Under the Influence…

…or so it would appear.  No, not actually knackered if you talk to/see me and are suspicious.  Here are the current top two reasons my speech may be slurred: 1) (The most popular right now) Have a mouth full of vitamins/pills that I have not yet found a glass of water to swallow them with.  Or, possibly, have the glass but am presently so overloaded I forget where to procure water in our house.  2) May or may not be doing a Crest 3D Whitestrips tooth-whitening routine that I am trying to hide from my husband (who finds such things to be “a crock” falling similarly in category with that of cleanses, of which he is also not a fan and I am desperate to secretly give a go).  4 days in, and I’ve been pretty successful in keeping the whitening efforts on the DL.  Am guessing posting this blog will make me less successful.  In any case, the plastic strip things make me talk really funny.

Also in this vein of apparent inebrieation, I actually made myself a little dizzy yesterday when I spun several times back and forth in quick succession between the sink, cabinet of sippy cups and the fridge as I sought to keep up with my son’s rapidly changing demands for “Juice!”, “No, water!”, “No, JUICE!”  The whole event was a little disorienting to be honest.  At least I hopefully racked up a few steps on my pedometer.  Further disorientation I attribute to extreme exhaustion and overexposure to a cartoon mouse dancing repeatedly across my television screen in (now HD!) super-bright technicolor…

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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