i am bored at work. starting yesterday and through the summer i am working monday-thursday for 10 hrs with a 3 day weekend. it would actually be pretty awesome if it werent for the fact that i don't have much work to do, i dont get much sleep, and the schedule leaves me only about 2 hrs of decent time with my family each day. but hey, at least i have this job and at least i do get that 2 hrs. also, i think the 3 day weekend thing will be pretty awesome. so if nothing else, at least i know that the summer will pass quickly. although with a little one in our world, i dont think i'm such a fan of time passing quickly anymore.
speaking of said little one, he is doing well. over the weekend he really improved his tracking and can now pick people out (me - yay!) in the room with his eyes. he is also smiling more, which is heavenly. this weekend i aim to take and post more pictures of him because he's just changing so quickly i don't want to miss out on documenting it!
i am also very pleased about how the day care situation has panned out. as much as i'd love to be a stay at home mom, it's just not a possibility for us. i have had the baby on the waiting list for daycare on post since august and so when i went back to work at the beginning of May, we had to find care for him until there was a space available. enter the wife of one of charles' former co-workers. aka - a friend who lives on post. she and her husband have 2 amazing little boys already, she keeps an incredibly clean house, and if it werent for the fact that i want to do it myself, i would TOTALLY let her raise my children. i know a lot of great parents, but wow. her 3 year old can read and spells about 30 words, both boys sign, instead of doing that annoying kid thing where they incessantly repeat everything people around them say, they will ask permission of their parents to say something if it is exciting enough to repeat. they also tell me, in the cutest little boy voice ever, to "have a good day!!" every morning when i drop off the baby. they LOVE my son, all of them do, and i am rediculously pleased to say that even though i got a call last week that the daycare can place my son on post, my friend is perfectly willing to keep him in her house until they move. this had not been my original plan because i didn't want to have to put cameron through the transition when his current provider leaves, but the closer it came to the time of getting a call and placing him in a larger facility with a 4:1 kid to provider ratio, the more i just wanted nothing more than for him to be with ms. shellie for as long as humanly possible. and so it shall be! they are staying in the area at least until March so he will have the best care possible for at least his first year of life. it will suck when they leave, but i decided to sacrifice the ease of transition in order to gain the best care. i'm going to teach him some signs and she will work with him also. overall and in many aspects, it is a complete relief to know that if i can't stay home and raise my son, he is with someone who will do as good if not a better job. plus, she has asked to be paid less than half of what the center on post charges (which is already a substantial discount from off post care); but we're paying her more anyway because she's definitely worth it.
here's a beastly topic: exercise. how does one find time to exercise on such little sleep when working long hours with a baby? yea, i dont know either. but i'm going to give it my best shot. charles has agreed to help by taking point on the baby watching in the evenings as he is able. my struggle, in addition to the sleep and time thing, is taking myself away from them. i do not want to load up the baby and go out to exercise because of mosquitos, so i will either work out at home or go to the gym after work. both take time away from my boys. time with both is too precious for words and i need it to keep me sane and whole. but i also need to feel good about myself and be healthy - oddly for the same reasons. i think i'm pretty much where i was before i got pregnant, so i'm not saying that i'm totally nasty or anything, i just need to do better. need to BE better. it's a constant struggle and no one can do it but me.
so yea, that's a good rambly post for ya - enjoy!
3 comments:
Yay! I am so happy you found care for Cameron that has worked out so well. That must be such a relief.
Exercise? What is that?
Yay! I finally don't have a kid hanging on me when I read your post and have a thought fresh in my mind so I can comment!
Glad you've got a care situation worked out that makes you more comfortable about Cameron's care, I'm sure that's a huge sigh of relief!
I have no tips on finding time to workout along with a job, sorry. I had a tough enough time hauling my rear to the gym, and I don't work. Now that it's standard routine I feel like a complete bum if I don't go, and actually feel better and think I tend to be more pleasant on days that I workout. Or maybe I should say I notice I'm less pleasant on days I have to miss my usual workout due to scheduling conflicts (since I don't think I'm a big ol' meanie on weekends when I don't go to the gym, but that's probably Matt's good influence on me shining through ;D). That could all just be my propensity towards having a schedule of sorts to work with though. So, yeah.
How's that for a long rambling comment from the peanut gallery? Bet you missed all my comments ;)
i have actually, you guys know i get very down on myself when no one comments on my blog, it's quite pathetic. but yes, the daycare situation - like everything else in my life - has worked out PERFECTLY.
and erin - exercise is what you do when you chase after 5 kids, so you're covered. my kid isnt mobile yet and only weighs about 11 pounds so he doesnt count yet. my plan is to test charles' babysitting skillz in the evenings so i can do some time on my elliptical machine. i am physically incapable of waking up any earlier than i *have* to for work to exercise, so evenings it is!
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