My house is a total cluster this morning. I made the mistake of planning a small family party for Mason's second birthday (it was this past Wednesday, but that wasn't a good day for other reasons). The mistake was that I told people to come by around 3:00 and I work until 2:30. Granted, it's only a few family members, but still. No time to get things done and I left Scott and the kids to finish cleaning up. Not sure how that will go. I feel badly because I'm sitting here on my duff while Scott's trying to get the house cleaned and take care of three kids at the same time. No easy feat. I did vacuum and mop this morning, and get the cake baked and iced before I left, but still...

So yesterday I took all three kids to the dentist. Usually, I'm not enamoured of my mother in law, but I was grateful she came with us yesterday. I may have overestimated my ability to manage three kids in a doctor's office alone. I could not have done it by myself. My older two have no cavities. That's a biggie for at least Maddie, because she inherited my bad teeth. Apparently, so has Mason. He has eight cavities. The doctor said he has a defect in his enamel which makes him predisposed to cavities, it's visible even on the cavity free teeth. So we're going to have to repeat what we did with Maddie. General anesthesia at the hospital for the fillings and caps. This is the same doctor who did Maddie's and I really trust him. He came highly recommended and our experience with his has been phenomenal. But all the same, it's quite a stress, knowing he's going to have to go through this. I'd still rather he do it this way than a bunch of separate appointments that will leave him with a life long fear of dentists. Dr. Scott even said he wouldn't even attempt this under local, some of the teeth are pretty bad. ugh.

Other than that, I'm feeling pretty good again. The day after the election, black Wednesday, I was pretty bereft. I felt sad and I felt like people who voted for Bush were idiots. I don't really feel that way now. I totally disagree with their reasoning for voting for him, but it doesn't make them stupid. I still feel they're misdirected and I don't feel good in an America where over 50% of the people here disagree with my basic values. Well, over 50% of the voting public anyway. I feel a bit alone and misunderstood. I had a day there where Scott was even open to migrating to Canada, but after some online research and thought we realized it's not something we want to do now, and we really can't do it now for a variety of reasons (read: money). Personally, if it were just me and I didn't have a family to think about, I think I would have moved to the UK long ago. I feel a strange yet strong pull to England. I've been planning my future trip there for a long time now, pretty much since I was a teenager. But I do still have feelings for this damned country as well, and I don't feel ready to just uproot my family and leave yet. There are things that could happen that could make me ready to go, but for now I think I'll stick it out and see what happens...