Random phone photos and a long narrative on tablecloths

About a month ago Andy and I were walking and he saw this note on the ground:

On the other side it said "Relax More".  

"Who would have to write this list???" Andy asked.

"Me!" I said.  I feel so connected to this list writer’s life.  I hope they got their list done and didn't forget to relax more, or to make pulled pork, or to relax.

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One morning I got a pen and decided to write a list of everything swirling in my head.  I set a 5 minute timer and I wrote three pages of things.  Some were to dos and some were thoughts, everything from "drop off parcel" to "find employers liability insurance" to "don't maintain friendships I don't need".  After writing it all out I at least realized why my head is so so full of things.  There are so so many things.  I'm not actually looking at this list again or trying to make a to do list from this list.  It's just, a list.  And because it's an impossibly long list with an impossible jumble of thoughts and actions I can just realize that I have an impossibly full brain full of thoughts and actions and that's just my current state of things.

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My mom and sister brought me this from America and it is the best america fall present I could have received.  I love love LOVE trader joes and miss it all the time and especially in the fall.  I love pumpkin butter, I love those Jo Jos (also I love sugar) and I haven't made the bread mix yet but I know I will love it.

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We are transitioning babies out of IKEA high chairs and into their tripp trapp high chairs and I am SO EXCITED.  I have been tripping over IKEA high chair legs for 5 years now and I am done:

In addition to not tripping on high chair legs, the new set up means babies are at the table with us, which means we needed to extend our table.  Unfortunately we don't have a table cloth big enough for the extended table.

Speaking of full brains, I have aways ordered the table cloths.  We use the wipe down PVC ones because we have so many kids.  Last time we ordered was for our last table, which was oval, and extendable.  We had two tablecloths - one for extended and one for not extended.

When we switched to rectangle table, the small tablecloth was so battered we started using the big one and cut it down to size.  

Last night, I sat through the following conversation (this is probably really dull, you can skip to the bottom)

Andy: don't we have a big table cloth?

Me: we did, that's it

Andy: where's the one that fits the large table?  I'm sure we have two

Me: it was for the old large table and we cut it down

Andy: I'm sure we had two

Me: we did have two.  for the old table

Andy: What did we use for this table?

Me: the one that's on it now

Andy: but it doesn't fit the big one?

Me: no, because we cut it down to size

Andy: I'm sure we had two

Another family member: We can order another from dunemp

Me: We ordered these from Etsy

Another family member: I'm sure it was Dunelm

Me: it was etsy

Another family member: are you sure?

Me: yes. 

Another family member: I dont' think it's Etsy

Me:Here it is on Etsy

Another Family member: Oh maybe it was, but they sell it at Dunelm

Me: I think it's different on Dunelm

Another family member: Oh here's the receipt from Etsy.  but I think we ordered two?  And there's only one?

Anyways, the end result of this conversation is that Andy spent an hour not ordering tablecloths and I realized that I have spent hours of my life thinking about table cloths (I mean, not in one go, but over the 5 year course of using table cloths) and all this has enabled is other people to not think about table cloths at all.  I told Andy he is now responsible for table cloths and he lamented how hard it is but is fine to take on the job. 

I am going to actively look for more "table cloths" in my life to completely stop thinking about.

Also, as an aside, I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once and it was so weird and also I think it is one of my favourite movies.  Maybe 40 year old moms are the new teen girls?  I feel I really understood this film in a way I wish I didn't.

What's your table cloth?  What's a thing you have thought about and managed for years with low level effort that no one else really notices?  

Edited to add: Andy read my blog and feels he is not presented in the best light, so I will amend this in two points:

1 - The conversation may be more of my perception of that conversation than the actual conversation.

2 - Andy ordered 5 sample table cloths, which are tiny samples of a table cloth.  So he didn't spend an hour not ordering a table cloth.  He spent an hour working towards the ordering of a table cloth.  Which I also appreciate!