4.30.2010
4.29.2010
My daughter says "OHhh, Mayyynnnn!" very regularly now and it cracks me up! Absolutely cracks me up!! She also says with a very southern accent "BAYBY!" She used to just say Bb and now it's all drawn out. Come to think of it, it's actually a lot more like The dingoes ate your baby.
Yesterday we saw 5 houses and we really liked 3 of them. That's a first! Usually we walk away going UGH. I had sent a list of 9 we wanted to see -- usually about half of what I request has already sold/is under contract. I'm just gonna go ahead and wave bye bye to that tax credit. It would've been nice but I'm holding out hope that a) they'll extend it again or b) it will increase?! ha. That'd be neat, huh? wishful thinking? maybe.
Right now I've got some laundry in, dishwasher crankin' (sorry, Environment) and we're both just lying about in our underwear with a fan on us. I'm feeling so very, very worn out. Cannot even bring myself to mentally start planning for Beebs' birthday party this weekend. I'm just overwhelmed!!
Yesterday my car got towed. Last week they were paving our lot and then it rained a couple days so they re-scheduled and then some got re-scheduled again and I didn't realize they'd be paving the spot where I parked yesterday so my mother in law gets here and asks where my car is and I'm thinking oh she just didn't see it and then I get this sinking feeling and Roommate runs outside to look and indeed, it's gone. Tow lots are indeed owned and operated by Satan. $120 later I got to have my fucking car back. That's exactly what I wanted to spend that money on the day of my daughter's birthday. Ugh.
This morning we baked cupcakes.
Beebs pooped in the potty.
Yesterday we saw 5 houses and we really liked 3 of them. That's a first! Usually we walk away going UGH. I had sent a list of 9 we wanted to see -- usually about half of what I request has already sold/is under contract. I'm just gonna go ahead and wave bye bye to that tax credit. It would've been nice but I'm holding out hope that a) they'll extend it again or b) it will increase?! ha. That'd be neat, huh? wishful thinking? maybe.
Right now I've got some laundry in, dishwasher crankin' (sorry, Environment) and we're both just lying about in our underwear with a fan on us. I'm feeling so very, very worn out. Cannot even bring myself to mentally start planning for Beebs' birthday party this weekend. I'm just overwhelmed!!
Yesterday my car got towed. Last week they were paving our lot and then it rained a couple days so they re-scheduled and then some got re-scheduled again and I didn't realize they'd be paving the spot where I parked yesterday so my mother in law gets here and asks where my car is and I'm thinking oh she just didn't see it and then I get this sinking feeling and Roommate runs outside to look and indeed, it's gone. Tow lots are indeed owned and operated by Satan. $120 later I got to have my fucking car back. That's exactly what I wanted to spend that money on the day of my daughter's birthday. Ugh.
This morning we baked cupcakes.
Beebs pooped in the potty.
4.28.2010
4.23.2010
Friday
good morning.
I woke up at 3 am after Beebs had a random bout of hysterical crying. I don't know if she woke up scared? She seems to have come down with a bit of a cold and perhaps she choked on post-nasal drip as she's got that goin' on but either way -- we both sat consoling her and snuggling and finally she drifted back off. She's so funny right now. It's so fun to be able to communicate with her easier and easier. I had a whole list of questions about things she might want or need and she responds to let me know yes, no, whatevs. heh.
3 days left on my current unit. I'm so nervous about the change! I'm excited, of course. Things on my unit are messy, for sure but it's a mess I've become accustomed to and have operated within. One of the hardest things to learn is how the people around you work and I find that especially so when working with physicians. I feel like at this point I've finally come to know what some physicians prefer and how they like things done and when they expect me to call and when they'll prefer I hadn't called and when they might go off on me, etc. I'll miss working with male nurses -- they seem rare on L&D? I'll miss my older adult patients - the adorable old guys, the pleasantly confused old women.
At this point in the day I can't decide if it'd be best to stay up and get the day rolling - put on a pot of coffee - get a book or try and fall back asleep for an hour or two? I'm reading Nick Cave's And the Ass Saw the Angel right now and the words are just so... gluttonous all rolling and lolling about in my head.
Still wanting chickens. At least I can love them at my mom's and delight in using their eggs. She just got another new baby calf. I think she has 4 at the moment she's bottle-feeding. One of them lay on the ground after being born and froze. He got frostbite and has black on his nose, part of one ear fell off and one of his hooves froze. Poor guy.
Home buying is...strange. I thought looking at homes would be SO fun but instead it seems so disappointing. It's like every one I look at is...crap. When it's not crap it's way out of our price range. I need to shift my attitude. I know.
Roommate just stumbled in here all bleary eyed. It's dark so I didn't see him until he was right up on me and whew, scared me. I thought it was the cat.
I see it lightning a bit outside. I think it's probably just time to make a pot of coffee. Why does it taste so much better from the french press?
I woke up at 3 am after Beebs had a random bout of hysterical crying. I don't know if she woke up scared? She seems to have come down with a bit of a cold and perhaps she choked on post-nasal drip as she's got that goin' on but either way -- we both sat consoling her and snuggling and finally she drifted back off. She's so funny right now. It's so fun to be able to communicate with her easier and easier. I had a whole list of questions about things she might want or need and she responds to let me know yes, no, whatevs. heh.
3 days left on my current unit. I'm so nervous about the change! I'm excited, of course. Things on my unit are messy, for sure but it's a mess I've become accustomed to and have operated within. One of the hardest things to learn is how the people around you work and I find that especially so when working with physicians. I feel like at this point I've finally come to know what some physicians prefer and how they like things done and when they expect me to call and when they'll prefer I hadn't called and when they might go off on me, etc. I'll miss working with male nurses -- they seem rare on L&D? I'll miss my older adult patients - the adorable old guys, the pleasantly confused old women.
At this point in the day I can't decide if it'd be best to stay up and get the day rolling - put on a pot of coffee - get a book or try and fall back asleep for an hour or two? I'm reading Nick Cave's And the Ass Saw the Angel right now and the words are just so... gluttonous all rolling and lolling about in my head.
Still wanting chickens. At least I can love them at my mom's and delight in using their eggs. She just got another new baby calf. I think she has 4 at the moment she's bottle-feeding. One of them lay on the ground after being born and froze. He got frostbite and has black on his nose, part of one ear fell off and one of his hooves froze. Poor guy.
Home buying is...strange. I thought looking at homes would be SO fun but instead it seems so disappointing. It's like every one I look at is...crap. When it's not crap it's way out of our price range. I need to shift my attitude. I know.
Roommate just stumbled in here all bleary eyed. It's dark so I didn't see him until he was right up on me and whew, scared me. I thought it was the cat.
I see it lightning a bit outside. I think it's probably just time to make a pot of coffee. Why does it taste so much better from the french press?
4.20.2010
Avoiding my avoidance.
I get annoyed when people are too busy for me. Oh I understand it and empathize with it, don't get me wrong. Right now there's a professional acquaintance in my life that either never responds to emails or phone calls or she does so much later OR she responds but I feel like she spent approximately 27 seconds reading what I'd sent and then halfway responds spelling my name wrong and only partially addressing my questions.
I'm guilty of the same, for sure. I mostly just avoid. I haven't listened to my voicemail for weeks..quite literally. Beebs was playing with my phone the other day and managed to connect it to voicemail on speakerphone and I quickly shut the phone. Nothanks!
Was just reading about Guru.
We've become super huge fans of walking trails in the evening. We prefer ones that meander off into the woods, perhaps have a bridge or two and a creek with jumping frogs. Thankfully there are a few of those around and every evening (that I'm not working) after Beebs' nap and usually dinner we head off to wander until dark.
This morning I'm reading more about unschooling and Waldorf. This was my jumping point on unschooling.
Guys, I absolutely cannot stop listening to Mumford & Sons. I love them. I've had the CD a week or so now and it's on all the time -- love it beginning to end and same with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. We pop it on and we're good to go through the whole CD. Mumford & Sons is on right now while I sip coffee and blog and my toddler sleeps. Her sleep is weird lately and it's all because we're desperately soaking up every shred of daylight and loveliness in the evenings and we end up getting home and settled down later and later.
Oh! I just heard a "Mama? Are you?"
adios!
I'm guilty of the same, for sure. I mostly just avoid. I haven't listened to my voicemail for weeks..quite literally. Beebs was playing with my phone the other day and managed to connect it to voicemail on speakerphone and I quickly shut the phone. Nothanks!
Was just reading about Guru.
We've become super huge fans of walking trails in the evening. We prefer ones that meander off into the woods, perhaps have a bridge or two and a creek with jumping frogs. Thankfully there are a few of those around and every evening (that I'm not working) after Beebs' nap and usually dinner we head off to wander until dark.
This morning I'm reading more about unschooling and Waldorf. This was my jumping point on unschooling.
Guys, I absolutely cannot stop listening to Mumford & Sons. I love them. I've had the CD a week or so now and it's on all the time -- love it beginning to end and same with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. We pop it on and we're good to go through the whole CD. Mumford & Sons is on right now while I sip coffee and blog and my toddler sleeps. Her sleep is weird lately and it's all because we're desperately soaking up every shred of daylight and loveliness in the evenings and we end up getting home and settled down later and later.
Oh! I just heard a "Mama? Are you?"
adios!
4.19.2010
Big happy.
I woke up with that in my head. Big happy.
I had post-apocalyptic dreams. For awhile we were living in an old RV that didn't move and then we fled to the top floor of a building. I kept watching the windows frantically.
Today is day 1 of my 6-day countdown. Err is it day 6? Well either way -- I've got 6 days of work left on my present unit before I start on Labor & Delivery. I hope I can help mamas have the type of birth they want in a hospital setting. I know that will be difficult with protocol and all That.
I'm watching Grey Gardens - the movie version with Drew Barrymore. It's an odd accompaniment to morning coffee and sunshine but I like that.
I've got pink sponge curlers in my hair. I've been wearing them to sleep in to make for a slightly less boring ponytail at work. I want my hair cut off but just can't bring myself to do it just yet so that's the decision made I suppose, right?
Oh, the laptop battery is just about to kick the bucket.
Here I go!
I had post-apocalyptic dreams. For awhile we were living in an old RV that didn't move and then we fled to the top floor of a building. I kept watching the windows frantically.
Today is day 1 of my 6-day countdown. Err is it day 6? Well either way -- I've got 6 days of work left on my present unit before I start on Labor & Delivery. I hope I can help mamas have the type of birth they want in a hospital setting. I know that will be difficult with protocol and all That.
I'm watching Grey Gardens - the movie version with Drew Barrymore. It's an odd accompaniment to morning coffee and sunshine but I like that.
I've got pink sponge curlers in my hair. I've been wearing them to sleep in to make for a slightly less boring ponytail at work. I want my hair cut off but just can't bring myself to do it just yet so that's the decision made I suppose, right?
Oh, the laptop battery is just about to kick the bucket.
Here I go!
4.12.2010
Kite Flyer
I have several more of these photos but I think this was my favorite. When we went to the park the other night there were several people flying huge, gorgeous kites! It was so fun to watch - especially this parachutey one. The man would make it dive and swoop.
4.09.2010
wash your hands
I am eating popcorn and watching a movie. Alone. And this also. My lil' family is sleeping.
First week of May I start my * new * job! I am not-quite-equal parts excited and scared. I initially typed terrified but that's not accurate. The parts that scare me are kind of lame -- like the fact that it has kind of seemed to me at times that the L & D unit is kind of like a big sorority that lives on diet coke and the flesh of their young (newbies like me). I'm going to be checking dilation, dudes! ACK!!
Why is roller derby SO sexy? mm. gah.
I want a station wagon.
Thought I had more to say.
First week of May I start my * new * job! I am not-quite-equal parts excited and scared. I initially typed terrified but that's not accurate. The parts that scare me are kind of lame -- like the fact that it has kind of seemed to me at times that the L & D unit is kind of like a big sorority that lives on diet coke and the flesh of their young (newbies like me). I'm going to be checking dilation, dudes! ACK!!
Why is roller derby SO sexy? mm. gah.
I want a station wagon.
Thought I had more to say.
4.02.2010
Good Friday to you.
The wind just picked up insanely and it is almost completely dark outside. Wow. That was eerie.
Correction--that IS eerie. Signing off! eek.
Correction--that IS eerie. Signing off! eek.
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