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How are you?
I has a sad. It's my first day back at work, and I miss my kid like woah. Tell me how you are -- if you're happy, I want to hear about it for the vicarious mood lift, and if you're not, my misery would love company.
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I'm very happy. This is the longest i've sat still since Friday at 4pm. I'm sorry you have the sad. How did drop off go?
The first day back was rough, but when I realized the joy of being my own person for 8 hours it was AMAZING! It will get easier. Swearsies.
I am happy, but tired. I have a fun week full of trips to the zoo and mom and baby dates. And yesterday we sat around watching Star Trek movies on SyFy and watching Dagger learn to walk while holding onto the furniture.
Drop off was fine for her--she was still half-asleep from the car, but I got some good smiles as I said goodbye. There was some ugly crying from me, but I'll be ok. My grandmother is the one keeping her, so I know she's in good hands and all that, I just miss her and am (probably a little irrationally) upset by the fact that she's going to be spending the majority of her waking hours with someone else. She's just started to be awake and happy at decently long stretches, and now I'm handing her off and missing all of that. (Sorry for the ramble. Like I said: Sad.)
Aww, Rosen. That first day is rough, but trite as it sounds, it really does get better. I was so over being home after the Christmas holidays. Those 8 hours of having nobody completely dependent on me for everything is wonderful.
My rant for the day:
I was sick for over a week. Then, Ethan got sick for a week. Now, Zane is sick. I almost murdered him last night. Our sitter's kid is sick, and the backup sitter was unavailable, so his aunt was going to come watch Ethan. She lives about an hour away. With all the bad weather, the roads were supposed to be pretty icy, so we weren't positive she would be able to make it early enough, so I was probably just going to go in late.
Then, Zane decided he was going to take a sick day since he feels horrible and hates his job so much anyway. I said, "Well, if Aunt can't make it you can just watch Ethan, and I'll go to work." His response, "But I'm sick. I can't take care of a baby." I glared at him with evil death stares for a good 60 seconds before reminding him that I did.
And he's had a cough for three weeks. I'm sure that's miserable, but it's not necessary to shake the whole house with every cough. They cannot all be that bad. A normal cough will suffice. I know you're sick. I don't need the extra loud reminder.
And end rant.
Edited to fix your/you're atrociousness
Oh, you didn't know. Dagger is writing his entrance exams for college and got engaged last week. kids these days grow up so fast. Seriously though, I am not ready for this. he's so big.
Buddha,I feel you sister friend. Loud and frigging clear.
I'm sorry Rosen. I found that starting work again was a much easier transition than I had anticipated. I hope you find that too.
Dude, I can't believe Dagger is trying to walk already! That's amazing! Miles still doesn't have it - he's just cruising and pushing toys around the house, but no real walking yet. We did buy him a real pair of shoes this weekend. He had been wearing robeez, but we decided to pull the trigger and buy him a very cute pair of nike's.
I'm so excited for the Verizon iphone. I can barely stand the anticipation! I've been holding on to my crappy motorola razr awaiting an iphone. It's absurd.
I am so excited! I go to the doctor today and find out if I am released from bed rest. My husband thinks I am nuts because I am wanting to go back to work.
Also I think we are going to get divorced over naming this child.
Sara 7/7/11
Proof that pull and pray does not work if you are an Atheist.~Bethie
I'm sorry you're sad, Rosen. At least she is going to have an awesome relationship with your grandma! Next week starts my new schedule and will be the first 8 hour day I'm away from jack. I'm already anticipating ugly crying, lol. : )
Today I'm pretty happy. Had a rough weekend of WORK as we just switched payroll providers and had a ton of issues our first payroll run. So I'm only working two half-days this week (worked 6 last week).
Jack slept 7 hours last night, got up to eat at 4:45 and then we slept/cuddled for another hour. It was GLORIOUS.
And I'm really having a ton o' fun with our new XBOX Kinnect and with my The Experience game for Wii. And don't feel like such a couch potato.
Whoa is me. I had the worst cold of my life over the weekend. I had a tickle in my throat all last week which was mildly annoying and then BLAMMO on Friday night I started sneezing and couldn't stop. On Saturday I felt like someone kicked me in the teeth I had so much sinus pressure. Gross. I do not wish this on anyone except Michele Bachmann.
I was out sick on Friday and I just finished everything that I needed to do from Friday. In 38 minutes. That makes me happy.
Also, it took awhile for things to get better for me when I went back to work after Will. I cried a lot, both at home and at work, and this was with Lorne being at home with him during the day. I ended up going to see someone about depression after I'd been back for four months, and it helped. I wasn't 100% happy about how much time I was spending away from Will, but I was also not crying all the time and not feeling guilt about everything. So if things don't get better, don't wait as long as I did.
Kiz just reminded me. This is gross, so be forewarned....
Remember all that intense sinus pressure I was complaining about. My teeth were hurting. I couldn't chew. It had gotten bad enough that I was about to go to the doctor. Then, Saturday morning I blew my nose for the elevenmillionth time and blew out a chunk of something that had to have been close to 2 inches long and almost solid. It could have been a double for the blob in an old sci fi movie. Then, walla, no more pressure. It was glorious and disgusting.
I had a pretty good weekend. On Saturday, I brought buffalo chicken mac & cheese to my friend who just had her baby and got to hold her new little guy. He's a total doll and was konked out for the majority of my visit. But when he woke up, I got to feed him for a bit so his mama could eat her mac & cheese. Then I had no idea how to burp a newborn, so she took over.
Then yesterday, a friend came over and painted our dining room and I am so in love with the new color! It had been orange before, and now it's sort of a grayish blue. Mr. Spiderman and I will have to put up another coat over the next couple days before we can declare it done, but it looks really good. The difference is amazing.
So I guess the Ducks game is today. We have a bridge that has different colored lights that will change according to season or events. It's been lit up green and gold the last couple days. But a woman whose husband is an alumni of whoever the Ducks are playing paid the bridge lighting foundation a bunch of money to light the bridge up in the other team's colors for her H's birthday today. I imagine that should piss off 90% of the city.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
Yes! Although I'll have to wait until next year for my upgrade. But that's probably good in case any kinks need to be worked out.
I'm sorry Rosen, I can imagine how hard it is to leave the little one for the first time
There was no line at Starbucks this morning, so that was a good way to start my Monday. It's all about the little things. This week is going to be crazy at work. I'm just waiting for the weekend, going home to NY to see my girlfriends, I can't wait.
Claire Elizabeth 12/31/2011
Married Bio
Hello.
I spent an hour this morning researching Edmonton after an interesting job listing showed up in my RSS feeds. The pay is FOFFING INSANE and it's pretty much the same thing I do now. Will I apply? Of course not. Tim would kill me.
Speaking of Tim, he has a real possibility of *finally* getting promoted at work. Down side is that it would be a 12-8 shift. But the upside is that, with him working 12-8 and me working 7-3, we could probably afford half-time daycare. Holyshit.
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
Claire Elizabeth 12/31/2011
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I'm feeling pretty good today! Owen finally had a good night's sleep which makes my outlook on life much sunnier. I'm at work today, which isn't the norm.
I dumped yogurt all over my lap this morning when I got to work, so that's a bummer. My pants look very grubby.
!!!
I think 12-8 wouldn't be that bad of a shift.
MissMolly -- obviously you should let us vote on your baby name choices in order to prevent the demise of your marriage. That's what the internets is for.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
He likes it. He's been working that shift for the past few weeks and he's able to run in the mornings, take the dog out for a 2nd long walk, the traffic isn't as bad...I just hate that he gets home at like 9. If we end up moving this spring to the area we really want to, it will cut his travel time by a LOT, so that will help.
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
Thanks! Everything looked great on the ultrasound, but I have to wait to get the blessing from the doctor.
On the whole naming issue, we are just on different pages when it comes to names. I personally want to give the baby an unique name. And Im not talking about naming it Brooklyn Grayce, or any of that nonsense. Just a name that is not commonly used. I have an unusual name and it was nice not being the fourth Amy or Jennifer in my class.
Sara 7/7/11
Proof that pull and pray does not work if you are an Atheist.~Bethie
Edmonton is a horrible place. However, real estate is cheap there so you might be able to afford designer drugs to make it livable. Also I think jenM lives there. And jasper is only 3.5 hours away.
I, too, would like to weigh in on baby names
I think this child is going to be a rebel. craved sweet stuff with Lila, this one's all deli-meat, rare beef and soft cheese.
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
Esselle? i thought she was from ottawa?
My experience of Edmonton is fairly limited, mind you. Grey Hound bus Station, airport, West Edmonton Mall (don't believe the hype)
I am a mix of happy and sad.
On Friday, we learned that MrTummy's family's dog, Charlie, had been hit by a car and had a spinal injury. After several hours on cortisone to reduce swelling, the vet determined that the dog had lost the use of his legs, so they put him down. He was only 5, and everyone is very sad.
On the bright side, MrT and I made it through an entire weekend with no one else helping us care for the baby. I was finally able to clear out/organize a bunch of the crap that has arrived at our house in the last few weeks, which makes me feel more like life is under control.
Back to bad: J had an awful night last night and was not responding to any of the usual techniques for settling him. On the bright side, Jenny seems to be starting to understand the nighttime routine (i.e. we're not all getting up for the day; we're just trying to get back to sleep) and just snuggles in with whichever one of us is not on baby duty for the moment.
Back to happy: J's been asleep since 8:30. I got some uninterrupted sleep, and I have 20 minutes to myself before I have to feed him.
Bob, Brett took a 2-11 shift for a promotion and it is surprisingly not bad. He loves having the mornings to do stuff, and it's not as bad as we thought not seeing each other in the evenings. We actually make more of an effort to spend quality time together now.
And like you said, possibility of half time daycare. A++.
The nerve!
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I have no recollection of her husband, but isn't it Ess-elle that rides her polar bear in to defend JenM? I went to Edmonton once. They have a big mall there. We stayed in a hotel where the doorman wore a kilt. I ate cheesecake. It's close to Calgary, where they have the stampede. I went to that once too. Ten-year old me thought it was pretty awesome.
Buddha that sounds amaaaaazing. Share your technique?? :-)
Being a Jennifer I know any possible future kid of ours will have a very uncommon name.