Monday, June 24, 2013
Operation hibernation
All our bubbas are well again and at home under the same roof, and we have embarked on what I like to call operation hibernation. Or more accurately, operation isolation.
For the next eight weeks or so (!), until the weather gets a little warmer, the winter germs less aggressive and the babies are bigger and stronger, we are staying indoors and feeding, feeding, feeding (the babies that is, not just my face with yummy hot chocolate). That means not going out to see friends or family, not going to birthday parties, not venturing to the shops. And only taking walks with the twins in the pram at midday when it's warm and they are safely snuggled under a pile of blankies.
We're also keeping Lilia at home for a few weeks so she doesn't bring back any bugs from preschool.
All of this is as fun as it sounds. But when you've sat next to a baby in NICU, you don't care what you have to do to try and never go back there again.
So while I feel that the world is passing me by and that I've really and truly checked out of life, something I've discovered about myself over the past few crazy weeks is that I need projects, lists and tasks to keep me busy and active and my mind off of things. It's just my coping mechanism.
I'm going to throw myself into organising our photographs from the past few years and create some photo books, an activity that is likely to keep me busy for a long time in cold dark winter evenings.
Other plans include eating copious amounts of soup, pasta and chocolate, hanging around in my slippers and drinking some good red wine.
And then I'm going to plan my spring cleaning and dream of the long summer days and happy chubby babies that lie ahead. Wish me luck.
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