Supermom, Electronics, and a Hatred of Cooking

"Mute Button"

Steven is sick, so naturally I have gone full-throttle OCD. Though honestly, I wouldn't really qualify it as real OCD--I've had OCD, and I'm not compelled to clean so much as I just really, really don't want to go through the drudgery of caring for an infant while sick. I'm tired enough as it is while healthy. So each evening, I've been dampening a rag with rubbing alcohol and walking around the house disinfecting doorknobs, light switches, keyboards/mice, the fridge handle, cupboard handles, and any other little object that I think might get regularly touched. I'm also popping Vitamin C and Zinc in addition to my prenatal vitamin.

I'm picking up the slack in the chores, too--today, in addition to vacuuming the upstairs, doing laundry, and single-handedly taking care of the kiddo, I took out the trash, gave the litter box a once-in-a-moon-but-sorely-needed scrubbing, fed the cats, wrote an e-mail to the company who made our humidifier, loaded, ran, and emptied the dishwasher, and did the aforementioned disinfecting. I like that being a mom has brought out a productive side in me that was fairly untouched until recently. I'm not always this productive, of course. Some days all I do is sit on the couch, change diapers, and stick a boob in my baby's mouth. Mine, preferably. But lately I'm feeling a little like Supermom. I wonder how people with multiple kids do it...

I spend more time than I should on the computer/browsing Facebook, and I'm thinking of giving it up for Lent. But there are a couple of problems with that. Firstly, I'm about to start my full-time venture into cloth diapering, and I am a part of a cloth diapering group on Facebook that is full of invaluable information and troubleshooting. And more importantly, Steven's cousin Emily is due to give birth on Valentine's Day or any day around that time, and I really, REALLY want to stay updated on that and see pictures of baby Landon the moment they're posted. So I'm not quite sure how to compromise between my desire to cut back on electronics so that I can give my full and undivided attention to the baby, and my need to keep up with big life events and get the cloth diapering support I will undoubtedly need. Any suggestions?

One thing that I continue to struggle with is cooking. I really hate cooking. Every aspect of it. Planning meals, grocery shopping, cutting/prepping, and the actual cooking part. Tonight I made Kraft mac & cheese, which is more prep than I usually put into food. And I made "ants on a log." Because I'm 7 years old. What I really need to do is just find about 10 meals that I get really good at and stick to those. Easy meals. Like the linguine al fresco that my brother makes. And I really should be focusing on eating healthier because everything that I'm eating goes to the baby. And I have been eating an inordinate amount of cinnamon raisin toast. Steven is often willing to do the actual cooking part if I plan the meals and have all the ingredients ready, so that's nice. We ultimately eat a lot of things from frozen, though.

Well, going to watch a little more Whose Line is it Anyway before I turn in. Goodnight! (P.S. Look at the entry below this one if you want to see some photos of Q from January.)