things I have been doing to be less crazy

I veer between punch-the-wall anger, blissed-out dopeyness, and open weeping.   Thank you, hormones.  I remember this happening at the very end of my first pregnancy, but this time I suppose it's coming sooner because of all the extra twin-related hormones.  The solution for a normal person would probably be to exercise but I'm now supposed to be "resting as much as possible" so the babies don't accidentally get themselves born too soon.  There are so many things I could say about the silliness of telling the mother of a toddler to "rest" but I will leave that up to your imagination. 

So this is what I've been doing to achieve whatever mental stability I might be capable of at the moment:

• Scott now takes Joseph out on Saturday mornings so I can clean the bathrooms.  There is something about a clean bathroom that I find very soothing, so this has been good from a mood-stability standpoint.  It also means that I could probably take a bath without catching anything.  If I can still fit in the tub, that is.
• I let Joseph do pretty much whatever he wants as long as it won't hurt him.  Putting makeup on the dog?  Fine.  Distributing hundreds of baby wipes around the house?   Super.  Insisting on complete nudity at all times?  Great idea, wish I'd thought of it myself. 
  
• We bought three new hampers so I can partially satisfy my laundry-sorting obsession (complete satisfaction would involve about six color-coded hampers and a label maker).  This is a huge improvement over the perpetually overflowing, unventilated, rusting, mildewy, bug-harboring Ikea trash bin. If only I could figure out a sorting strategy that involves no more than three piles (whites, colors, and delicates, maybe?).

I've also been sewing a lot, but there's a limit to how often you can post about homemade cloth dipaers and little baby dresses.