1. I formally accepted a new job yesterday! I am so relieved yet nervous and excited at the same time.
2. We are going to celebrate with an adult evening this Saturday with a few friends of ours. Somehow we all managed to find sitters on short notice!
3. M redid our finances based on my new job and she had a huge smile on her face! I could see the stress relief and it made me feel really great and even more positive about the change.
4. The boys are 15 weeks! Holy cow where did the time go?
5. We have our four month appointment next week and I am excited to see where the boys are. Jacob is over 16lbs on our home scale and Sam is right over 13lbs.
6. I am working today on cleaning up my work computer and phone so when I speak with my boss tomorrow I am ready to transition out and all my personal stuff will be cleaned up.
7. We are holding fast to our 8 week challenge and I am happy to say we haven't cheated. On the other hand I will cheat on Sat night as we are going to our favorite Sushi and Hibachi grill. I just hope I don't feel too crappy for eating the rice. M has lost 11 lbs and moved her belt two notches so she is uber excited.
8. I need to desperately do laundry for us and the boys. I sent them to school today looking like bums. Oh well.
9. I need to go shopping for my new job. I will be back in suits 5 days a week and my suits need a serious upgrade as I haven't worn them in over 5 years. I am going to hit the outlet mall this weekend or maybe I will invite my mom to go with me Memorial Day with the boys as I will be off and daycare is closed.
10. I feel horrible and guilty for giving my notice tomorrow when it's my bosses first day back from a 10 day vacation. I would wait until Monday but I don't have that luxury of time since I have to start this job Friday the 31st for insurance to kick in June 1st instead of July 1st. Plus I have never given notice remotely over the phone so I am a bit nervous as I obviously want to have the conversation before I email my letter.
1. I don't like Owl's neurologist, I'm calling the Children's Hospital today to see how much longer we will be on the wait list, I would rather work with them.
2. I haven't been sleeping well.
3. It's cool and overcast this morning, I wish the entire day could be like this.
4. We put Apple down for a nap around 5pm yesterday, she slept the entire night, she was tired.
5. J had a "before going back to work" meeting with a couple area managers yesterday, it didn't turn out as she'd hoped, they protected the GM that has created a hostile work environment and pushed J around for so long. J is done, she protected the GM for two years, made her look good, and is repaid by being treated like she is the problem, J tried to resolve the situation at store level but they won't help her so HR will be called for everything now.
6. J is looking for a new job.
7. I think I'm going to sew today, I want to make skirts for the kids.
8. Our new agency SW was a HS English teacher and guidance counselor, he's pretty awesome.
9. Last night Owl said "Mama, I go to sleep, sleepy", my eyes almost popped out of my head.
10. Apple says her soon to be new name, it's so cute!
1. Carrot never liked her middle name, long before we said anything. It's an old lady name, but she is not named after anyone. We offered a few new middle names & she picked my mom's middle name! She has been saying it a lot
2. We are driving our old car into the ground, just to L's work 4 miles away. Thought it died, but our fab mechanic fixed it for a few hundred bucks & said it should last several more months, maybe a year or more!
3. L has a mtg late tonight, so I am solo all day.
4. Allergies are kicking my a$$ and draining all my energy.
5. Pumpkin's wants to take his afternoon nap later & later. But then I need to wake him to get Carrot from school. Ugh. Not sure what to do
6. I started reading the momastery blog from the beginning & have been spending way too much time catching up
7. The charger for my nook is lost. I have to buy a new one
8. I finally ordered prints of pics since Carrot moved in (almost a whole year!) and got them in an album. I need to make a baby book for Pumpkin & a life book for Carrot.
9. Carrot got a last minute invite to a bd party sat-- now we need a gift! But, I really like the boy's parents, so yay!
10. I am volunteering at pride to recruit more foster parents!
1. The weather has been sunny and gorgeous, but we're back to cloudy and in the 60s for at least a week.
2. Mister Baby needs more long-sleeved onesies/shirts, but none of the stores or consignment stores are stocking them right now.
3. I can't find bookends anywhere - what a ridiculous problem. People still have books, and shelves, yes? I'm going to have to order them online. When I asked at Target the woman said "We had one set, a long time ago, but I haven't seen it in a while." So strange!
4. I'm ready for the kids to be potty trained :-P
5. My decluttering mission has turned into a sacred quest. I cannot be stopped.
6. Have just seen idea to fill cute cloth bags with rice and use as bookends. Hmmm....
7. It is time for my second cup of coffee.
8. I'm excited to see the new Star Trek movie. My BFF said the whole thing is one long Sexiest Blue Eyes competition. Sounds good to me.
Post by joymseattle on May 16, 2013 15:50:13 GMT -5
1. I haven't been posting due to busy-ness and the fact that my saved log-in info for this site stopped being automatic. I've been lurking a bit though.
2. I can't believe we're 27 weeks!
3. And we're booked every weekend between now and mid-July.
4. Tonight we're going to a queer legal clinic for a free half hour to ask about some legal stuff for birth and adoption.
5. My clinical hour requirements for my board exam in July were audited. This was a very stressful process and now I have to wait some even longer before I hear if I can officially sit.
6. Regardless, I need to start studying regularly now so that I'm not cramming.
7. I also REALLY need to get organized (mostly paperwork, but also random books and misc crap that needs to be donated or stored away). It's driving C crazy and making me feel guilty.
9. If only I had a few more hours each day without resorting to sleep deprivation.
9. I'm really enjoying my mindfulness birth and parenting preparations and daily practice. So amazingly helpful.
10. Not sure what to eat for lunch. Maybe a lentil and beet salad...
Post by seattlekari on May 16, 2013 16:04:12 GMT -5
1. Busy day today.
2. I'm leaving soon to take treats to E's GS meeting since her bday is this weekend.
3. Then we have to go pick up the party favors thanks to waiting to the last minute for RSVPs since apparently people don't know how to do that any more.
4. I am anxiously awaiting the link to the pics E and I had taken last weekend.
5. The team taking them emailed that the link should be coming and commented again on how pretty E's eyes are and how much they sparkle.
6. I would like to post a few here but I am not savvy on how to post pics here. Can someone help? I promise you will get to see pics of E.
7. My bff is going through some heavy stuff with her husband. Send out some good vibes for them, she needs all the good thoughts she can get.
8. TGTIF. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday.
9. E's party with her friends is Saturday at a family fun center. I hope it's not overly chaotic there so the kids can hang together and have fun.
1. DW got invited to a fancy dinner for work that spouses are also invited to...we just found out that it is black tie fancy.
2. We are not black tie people. What the hell do we wear to a black tie dinner? Men have it so easy! Of course if either of us were men we would also not own tuxes...
3. We bought a steak last weekend that was bad by it's sell by date. I was annoyed and took it back to the store... somehow the store ended up refunding me twice the price of the meat. So I bought a new steak and still had money in my pocket. How strange!
4. I was going to participate in the book thread, but I can't remember the name of the book I'm theoretically reading. I started it a week or two ago and have not really gotten back to it, even though I keep thinking that I want to know what happens.
5. I tried jogging with an incline at the gym today. Yikes. That's a lot harder.
6. My work finally feels stable... trying to take this lull in the storm to catch up on things, but it's so tempting to take the lull in order to relax and not get anything done.
7. We're going to have kebabs for dinner if DW ever manages to get home from work.
8. I have a first acupuncture appointment this weekend. This is so not my usual style, but we're trying to throw everything at the problem.
9. I need to figure out what I'm going to do about diet when Whole 30 ends. It really is half-ass Whole 30 since it's supposed to go through next Friday, but there are two different events that we need to break it for (one is the aforementioned black tie, another is a work lunch where it would be really really awkward to either not eat or bring my own food). Social eating is by far the hardest part of Whole 30.