SPRINGsippyBREAKbaby

Far from being "Girls Gone Wild - Cancun", my spring break consisted of sippy cups, time outs, and diapers. I can describe my week as - fashion by indigestion and perfume by formula. I have been back at school for a few days and it is strange not to have cherrios stuck to my sock from the toddler or to constantly have an infant on my hip as I try and wrangle his brother. Not your typical college spring break, I had a great week. I gained a lot of perspective and it was a compelling break from term papers, exams, and meetings.

Getting up at 8am with either a 3 year old showing me his boogers or an infant crying, strategically taking my shower during breakfast and bottle time so no one would get cranky. Planning my breakfast around Dora the Explorer and Blues Clues. Playing in the backyard on sunny days, trying to negotiate nap times and squeeze all of my administrative phone calls into a half hour block. I have a new respect for housewives or single parents, like my sister. In my first few days back at school I felt like I should still be holding the infant, had this sense that if the toddler wasn't in my line of sight then he must be getting into something, possibly sticky.

I did have dinner with Victoria on tuesday, we laughed, reminisced, and had a nice chat with our waiter about jet lag and flight times. I convinced her that once I move back to Oz she is coming to visit and staying for a while. I even pitched to her the idea of studying or working for 6 months. I spent the night at Hope and Mike's on wednesday and we laughed so hard we were all three in tears. I am glad that all of my sisters have spawned - it gives me a lot of breathing room. It will make it a lot harder to leave though.