Maternity Leave Psycho

When home alone with two young boys and no car, I start to go a little stir crazy. For instance, on maternity leave with my first, my husband came home from work and, as if not wanting to challenge the insane hormones, listened carefully as I explained in an outrage how many bags of trash our neighbors put out that day for pickup. "8 bags, David! 8 bags! How many people can live in that tiny house and produce 8 bags of trash?!" This round has been a little different since I've been much busier now with two boys and setting up a house. However, I did have to call a friend to let him know that Mr. Miyagi was living across the pathway from me! Yes, I was absolutely fascinated by the similarities! Also, every Tuesday a man runs with his dog on a leash past my house as his cat, yes auto-correct I did mean cat, runs behind him not on a leash! What on earth? 1) Who does that and 2) who memorized someone else's exercise schedule? Routine. I love a good routine. Starting a new life with two boys, one of whom is a newborn, routine is essential. I get up, feed the baby, put the baby down, make the oldest and myself breakfast, open the blinds, and then do dishes. Again, since we have spent our eldest’s college fund to move (not really, kid, it's a joke) I try not to turn on lights unnecessarily. Sunlight should be light enough! After a few days I mention to David how perplexed I am that the sun seems to be shining directly into the house, but it is still so dark in here. This is the point where my husband looks at me and says, "Kate, we have tinted windows." I thought he was messing with me, but as I look more closely, lo and behold they are tinted! I have never lived in a place with tinted house windows and we have even lived in the Sunshine State! The next day, David learned that not only is it illegal in California to have your front car windows tinted, but there are certain hours at which you are not allowed to make a turn. He learned that at approximately 7:58 AM. How do I know? Because if the time had been two minutes later, 8:00AM we would not have a $200 ticket to pay. *insert wide eyed emoji* *Also insert Joe Public's "you've got to live and learn" song*.