Nesting
Friday, April 8, 2011 at 11:13AM 
Life is amazing. We are amazing, and I need an intervention.
Have you started your spring cleaning yet? I remember when I was pregnant, one of my favorite things, besides the kicking, was the nesting. I loved being possessed by the strange natural instinct to clean every nook and cranny of my house with super-human strength. The desire to clean in the spring feels a little bit like that.
I had a visit from one of my greatest friends yesterday. (I know, lucky me, right? Two close friends in less than a week!)
Michelle and I met twelve years ago when we taught preschool together. She is a kindergarten teacher now and her spring break is this week. My kiddos went back to school last week, so it was great to catch up without any distractions...well, except for this one right here.
She wasn't at my house ten minutes when she asked, "Can we watch the eagles?" Apparently this had become some sort of addiction for her. I didn't want to be an enabler, but seeing as how the third egg had hatched that morning, how could I say "no"?
I should have said "no"...because now I can't stop watching it either! Have you seen the live feed of the Decorah eagle's nest? It's amazing! Usually they're just sitting on the babies looking around, but I get lost in the details...how they built a five foot around, two ton nest in a tree for starters.
I told one of my neighbors (who has a bird) about it and when I asked him later if he'd been watching it, he said, "No. It's just a bird in a nest." I respectfully refer to him now as "hater". Our human nature amazes me too...
Dr. Drew has a new show that started on Monday on HLN. I love Dr. Drew, and I'm hooked on his show now as well. The story of this girl he had on last night totally blows me away. She is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
We had to pick my little monster up from preschool at 2:30pm, so I took Michelle and showed her a real eagle's nest, although it wasn't as exciting as the one in Iowa because even with binoculars, you couldn't really look inside of the nest. (A nice couple at the overlook loaned us their binoculars and Michelle very quickly pulled them into her sickness. Poor unsuspecting couple.) Maybe this addiction isn't for everybody, just weirdos like us, but that's why were friends...amazing friends.
So, it appears that I'm going to need an intervention now, for my new obsession with the eagle's nest, my extreme interest in the human condition, and obviously my overuse of the word "amazing".
I need help. Maybe I'll call Dr. Drew.
Reader Comments (1)
I haven't seen the nest, or the eagle, but it sounds like maybe I should stay away if I want to get anything else done? And, yay for good friends to share time and addictions with. :)