Duh Moments

Does anyone else have those kinds of “duh” moments, where something you’ve been thinking about and trying to find a way to do suddenly becomes amazingly clear and you realize that you’re just kind of a moron sometimes?

Ive been having those lately.

The first one was about walking.

Not the kid’s. Mine. I like to go for a walk everyday, if I can manage it. It’s less exercise than brain saving for me, and at the beginning of the year, I was really struggling. I go home a little bit early (in truth, Im on a really late lunch break), and by the time brandus got home, it was normally 4 o’clock, at the basketball team or the NYO team were already in the gym, working out. And I prefer to talk a walk without having to worry about being brained by a basketball or a basketball player. I struggled to get over to the school at 7:30 – one because our babysitter is ALWAYS late, and two because there are team practices in the mornings half of the year, too.

I was starting to become a little unglued.

Then, another teacher, while trying to set up a meeting with me during the day, said something about walking around the gym during her plan time.

Oh. Duh.

I now walk pretty much every morning from 8 (when I have to be at work) til 8:30 (when the kids are allowed in to the gym for morning gym).

Yesterday, it was about wipes.

Now, we have cloth wipes and paper wipes, and we use both. I was using cloth wipes exclusively except for traveling – I have a little tupperware container and lid that several of my wipes fit into, and I was wetting my wipes and putting them in there. And then, something happened, and the lid completely disappeared. Ive been stomping around desperately trying to find the lid so I can go back to using my cloth, which are easier to use, in my opinion, with no luck whatsoever. So, we’ve been using paper wipes, and just sticking them inside the diapers. Which means I usually end up having to pick out all the paper wipes from the washer before I dry inserts and fitteds.

Yesterday, I remembered I have one of those little hard sided portable wipes cases.

Oh. Duh.

So, my cloth wipes are back in use – even though I can only fit 4 wipes in the case at a time.

What’s your latest duh moment?