Yesterday was a truly magical day. Let me recap:
+ the magical baby put himself to sleep THREE TIMES!
+ a great afternoon hanging at the museum with my favorite mama and gaggle of kids
+ my best friend and own personal superhero got a NO MORE CANCER notice. (I think she should take a celebratory trip to hold babies....just saying...)
+ my dear husband got a raise without having to ask for it.
It was so exciting that I literally fell asleep fully clothed at the end of the night. So attractive, but thus is my life.
I don't expect today to hold quite so many amazing revelations, but I started the day with 30 full min. of exercise on the wii fit while MB (magical baby's new nickname) slept. He is currently showing signs of letting me take a shower, but I won't push my luck.
I got a bunch of homeschooling books at the library yesterday and have been doing some research. Big Kid and I sat down yesterday and came up with a rudimentary schedule. He had obviously put some thought into it which has me hopeful. Last night I got home to an email about a homeschooler's bowling league. I think we are both super excited about that.
Today we have very little on the agenda other than visiting the husband at work, because he didn't really get to see MB awake at all yesterday.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
my love
Today I married the man of my dreams. Or the man that I was afraid to dream about. I don't know how I found him, but I did. Words are failing me at the moment. Oddly, this felt like perhaps the perfect time to update this poor, neglected space.
With one son by my side and the other wiggling in my belly, I promised, in front of some of our favorite people, to join this man in life. Officially. He giggled through the whole thing and I boggled at the surrealism. The only thing holding us on this planet was each other. Everyone else in that stark little room disappeared. Afterwards, we all stood on the sidewalk and laughed. Lots of pictures were taken.
We loaded back up in the cars and went to eat the best BBQ in the state. Of course, we all ate too much. We also laughed, shared stories, and generally enjoyed each other's company.
It was exactly what we both wanted.
My life is a wondrous, magical place.
With one son by my side and the other wiggling in my belly, I promised, in front of some of our favorite people, to join this man in life. Officially. He giggled through the whole thing and I boggled at the surrealism. The only thing holding us on this planet was each other. Everyone else in that stark little room disappeared. Afterwards, we all stood on the sidewalk and laughed. Lots of pictures were taken.
We loaded back up in the cars and went to eat the best BBQ in the state. Of course, we all ate too much. We also laughed, shared stories, and generally enjoyed each other's company.
It was exactly what we both wanted.
My life is a wondrous, magical place.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
drive-by update
We had a doctor appointment yesterday and we saw a heartbeat! yay! Estimated due date is now June 8. A gemini. I'm going to have to do some reading on them. The boyfriend was pretty excited and didn't get queasy or grossed out or anything. He's a good man. I"m lucky to have him by my side through all of this.
Eating is still like walking through a minefield. Every time I throw up I seem to fall asleep for an hour or so. So I feel either groggy or nauseous or some combination of the two most of the time. Yay. Not.
The boyfriend's brother and SIL are renting a house around the corner from us. She is 8 months pregnant so soon I'll be able to walk over there and get all the baby love I need while I"m impatiently awaiting the arrival of this one. In the meantime we are planning to start walking on a regular basis. I didn't do any of that good stuff when I was pregnant with The Kid and I'm determined to be in better shape come this birth.
In other news, my best friend is waiting to find out if the growth in her neck is cancerous. She is halfway across the world and I want to hop on a plane right now to be with her. Of course I can't. Stupid cancer.
Eating is still like walking through a minefield. Every time I throw up I seem to fall asleep for an hour or so. So I feel either groggy or nauseous or some combination of the two most of the time. Yay. Not.
The boyfriend's brother and SIL are renting a house around the corner from us. She is 8 months pregnant so soon I'll be able to walk over there and get all the baby love I need while I"m impatiently awaiting the arrival of this one. In the meantime we are planning to start walking on a regular basis. I didn't do any of that good stuff when I was pregnant with The Kid and I'm determined to be in better shape come this birth.
In other news, my best friend is waiting to find out if the growth in her neck is cancerous. She is halfway across the world and I want to hop on a plane right now to be with her. Of course I can't. Stupid cancer.
Monday, May 12, 2008
catching my breath
Lots going on. My laptop died and spent a week in the shop. A week and a new hard drive later I'm back up and running. Ever since my desktop died I've only been on the laptop. I've been thinking long and hard about investing in another home computer. It would definitely mean no digital camera, but The Boyfriend has been talking about getting one so maybe I'll just borrow his.
Speaking of, it looks like The Kid and I will be making room for another adult in our little household. It's been just the two of us for 5 years now. The Boyfriend has been practically living here for a good while not, but making it official seems more.....daunting. I'm definitely excited, but more than a little nervous as well. I have a sneaking suspicion I'm not the easiest person in the world to live with.
The teaching gig is winding down. In the midst of that, I've started my new job at WEPCO, which also happens to be The Boyfriend's place of employment. (We just can't get enough of each other!) I trained Wednesday thru Friday nights, and while utterly exhausting doing the two-job thing, it was also really.....fun. Who knew? I know most of my new co-workers and I wasn't completely stressed at the end of the night.
Last week was also the initial interview with my field placement for the fall. I'll be a court-appointed advocate for children entering the foster system. I'm really excited. I get to do all of my research and report-writing from home which makes my life a million times easier.
What else? The Kid has started walking all the way home as opposed to a couple blocks to a friend's house. He has 3 friends who live in the neighborhood so he isn't alone for the walk. He's feeling very mature these days. He also has a journal that he won't let out of his sight, introducing every mother's quandary of "Do I read it while he sleeps, or not?" Bonus points if you can figure out which side I fall on.
Speaking of, it looks like The Kid and I will be making room for another adult in our little household. It's been just the two of us for 5 years now. The Boyfriend has been practically living here for a good while not, but making it official seems more.....daunting. I'm definitely excited, but more than a little nervous as well. I have a sneaking suspicion I'm not the easiest person in the world to live with.
The teaching gig is winding down. In the midst of that, I've started my new job at WEPCO, which also happens to be The Boyfriend's place of employment. (We just can't get enough of each other!) I trained Wednesday thru Friday nights, and while utterly exhausting doing the two-job thing, it was also really.....fun. Who knew? I know most of my new co-workers and I wasn't completely stressed at the end of the night.
Last week was also the initial interview with my field placement for the fall. I'll be a court-appointed advocate for children entering the foster system. I'm really excited. I get to do all of my research and report-writing from home which makes my life a million times easier.
What else? The Kid has started walking all the way home as opposed to a couple blocks to a friend's house. He has 3 friends who live in the neighborhood so he isn't alone for the walk. He's feeling very mature these days. He also has a journal that he won't let out of his sight, introducing every mother's quandary of "Do I read it while he sleeps, or not?" Bonus points if you can figure out which side I fall on.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
happy hump day!
i'm giving up any illusion that i might update this regularly. i don't know that i have many regular readers anyway, so i don't see anyone being very disappointed. i'm in the last hurried days of my second semester, and i don't know if the 4.0 will be maintained but i'll be close. this was a very stressful semester.
i have turned in my resignation and in about 6 weeks my life as a teacher will be over. i'm feeling a mix of emotions over that, but relief seems to be winning out. from here i'll be doing odd writing/editing jobs, some retail work (hopefully), and probably some substitute teaching. my internship will start in the fall. i have an interview with a child advocacy program in a couple of weeks, and with any luck i'll be working with kids aging out of the foster system. how exciting!
right now i'm just counting the days (44) until summer vacation. i'll be taking 1 summer-long course and one 5-week course in the second half of the summer. otherwise, i plan to work around my house, spend a lot of time in the water, and become a more sane mother and girlfriend. those two guys have put up with a lot of stress and craziness out of me and they definitely deserve a break.
i have turned in my resignation and in about 6 weeks my life as a teacher will be over. i'm feeling a mix of emotions over that, but relief seems to be winning out. from here i'll be doing odd writing/editing jobs, some retail work (hopefully), and probably some substitute teaching. my internship will start in the fall. i have an interview with a child advocacy program in a couple of weeks, and with any luck i'll be working with kids aging out of the foster system. how exciting!
right now i'm just counting the days (44) until summer vacation. i'll be taking 1 summer-long course and one 5-week course in the second half of the summer. otherwise, i plan to work around my house, spend a lot of time in the water, and become a more sane mother and girlfriend. those two guys have put up with a lot of stress and craziness out of me and they definitely deserve a break.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Friday night
I went back to work today which has my head all turned around. I keep thinking it is Monday. Tomorrow morning I have to be at a graduate school orientation from 7:45am - 5pm, and of course this further convinces me it can't possibly be the weekend.
It was kind of nice going back. We are trying a completely new teaching model for our Special Ed students (and really the whole campus) so a lot of people are stressed out about it, but I'm doing an okay job of just going with the flow. Ask me again the night before the kids start up again and you may have a different answer....
The boychild is with his father this weekend so it was looking to be considerably more quiet around here. Unfortunately, my mom got really sick and so I'm dog watching because the puppy was going crazy in her apartment. We played fetch earlier and now we've just returned from a 30 minute walk. I was hoping that she could sleep outside tonight because there is way too much for her to chew up around here, but she is outside barking like crazy. I don't want my neighbors to hate me more than they already do.
The boyfriend had to go do some things at home and then he's stopping by the grocery store and heading back over for a late dinner. I've been craving sausage lately. (Yes, this revelation spawned endless dirty sausage jokes. We're children, what can I say. ) I'm going to cook some veggies and I'm sure we'll have rice thrown in.
It was kind of nice going back. We are trying a completely new teaching model for our Special Ed students (and really the whole campus) so a lot of people are stressed out about it, but I'm doing an okay job of just going with the flow. Ask me again the night before the kids start up again and you may have a different answer....
The boychild is with his father this weekend so it was looking to be considerably more quiet around here. Unfortunately, my mom got really sick and so I'm dog watching because the puppy was going crazy in her apartment. We played fetch earlier and now we've just returned from a 30 minute walk. I was hoping that she could sleep outside tonight because there is way too much for her to chew up around here, but she is outside barking like crazy. I don't want my neighbors to hate me more than they already do.
The boyfriend had to go do some things at home and then he's stopping by the grocery store and heading back over for a late dinner. I've been craving sausage lately. (Yes, this revelation spawned endless dirty sausage jokes. We're children, what can I say. ) I'm going to cook some veggies and I'm sure we'll have rice thrown in.
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