mrsronweasley | (no subject)

Thank you for the kind words yesterday. It was just such a shock to the system. I mean, May 9th is a really big fuckin' deal, especially if you've grown up with it, and people fucking with that is just... and how... anyway, moving on, don't want to think about it... (One last thought: my mom's in Russia right now. That's another reason for a big freak out.)

I don't know why, but I'm having one of those days where you can't really move well. It's like moving through water, and I have no energy, and I don't know how to get it, and I have so many things I need to do, and I have five finals to study for, and my hands are having a difficult time lifting.

Ok, I just realized why. I spent almost the entire day playing with Maia yesterday, most of which involved me carrying her around, throwing her in the air, and holding her up as she attempted to stand for a really really long time. And pushing her baby carriage down and up a hill. Gotcha. I needed a nap halfway through yesterday (and I actually DID pass out right in my sister's living room at one point), and now I have a new-found respect for mothers everywhere, because if this was just one day, then actually being a mother must have you on autopilot for five to six years. Good lord. More power to you.

In any case, I can expect much more of this once I'm actually done with exams and babysitting her for four days. But she's so amazing, I don't really mind. As long as I can sleep for a week afterwards.

Right, now...back to Ecology...

P.S. Emails - coming SOON, I promise. I shall do my best.

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The news yesterday was awful, but it's good you were with your family. Maia probably helped take your mind off it a bit, too. The importance of the memory of that day in Russia is far too important to fuck about with, for any 'cause'.

*HUGE HUGS*

She did help take my mind off it, and when the Russian radio announced a moment of silence for Victory Day, I kept thinking about how without this day, she probably wouldn't be here, seeing as how one of her grandma's was in Leningrad (occupation, etc.) and another depended on her parents to meet after the war and get married. It's such an amazing chain of events, and I get very misty-eyed about WWII and its conclusions, and it's always been a major part of my life, really. I'm not sure why, but there you are. I don't see any cause more important than remembering all those who died and lived through that horror, and knowing what my families had gone through, and what all the others in Russia and all parts of Europe had gone through... I don't see a justification for this. There isn't any.

*HUGE HUGS BACK!*

hey im adding you on as my friend can you add me back? p.s if your ron can i be hermoine?

Thank you for friending me. Lately I've been having a really tough time keeping up with my journal and all my friends, so I'm trying to cut down on the amount of people that I friend. It's nothing personal, it'll just take me a bit longer to get around to it, you know? :)

sorry i didnt read ur name MRSron lol ill still be hermoine tho

Have you heard from your mum at all since it happened? I mean, she wasn't there, but I know hearing from her would mean a lot if it was my dad who was there.

*hugs more*

And heh, yeah, looking after sproglets is just ridiculously tiring, even incredibly cute and wonderful ones. Hope you feel a little less drained and stressed soon... those finals won't know what hit 'em, dangit. Good luck. Are they this week?

Like I told Minx, I haven't talked to my mom, but I'm sure I would have heard from somebody in my family if things weren't all right. So, I'm just hoping, you know? *HUGS HUGS HUGS*

Love you!

Just wait until Maia is moving around under her own power and you have to chase after her saying things like, "No! Don't bite the cat!" and "Get your hands out of the toilet!" and "Don't put that battery in your mouth!"

What happened yesterday was truly awful. I'd forgotten that your mother is still in Russia-- that makes it even more upsetting somehow, doesn't it? I'm so sorry. *hugs*

"No! Don't bite the cat!"

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Oh my God, the image in my head has got to be priceless. We already started to proof the house against her, and I proudly put in a few plastic plug closing things. She's started to crawl so far that there must always, always always always be a person around to steer her back from the TV, etc. It's cute, but also a bit tiring. :-P

I haven't spoken to my mom since she went there, but I'm guessing that my dad has, and so has my sister, since May 9th, so she must holding up all right. I hope she is. Come to think of it, I need to give my dad a call... Thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate it. :)

*hugs*

I think it was the shift from "not moving" to "moving" that was the most tiring, because all of a sudden there she was-- not in the same place as where I'd left her! Mobile! And trying to eat the cat! So once you and your sister and her husband have adjusted to that, it'll get easier.

Again, I hope your mother is doing all right, and that you are, too. *still more hugs*