie pajamas. They had something crusty dried to the bottom and the foot was a bit soggy where his sippy cup had leaked. It was, however, our only option. After this my parents came and gave me 15 minutes of respite before I had to get home. I mean, by this point in my ill-thought excursion, I was at the end of my rope and wanted nothing better than to get in the car and go home.

At home, I had a defeated dinner of cereal and soy milk. Ivan went to bed, and I am watching The Brothers Bloom. It is visually lovely, but a confusing story line. I will say, though, that this movie used a Bob Dylan song from Nashville Skyline (I'll be Sleeping Here tonight) and a Cat Steven Song from Tea for the Tillerman (Miles from Nowhere) to perfection. PERFECTION. I am downloading them tonight.

No exercise today. Good for Me!!