Slowly but surely

Well, starting to feel better. Having Tim home for the three day weekend definitely has helped. I still feel snappish, though. Started reading Jim Butcher's Storm Front and P.N. Elrod's Vampire Files or something. I discovered both authors from the anthology Many Bloody Returns, edited by Charlaine Harris and grrr, can't remember... the other lady. Both are quite good. It's been too long since I actively sought out new authors and my reading was getting a bit stale.
I didn't get to walk today--very frustrating as I crave some sort of physical outlet. I started researching Bellydancing videos again. Maybe if I can find one that is more of a workout???? I also looked at ashtanga yoga but I don't think yoga is for me. Either it has a spirituality that I find way too woo-woo or the practitioner seems to have a massive ego--and I just can't take it seriously. I mean, does anyone look more smug than Rodney Yee? Plus I never have gotten a decent workout from it. I'm not sure I can get it from bellydancing either but I do love dancing and maybe I can at least have a little more fun. I need something for the days when I didn't make it out to walk and I'm crawling out of my skin.
Sam had a pretty good day today--not too rambunctious. Mostly, he played well with Thom but tried to bite when he got frustrated but stopped when we jumped on him. I think the biting is just a bad habit he needs to break--they need to watch him at school. I spent some of the day cleaning & doing laundry as his teachers are coming by for a home visit and a parent-teacher conference. I'm going to tell them that they need to watch Sammy and just intervene when he bites-- that's all there is to it. As for the running--I still don't know. He does it now when he is out with Tim. It's a game to him--he wants to play chase and he laughs as he runs away. He needs to learn that it ISN'T FUNNY!!! Apparently he ran all over the store at Trader Joe's. Tim finally put him in the shopping cart. Note to tell Tim: It helps to make Sam participate--pick out every single item and put it in the cart and to keep up a continual flow of commentary to keep his attention. Then, after they left Tully's, he ran right towards a busy street--and only stopped, quite suddenly, at the last minute. Maybe a harness again??? The monkey backpack barely fits him anymore-- kids his age aren't supposed to be doing this. Maybe go sit in the car for five minutes every time it happens--complete with social story before we get out of the car & warning before we go sit in the car for a "time-out". That way we don't need to go home if it's an errand that really needs to get done. Maybe differentiate between "play" errands when he can explore and "work" errands when he needs to stay with us. Maybe alternate a work errand with a play errand. Hmph. That could work.
Thom is now standing up without grabbing onto anything. He only makes it for a few seconds before thumping back down onto his rear.
Well, I'm still snarly but am feeling better. I just want to get through my days without wanting to beat the shit out of something.