I SUCK so much doing bear crawls and I am so slow and got left behind. I have been working on it for weeks but I just don't seem to have enough coordination and strength. #FWP
Lol. I thought that "beer" was autocorrected to "bear," then I read the first sentence again.
I agree! Especially if your mom's willing to come out and help.
Wishing my mom on my wife alone is kind of a double edged sword. But, whether my mom could come or not depends on when my sister has her baby (she's due Dec. 18th) - my mom is committed to be there for a month when the baby comes.
Also, I am amazed at how awesome I am sleeping. I mean, yeah I have to wake up every couple of hours to feed E, but the quality of sleep is amazing. I only wake up 3ish times a night instead of the 4-6 times to pee. And when I sleep it is HARD and so much more comfortable. 3rd tri sleep blows. One week ago we were sent to the hospital to have a baby! Crazy. Of course she didn't come for another whole day. Lol.
Last day in the office and tomorrow is my official last day. I think I have pretended for so it isn't happening that I now believe it. Met with my new company yesterday and have a bunch of stuff I need to do/review so I think I have mentally switched gears.
Slept crappy last night, metro is the absolute worse-stressing me out, and it is raining. Enough said.
At least we will miss the hurricane mess since we leave for FL on Saturday but I am kind of thinking that would be better then being with my in-laws :-)
Ha. Â I should have known with that description that people would say do it. Â But there's a lot of reasons not to (as well as all the obvious ones to do it). Â Probably the biggest one is that it would be the end of breastfeeding, which makes me sad. Â But also airfare is expensive and being alone for 2 weeks would be really rough on my wife. Â
2 weeks is not a long time in the grand scheme of things. Does she have vacation time? Is there a way she (and kids) can go with you? Or can someone come help?
Post by awkwardpenguin on Oct 1, 2015 8:58:35 GMT -5
I sat down and figured out our budget with me SAH yesterday. I haven't had income since March so this is a little delinquent. We're actually in slightly better shape than I thought and even have a little left for savings. Although in reality we have a bunch of upcoming expenses - holiday travel and home repairs. Being an adult sucks sometimes.
Post by bluelikejazz on Oct 1, 2015 8:59:22 GMT -5
Had my very own "Twy Sentwa" moment last night - DD took my phone (she likes to hold it), and the next thing I know, she's somehow gotten Pandora started and is dancing (by dancing, I mean moving her arms up and down and smiling). She's 10 months.
Ha. I should have known with that description that people would say do it. But there's a lot of reasons not to (as well as all the obvious ones to do it). Probably the biggest one is that it would be the end of breastfeeding, which makes me sad. But also airfare is expensive and being alone for 2 weeks would be really rough on my wife.
2 weeks is not a long time in the grand scheme of things. Does she have vacation time? Is there a way she (and kids) can go with you? Or can someone come help?
It's back to back with our Christmas vacation so her taking that long off at once isn't realistic. I don't know how the program would feel about me bringing my family either, since I'm pretty sure they mostly deal with people who are not married with kids... And she'd have to either come not at all or come for the whole time because I don't think she could fly with both kids alone.
Someone coming to help is a possibility. My mom is retired, but like I mentioned above she may be occupied with my newborn nephew. My MIL has tons of vacation time but some sort of weird martyr block about using it.
I went on my weekly girl's night last night and we did the late night happy hour at Applebee's and topped off the night buying diapers and laundry detergent at Walmart. My, how my life has changed Party animals, over here. Also, totally random, but I bought DD a bunch of tops and a few pairs of leggings from Walmart last night (Garanimals brand) and they are super cute for the price.
Garanimals gets no love here, but the stuff is soft and washes well. I also liked Faded Glory sleep n plays. It's all imported from the same places as the high end brands.
I buy it as daycare back-up outfits. I don't mind dressing my kid in Walmart but all I seem to find there that is their brand is really ugly. Loud obnoxious prints with weird sayings, animal print, glitter out the wazoo and other stuff I just don't prefer. Honestly it reminds me of TCP, which is another store I will only buy jeans and plain clothes from because they're patterns aren't my style. If I can find just simple striped shirts or plain leggings I'll buy them but so rarely do I see those. Maybe the boys section is better?
DH emailed me this morning (no cell signal so he can't call or text) and they HAVE LEFT!! He's got 2 days of 12+ hours of driving ahead of him but he should be home tomorrow night. There are 6 guys and 2 vehicles so they're going to trade off sleeping and driving. I'm so happy he's going to be home tomorrow!!
Today is my Friday! We had fun plans for tomorrow, but it seems as if the weather has other plans. Plus, DH's uncle passed away and we're all in limbo waiting to see if it will be wake Friday/funeral Saturday, or if it will be pushed back.
DH has not been my favorite person lately and we could have really used tomorrow for some quality family time.
Post by countthestars on Oct 1, 2015 9:40:44 GMT -5
H's college roommate is home from Hong Kong and he mentioned wanting to see him tonight. Okay cool. Now the plans are to pick up another roommate, drive TO BOSTON to see him, and "leave immediately" if I am having contractions. I estimate it will take a minimum of 1.5 hours to get home if I call. Will my H miss the birth of our baby? I have people here who can bring me to the hospital if needed and am only 1cm. We'll be fine RIGHT?
I'm trying to have a quiet moment in the bathroom at work. As soon as I got settled, an old lady came in and took the stall next to me. Fine. I can wait.
And wait.
And wait.
She's still there. Mouth breathing and shuffling papers. It sounds like a filing room over there!
Eta - She just left. Did not flush, did not wash hands. Ok, then.
It is cold here this morning and my kid wouldn't wear a coat. So I said fine because I didn't realize how cold. Now I feel terrible that I didn't return to school with a coat. All the other kids had big coats on. It's warm in the sun right? She just has a little sweater. The nanny will bring her coat at Pick up but during lunch? Poor kid. Bad mommy
I met with my prof to discuss the rough draft I wrote last night. I was worried that I was off track and didn't cover the topic, but she said it was good. So yay. Now it's edit time. She gave some pointers on some things to add. The final is due 10/27, but we have another paper we'll be writing the rough draft for along with the final due the same day. I really hate papers.
Post by cincodemayo on Oct 1, 2015 10:14:43 GMT -5
I feel like a did a good deed today even though it's kind of silly.
I got a $10 gift card at Target for buying diapers and instead of using it on myself, I sent a cute infinity scarf to a friend for her birthday. I normally don't send her a gift, but she had a miscarriage last month and I feel like I should have done more when she told me about it. Now I just have to hope she actually likes the scarf.
I won't lie though, I was really looking forward to a new Target tunic with that $10!
Post by awkwardpenguin on Oct 1, 2015 10:28:41 GMT -5
I'm exhausted and I have a headache. I have a job interview in 1.5 hours for a job I know nothing about. I applied back in July and they've taken the original posting down. I can't even tell what department it's in. So much for interview prep.
So much for that whole "the younger siblings have to be flexible" thing. DD screamed like crazy getting ready and in the car seat while I was getting the boys jackets on and loaded up into the car for school drop off. She fell asleep in the car for dropping DS1 off. Now we are at a donut shop killing time before DS2's drop off and of course she just woke up and pooped. So now I need to rush over to preschool and get DS2 dropped off and change her there since the bathrooms at the donut shop are gross.
It's my anniversary and we are going to Disneyland today! WHEEEEE!
Happy anniversary! Today is our anniversary, too, but no Disneyland. Just take out Mexican and maybe - maaaaybe - a glass of champagne after the baby goes to bed, if I can stay up that late. We're going out for dinner on Saturday, though, and I can't wait.
The contractor we hired is really starting to annoy the hell out of me. They're putting in a new front door today and redoing the frame, and he told my husband this morning that we need to get a lockset, a doorbell, and a porch light. So I had to scramble to find stuff that was readily available at the Home Depot near our house so he could go pick them up. What the hell, guy? We had no idea about this stuff, so maybe you could have told us that before now. At least on Monday or Tuesday when you started - I would have liked to have seen some of these things in person. So i picked out cheap things, figuring we could always switch them out later if we needed to. He also pulled my husband aside to tell him he looks "stressed." Dude. He's home all day with a four month old and a dog who barks every time you ring the doorbell, and you keep coming in to tell him new ways to hemorrhage money. OF COURSE HE'S STRESSED. I cannot wait for this all to be over, so we can be contractor-free for a while.
Post by Ashley&Scott on Oct 1, 2015 11:08:12 GMT -5
DH's job search is in full swing. He's applying for office jobs (which I expected) but he's also applying for management positions in retail settings...I'm so confused. He's never worked retail... :?
DDs nap time is not looking promising right now, she's just rolling around in bed. Wish I had given her Motrin like I did yesterday, but she didn't seem to need it today.