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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
A good one
Posted By Ailen Arreaza on Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:39 PM
I’ve known it from the beginning. It was maybe our third or fourth date. We were going to a party at his friend’s house, and I casually mentioned in the car, at the beginning of a pretty long drive, that I had a little headache. As soon as we got to the party, he took his friend aside and asked her for a glass of water and an Advil. I hadn’t mentioned it again and I’d given no indication that I was in pain, but he remembered and made it a priority. I immediately felt better, and it had nothing to do with the ibuprofen.
I’ve known it from the beginning — this Tony guy; he’s one of the good ones.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
No sleep till... who the hell knows?
Posted By Ailen Arreaza on Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:37 PM
It’s been a rough couple of nights at the Arreaza household. Luki has a sinus infection that keeps him up at all hours of the night coughing, and Pau has recently figured out how to roll over onto his back, a skill he only likes to practice between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
Confession: I put baby Pau to sleep on his tummy.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Balancing act
Posted By Ailen Arreaza on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Last week, I sat at home nursing a baby while my Facebook feed filled with friends' DNC celebrity encounters and pictures of history being made a mere three miles away. I felt pretty lousy about having all these damn kids. (You know, when you’re changing diapers instead of protesting for immigration reform or partying with the Foo Fighters, two children feels like a whole damn lot of offspring.)
This week, as I return to work for the first time since Pau was born, I feel awful about abandoning my precious infant who barely knows how to drink milk out of a bottle (he prefers it straight from the tap) and has never spent more than a few hours apart from his mommy.
Last week, I felt guilty about resenting my kids for keeping me from DNC activities. This week, I feel guilty about my job keeping me from witnessing every single one of my baby’s milestones.
Newborns should come with a label that reads: “Warning, this product may cause schizophrenia.“
- Joeff Davis
- Michelle Obama, "mom-in-chief"
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Kiss My Baby, Win Elections campaign
Posted By Ailen Arreaza on Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:00 AM
With the Democratic National Convention upon us, I, like many of my fellow Charlotteans, also want a piece of the political pie. The thing is — I’m not a delegate, I don’t have friends in high political places, and I don’t own a business that can benefit from the influx of celebrities and journalists to our city. Plus, I’ve been so disconnected taking care of my baby for the last few months that I don’t know many details about what exactly will be going on uptown.
This all had me feeling pretty sorry for myself. That is, until I realized that the very thing that’s kept me from getting more involved in pre-DNC activities holds the key to my rubbing elbows with some of the most influential political figures of our time. I have custody over one of the most effective tools of the political trade: A cute baby with perfectly kissable chubby cheeks.
Oh some of you may argue that there are other, more useful tools out there: A vice-presidential candidate with a complete disregard for the facts ... false television ads designed to highlight a stereotype ... a senile Hollywood actor talking to an empty chair. But none of these things come even close to the impact of a candidate’s lips on a precious, innocent baby.
