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From Hazel’s birth until last week, my life was an
introvert’s paradise. I stayed mostly at home with my family, venturing out
only when and where I felt like it, and time passed in a blur of naps and feeds and
nappy changes and West Wing episodes. Visitors came mostly in ones or twos. No one
expected me to remember anything or feel particularly chatty or function
normally. It was quiet. It was safe. It. was. AWESOME.
I’m still feeling dazed after being catapulted back
into The Real World where Alan goes to work and sisters get married in Adelaide
and people argue with each other online and there are church events to organise
and attend and a whole election campaign underway (it came as a bit of a shock
to realise that voting for Josiah Bartlet won’t be an option come Saturday).
I want the bubble back.
Yes, too much WW will mess with you. When we were in our intense WW phase, my husband and I were praying one night and he got about halfway through a sentence before realizing he was about to pray for the Bartletts!
ReplyDeleteHope you can survive the transition to the social world - sleep deprivation doesn't help!
I have dreams about west wing characters when we've been watching it!
ReplyDeleteI dreamt a lot about Mad Men, but haven't so much with West Wing (possibly because I'm sleeping far less...). I have, however, had to stop myself numerous times from speaking about the characters as if they're my friends in recent conversations with actual friends (e.g. "That happened to Josh/CJ/Toby, too!").
ReplyDeleteP.S. Joanna, I love that you refer to it as your "intense WW phase"! I wanted to figure out and explain exactly what about that makes me smile, but (after trying - and failing - to articulate it) I've decided to head to bed instead. :)
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