can't wait!!
not in the mood to go in to work tonight. been up since 5ish with bailey and then o woke up at 7:15 which is unheard of. she laid in bed with me "snuggling" but i couldn't sleep because of the constant kneeing in the back/poking me in the face that she does. oy.
just got done going through bills and paying things off. i have to call all of the medical bill places still but am not in the mood to do that with a 3 year old running around, that can wait until wednesday.
so we finally saw "the hobbit" friday night. not sure how i feel about it. the parts that i liked i really enjoyed, the parts i didn't like- let's just say i wish i could've seen my facial expressions.
the dwarves, bilbo, the fact that they touched on the important parts, the eagles.. i liked that. some of the other stuff- i found myself just asking, seriously? why did you put that in there? most of the stuff with radaghast i found kind of retarded, didn't like them being chased across the plains on their way to rivendell, wasn't crazy about how they did the trolls, and thorin seemed on the manses a little too much for even thorin. and wtf about him fighting the orc at the end and bilbo helping him, seriously? bilbo would've never been rude to his guests at his house either.
all in all it wasn't bad, but it's not going to be a classic like the other trilogy. at the end i found myself saying, how the heck are they going to make this 2 more movies? it's kind of at a halfway point they've stopped. and then charlie answered for me: because they're going to put in a bunch more extra crap.
i mean, after they hang out with beorn (which is my favorite part, i'm so nervous about that), and go to mirkwood and hang with thranduil, escape, go to esgaroth, creep around erebor, etc.. one movie would totally suffice. they're going to spend too much time in mirkwood and there could be unfortunate legolas sightings in there.
i guess i always liked the hobbit because of its innocence. it stood alone without lotr, didn't need to be as dark. sure, there's undertones there. stuff with the necromancer that hints at more going on, increased warg and orc activity in the misty mountains- but it's not needed to try to bring more of the story into it. just leave it alone, pj. sheesh.
i've been reading the hell out of the "song of ice and fire" series. i'm on book 3/5. not looking forward to waiting for books 6&7, which won't take me long i'm afraid. i'm about 500/975 pages into this book in less than a week, thanks to my kindle and reading any spare chance i get on my phone at work. and this morning they killed off 2 more important characters.
in other news, i find myself missing nursing school. recent things going on reiterate the fact that i need to move on. things are going in a bad direction largely due to a few people and i'm tired of dealing with them.
off to the elliptical and then the shower..
Monday, February 11, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
been a few weeks...
so what's been going on. working. potty training. cleaning. bill-paying.
work's been an ok adjustment i guess. tired a lot of the time, and i'm an insomniac some nights when i'm off. finally bailey is sleeping on her own, so for 2 nights we've both been able to sleep in our bed, at the same time! she gets up every 3-4 hours to eat, but then goes back to bed as long as she's in the baby straight jacket (swaddle me) thing.
potty training- she's doing great at the house. almost no accidents in a while now. going to grandma and grandpa's or out anywhere is still a shady ordeal, but that'll come in time. she hates public bathrooms for one, and i'd rather pee myself than use them sometimes too to be honest.
cleaning, never-ending. so much laundry which thank god charlie is doing most of. we had to get a new washer after i killed ours, but it's working well. :) just when you think you've got a handle on it, bailey outgrows stuff and then i have to go through what doesn't fit anymore and redo the closet again and put it away. pain in the tail.
bills. bills bills bills. pre-insurance, we've gotten bills for over $100,000.... so that's a little scary. after insurance we're responsible so far for about $15,000 it looks like. so that's nice. through work they sent me to collections even though i've been paying on the bills because they didn't combine all the accounts correctly. i called, they supposedly fixed it, i need to call and check on that because i'm still getting calls. from all the specialists we get separate bills for anywhere from $50-$500. we filed our taxes, the irs website said i should get my refund within the next day or 2, so then i'll start calling and setting up payments. expensive little bailey boo :)
speaking of her, she's pretty awesome lately. i've never met a baby that smiles so easily. one little look and she flutters her eyes at you and puts on the biggest goofy smile. she's happy most of the time now, except after about 10 minutes in the car. she hates it, don't know what to do about it. we have lots of distractions back there for her, but she's just not buying it.
we started her on solid foods a few weeks ago, that's been an adventure. she loves it, but some of it doesn't love her. the oatmeal cereal bound her up something awful. nothing like an unhappy constipated baby. so we've resorted to juice and she eats pears, prunes, squash and carrots. carrots might be nixed since she was pretty constipated after them the other day. got so bad we had to use a suppository a few times, which is no fun for us or her. but yesterday she pooped on her own and that was the highlight of my day.
miss nibbles has graduated to a booster seat. i can't believe she's big enough for that. so now i have one in an infant car seat and one in a booster. makes me feel quite old.
charlie and i are going out for our anniversary tomorrow night for dinner, maybe to the movies, not sure yet. we wanted to see "the hobbit" but i think today might be its last day in theaters. my luck, right? finally get a babysitter and now i'll have to wait until it's out on dvd anyways.
charlie's working today, i'm there tonight. tomorrow jesse might bring zoey over to play with o while i sleep. then we have to get nana and she's going to stay over and watch the kids so we can go out.
18 days until disney! i can't wait to just have fun for a few days. life's good, there's a lot to be thankful for, but there's the little daily annoyances creeping back into life as they're bound to do that i really just want to get away from. mostly work-related.
the weight loss is still going, i'm down 11.8 lbs since xmas. it's been a balancing act with the breastfeeding and work. i lost too much one week and noticed it in my milk supply. with work some days i'm up for 27 hours or so before i go to bed, and the next day only up for work. usually my first day i get up with the kids, so that's anywhere between 4-6 depending if i can fall asleep after bailey eats or not, then play mommy all day until i go into work at 6. when i get home around 7am i usually shower and then feed her and talk to charlie and o for a few before i go to sleep, so that's usually between 8&9. then i sleep (in between getting up to feed her or pump if they're not home, about every 3-4 hours), and get up at around 4 and do it again. it's a little weird with counting points.
so i've got some dishes to finish loading into the dishwasher, some laundry to put away, run the vac in the living room, clear some clutter off the counter. i've got maybe another hour of bailey sleeping before she wants to eat again. nibs is watching mickey mouse clubhouse, klaus is sleeping on the couch, obi is acting like a pillow as i'm on the couch. might just hold off on the housework and read for a few before i get started on my day. my parents are coming over this afternoon to watch the kids while i go to work and charlie comes home.
work's been an ok adjustment i guess. tired a lot of the time, and i'm an insomniac some nights when i'm off. finally bailey is sleeping on her own, so for 2 nights we've both been able to sleep in our bed, at the same time! she gets up every 3-4 hours to eat, but then goes back to bed as long as she's in the baby straight jacket (swaddle me) thing.
potty training- she's doing great at the house. almost no accidents in a while now. going to grandma and grandpa's or out anywhere is still a shady ordeal, but that'll come in time. she hates public bathrooms for one, and i'd rather pee myself than use them sometimes too to be honest.
cleaning, never-ending. so much laundry which thank god charlie is doing most of. we had to get a new washer after i killed ours, but it's working well. :) just when you think you've got a handle on it, bailey outgrows stuff and then i have to go through what doesn't fit anymore and redo the closet again and put it away. pain in the tail.
bills. bills bills bills. pre-insurance, we've gotten bills for over $100,000.... so that's a little scary. after insurance we're responsible so far for about $15,000 it looks like. so that's nice. through work they sent me to collections even though i've been paying on the bills because they didn't combine all the accounts correctly. i called, they supposedly fixed it, i need to call and check on that because i'm still getting calls. from all the specialists we get separate bills for anywhere from $50-$500. we filed our taxes, the irs website said i should get my refund within the next day or 2, so then i'll start calling and setting up payments. expensive little bailey boo :)
speaking of her, she's pretty awesome lately. i've never met a baby that smiles so easily. one little look and she flutters her eyes at you and puts on the biggest goofy smile. she's happy most of the time now, except after about 10 minutes in the car. she hates it, don't know what to do about it. we have lots of distractions back there for her, but she's just not buying it.
we started her on solid foods a few weeks ago, that's been an adventure. she loves it, but some of it doesn't love her. the oatmeal cereal bound her up something awful. nothing like an unhappy constipated baby. so we've resorted to juice and she eats pears, prunes, squash and carrots. carrots might be nixed since she was pretty constipated after them the other day. got so bad we had to use a suppository a few times, which is no fun for us or her. but yesterday she pooped on her own and that was the highlight of my day.
miss nibbles has graduated to a booster seat. i can't believe she's big enough for that. so now i have one in an infant car seat and one in a booster. makes me feel quite old.
charlie and i are going out for our anniversary tomorrow night for dinner, maybe to the movies, not sure yet. we wanted to see "the hobbit" but i think today might be its last day in theaters. my luck, right? finally get a babysitter and now i'll have to wait until it's out on dvd anyways.
charlie's working today, i'm there tonight. tomorrow jesse might bring zoey over to play with o while i sleep. then we have to get nana and she's going to stay over and watch the kids so we can go out.
18 days until disney! i can't wait to just have fun for a few days. life's good, there's a lot to be thankful for, but there's the little daily annoyances creeping back into life as they're bound to do that i really just want to get away from. mostly work-related.
the weight loss is still going, i'm down 11.8 lbs since xmas. it's been a balancing act with the breastfeeding and work. i lost too much one week and noticed it in my milk supply. with work some days i'm up for 27 hours or so before i go to bed, and the next day only up for work. usually my first day i get up with the kids, so that's anywhere between 4-6 depending if i can fall asleep after bailey eats or not, then play mommy all day until i go into work at 6. when i get home around 7am i usually shower and then feed her and talk to charlie and o for a few before i go to sleep, so that's usually between 8&9. then i sleep (in between getting up to feed her or pump if they're not home, about every 3-4 hours), and get up at around 4 and do it again. it's a little weird with counting points.
so i've got some dishes to finish loading into the dishwasher, some laundry to put away, run the vac in the living room, clear some clutter off the counter. i've got maybe another hour of bailey sleeping before she wants to eat again. nibs is watching mickey mouse clubhouse, klaus is sleeping on the couch, obi is acting like a pillow as i'm on the couch. might just hold off on the housework and read for a few before i get started on my day. my parents are coming over this afternoon to watch the kids while i go to work and charlie comes home.
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