Let’s face it: I can be a complainer. I planned to get out of the house by 9 this morning to do our one errand: groceries from Nature’s Fare. Instead, pancakes took a while, then baby had to play, then poop, then resist being dressed, then play/walk. Plus other stuff. So we left the house …
Today is definitely not yesterday. Putting positivity and pro-activity into action. Baby was good enough to feel well much of today and play beautifully on her own for quite a few stretches. It was so sweet to see (and hear, when she was moving her blocks around the bedroom) her busy with her work, talking …
First day of vacation. I ended the day stressed, lonely, sad and burned out. Time to reassess. Though vacation is supposed to be joyful and fun, if you’ve been working hard it’s also the first chance to come down off of the adrenalin cycle and get back in touch with your real life. My real …
Today was my last day of work before a winter break of almost 4 weeks long (I know! I can’t quite believe it myself!). I”ve been working hard the past few weeks to catch up on all the things that seem to need doing before the break, but somehow today was still a remarkably intense …
Today: not bad. Lots of little things to think about. I made it out of the house by 9:30 after washing bottles, doing/hanging laundry, feeding self and baby, packing for the day and researching air purifiers online. We went to pick up goat’s milk first. No organic, so I got regular. Packed up baby, hit …
Baby was asleep by 9:30. And in the context of other things lately, that seems early. I have been wondering about sleep lately because her patterns have changed a lot – usually she’d fall asleep 8ish after nursing and bottle, but now she pops up, awake and ready to play. I wonder what is going …
Today was a too-busy, complaining day. Blah. Right through tonight, with baby finally asleep by 9:50. That’s right. Waaay too long, way too much going on. And a lot of the things I wanted to complain about are pointless now. Husband just found the ribbon of bells I made for baby that she lost. He …
Tonight i asked my husband what I should blog about. Here is his suggestion: Blog about our date. And how we missed baby on our date. And we cut out magazines and we love each other. And how we’re making progress on deciding when to have a baby. All true! We went on a date …
1. Today, walking baby (2 hours of walking but not a hint of a nap!) I literally felt a weight lift off my shoulders as I remembered that I have paid off my student loans and have no personal debt. I feel so much more free. A world of possibilities feels like it’s opened up. …
Today marks a major milestone: I just paid off my student loans. In full. All of them. Done!!! I’ve been tackling them fairly steadily since I finished grad school 7 years ago. I had about $25K to pay back. Funny how the amount creeps up bit by bit as the years pass (note: that’s the …