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Re: 10 things tuesday
1. I need to pee.
2. I'm hungry.
3. I think I'll put my lunch in the oven and then pee.
4. I'm panicking that I won't possibly leave my replacement with enough information.
5. Seriously - how can I write down everything I do and everything that needs to be done between now and our event? It's not my fault they didn't hire an events person to cover my leave. My coworker is great but do I really need to write "bring tissue paper and bags to wrap silent auction items?" That should just be intuitive. I'm really struggling to find a balance between 1) spending my entire working day writing down what she needs to do and 2) just doing it.
6. I hope S & C get to take Baby Boy home today as planned. I think about them constantly.
7. At my OB appt yesterday the doc said I could have the baby within a week. Of course it could also be two weeks. K thinks because I've dropped so much (and very noticably) it'll be within a week. I'm trying not to get my hopes up or panic.
8. Someone just stopped by my office to pick something up. She left a lovely perfume in the air. I miss perfume. Damn K's allergies!
9. I have 1530 emails in my work email. I think that includes all folders (in, sent, trash, etc). I should probably try to purge some before I leave.
10. CT - any good cupcakes on the cupcake truck lately?? :-D
1. It was quite the morning. Got the kids to school and realized I left my wallet at home. Thankfully traffic was light, so I went back home to get it. Just as I got on the parkway, there was a horrible accident so I sat in my parked car for an hour while they air lifted someone and got it cleaned up. I was 90 minutes late to work. I was just thankful I was in the car alone during that hour.
2. You know you go to Starbucks too often when the barrista hands you your drink before you have even ordered it.
3. We are having a horrible time with the kids listening these days. You have to tell them things 1001 times - which isn't fun nor acceptable.
4. I had a lesion removed from my lower inner lip yesterday and now have 2 stiches there and is sore.
5. I had crazy dreams all night. One being the ex husband of our neice hitting on L and me asking him to leave our house. He is like 26y and we haven't seen him in 2+ years. Odd.
6. L is going out to dinner with a friend tonight. I think I'll take the kids to Chic-fil-a for kids night.
7. I keep thinking today is Wednesday. I am sad it isn't.
8. We are going on a 10 day vacation (well, part vacation and part visit to my ILs.) I can't decide if it is going to be fun or a nightmare. I am praying for the former.
9. I am thinking about taking the kids to the Kite Festival downtown this Saturday while L works on her dissertation. It is supposed to be kind of chilly (50s) so I don't know if we'll venture down.
10. Grayson has taking to carrying around our airline itinerary (b/c it has a picture of a SW plane on it - "our plane"), a SmartTrip (metro) card, a pair of Tinkerbell sunglasses that he picked out this weekend, and a quarter. Guess he wants to be prepared. LOL.
Nope...cupcake truck was just a one time thing and i'm still bitter about it b/c i waited in line for an embarassingly long time only to have them sell the last cupcake to the person in front of me. So even if they did come back, i'd boycott (or take the day off so i could be the first in line...one or the other :P).
Blogs: Our Growing Family - CT Working Moms
TB- sorry about the commute this morning.
This is too cute!
For my 10:
1. The bruise on my derriere from my fall Sunday night is huge and purple and sore. At least I got some "cool pictures" to show my mom and sis!
2. I woke up early this morning and spent the morning in bed, on my laptop with a combo of productivity (emails) and relaxation (reading blogs).
3. I have a lunch time walk around the lake and then Word Wraps with my doula back-up partner and it looks like the weather will be lovely.
4. Then I have an afternoon tea meeting with another local doula that I'm excited to get to know better.
5. This evening I have a meet-and-greet (interview) with potential summer birth clients. This is my 3rd of 4 of these this week.
6. I'm excited that I have clients line up for June. Graduating with something (even something part-time and temporary) on the horizon is much less stressful.
7. I'm trying to decide if I want to spend my only free Saturday between now and June 13th at a RESOLVE Conference. I'm not "infertile" but the topics look good and a friend is going.
8. I'm sad that I won't have any free Saturdays for a loooong time, but I'm excited to be taking a grantwriting class and teaching childbirth education.
9. I'm starting to ike our new refrigerator. Now we're discussing either a bathroom remodel this summer (in addition to the kitchen) or a new W/D. I think I'd rather have both remodels (neither will be complete remodels, but both will be a huge improvement). I think we'll wait on the W/D until fall (maybe black Friday.)
10. Wow, it's so strange to be looking forward to spending money on our home instead of our next trip (although we have a couple of those in the works too!)
1. So tired
2. I think the new M.SN is fugly
3. PBS told me twice she needed to use the potty! Hooray for EC!
4. We meet with the attorney tonight, I really don't want to do this
5. I need to tidy up the house and make some snacks for above visit
6. I am having crazy urges to craft and clean out closets everyday, weird!
7. I should eat something but it sounds like a lot of work
8. LMC gives the best hugs, she is so snuggly
9. The Carl's Jr. commercial calling a giant cheeseburger a grilled cheese annoys me. If it has meat, it's not a grilled cheese!
10. I love hearing our family and friends call PBS by her,hopefully, new name:-)
1. I am so grateful to have tomorrow off. Taking off the Wednesdays of my last 4 weeks of work is possibly the best idea I've ever had. It feels so much more manageable to get through 2 days at a time. I knew moving at 8 months pregnant would be a lot to deal with, and it is. The extra day off in the middle of the week to get things done and get some rest feels like an incredible gift.
2. Henry is really starting to make me uncomfortable. My belly better grow more to make some more space for him - he feels so cramped! My belly looks crazy when he shifts around inside. Right now, it's completely lopsided becuase he's in his favorite place - leaning to my right side, with his foot wedged up in my rib/lung. Ouch.
3. As uncomfortable as he makes me sometimes, it is really cool to be able to recognize part of him - like when he moves his foot across in a certain way, I swear I can feel his little heel poking out.
4. The midwife confirmed last week that he's head down like a good boy (as if I didn't know from the feet in the ribs!!)! Let's hope he stays that way!
5. I feel like our new kitchen is a puzzle. It's hard to figure out what works best in which cabinet and how everything should go. I think I am going to move the toaster oven and coffee maker to the other side of the sink...
6. I have a plumber and a painter coming to the house tomorrow.
7. I hope the painter works out. It would be really great to have everything painted in the next week or so. I feel like the nursery won't really feel like the nursery until it's painted and I can put up curtains, and I'm anxious for the kitchen and hall to be done.
8. I do not want to cook dinner for myself tonight.
9. I miss wearing my wedding band, but it really doesn't fit anymore.
10. I wish C didn't have to work so much this week.
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
1. Carol let Annie have a sip of her shamrock shake the other night. Her whole face it up and she said "gud!!" Such a funny girl.
2. I should be sleeping right now.
3. It is raining here again today. I am a little tired of all the flooding. I am never sure I can get anywhere due to the road closures.
4. I had a salad from saladworks for lunch. It was so good I ate the whole thing.
5. My work is going to be laying off at least two more people from my department. I am hoping I am not on the short list.
6. I miss my best friend. The same time I had Annie, she took in three kids to foster to adopt. Since then everytime I call her it is a bad time... bath time, meal time, kid meltdown time. She never calls me. We have been best friends for over 26 years. I am really sad about it.
7. There is a mothers market on Saturday morning that I am really excited about. I went last year and scored a ton of great things for a steal. It is at a rather hoity toity lake club and lots of moms with a lot more money than I have unload their kids stuff. Last year I got Ralph Lauren dresses and sweaters for $2, roobeez for $1 and an ergo brand new in the box for $50. I am hoping to do as well this year.
8. I have something every weekend from now until June. How does that happen?
9. I wish my parents could come out here for Annies first birthday. It won't be the same without them here.
10. I am off to bed. I can get 6 whole hours of sleep before work tonight. So happy for my MIL having the day off and wanting to spend it with Annie.
~Kennedy
1. I'm back from volunteering at my sister's logging competition - three 12+ hour days in a row, plus flying back and forth to Colorado, plus seeing multiple friends in Denver on Saturday. I am so tired.
2. I was really hoping that the 1000-calorie diet (medically supervised) would produce consistent losses. But it doesn't. I am frustrated and wish we (my doctors and I) could figure out what is going on with my body.
3. I signed up for three triathlons today even though my heart really isn't in it this year. I'm hoping that buying a new bike with my tax refund will get me back into the spirit.
4. New York Marathon lottery keeps getting pushed back. Now it "starts" the week of April 7th. I would really like to know now so I can talk to my new orthopedist about it if I'm going to be training for it.
5. It's so nice to be able to walk Lucky for longer than around the block when I get home from work - yay for longer and warmer days!
6. Nothing about my job seems at all interesting right now. Blah.
7. Fingers crossed that Jen might not have to work this weekend, for the first time since Christmas. I keep saying that, but it hasn't happened yet.
8., 9., 10. Tired
i have nearly 400 in my inbox.
1. The weather outside is depressingly gray.
2. I have a secret love for cold weather and am not looking forward to sticky hot summertime
3. I finished my 4th book on tape in a row yesterday and realized that I miss reading actual books. Now I just want to curl up and read all day.
4. I've been interviewing job applicants all month and I'm incredibly bored with the process. I never want to hire anyone again. I'm so tired of hearing the same answers to the same questions 50 times in a row.
5. I'm thinking about going to Disney World next month instead of Costa Rica as planned b/c, I sadly really want to have some totally fake and fun disney time. But I feel terribly guilty about it. I mentioned my idea to E today and she was down for either and just wants a vacation somewhere. Yet another reason why I love her.
6. My lunches have been terribly boring lately. I need some new ideas/recipes.
7. I miss eating fish. E hates the smell so I never cook it.
8. I also miss my lesbian book group. It disbanded. I keep suggesting queerish books to my straight book group but it's just not the same.
9. Speaking of books, I read My Antonia and discovered Willa Cather was a maybe-gay. How could I have not known this?
10. I'm feeling really happy with my life right now, even if work is a bit exhausting. I think I'll look back on this time in my life and think it was a piece of cake. Mmmm. cake.