Locked out and blacked out

So, the first 24-hours of my parenting Gabi alone ended at 1pm today. Yesterday, S's mom left for the airport after church. The 24 hours seemed to begin ominously: as we left for church, getting a ride with a friend, I forgot to take the key and so was locked out when coming home. I won't share here how I got back in, but suffice to say that I've learned my lesson. Then today, the City of Santa Clara shut off electrical power on our street to do repairs. Plans to go to the zoo and backup plans to hang out at a friend's all fell through, but it was a great opportunity for me to learn that I could still take a warm shower when the power was off; to walk around the neighborhood with G and look at the big trucks doing repairs and talk to neighbors who had been here since the 1950's; and to stroll to the local Domino's to get hot pizza (since I can't use the microwave, ovens or stove, and didn't really want to open the fridge). BTW I really didn't care to go out and eat since we have lots of leftovers.

BTW, G loves pizza. She ate two slices of my personal pizza. She especially likes mushrooms and the crust. I tried to get her to eat the peperroni as well but she didn't really take to them. Olives she's fine with. It was really good for me to see her eating well; one of my nightmare scenarios of single parenting really just involves struggling to feed her and getting in power battles all the time. That would be extremely draining.

She also loves oranges. These are more like tiny mandarins, which friends had brought for me. I think it's great timing too since over the weekend she seemed slightly constipated, Sat no poo, Sunday only a tiny bit, but I think the fiber helped.

G is getting into doors. She said "pee pee" today, and I took her to the bathroom, but all she wanted was to play hide-and-seek with the bathroom door. I thought she was just faking it to play hide-and-seek, but minutes later she repeated 'pee pee' and then 'poo poo' and started for the bathroom, this time for real. With some patience, out came an adult-sized piece, still a little dry but getting better.

I would say despite the power outage and lockout and everything that the first 24 hours of true single parenting have been going well.

G is waking up from her nap, so it's time to go.

-Evan