It quickly went downhill
I was in a pretty good mood this morning, probably because Dex let me sleep in almost an hour later than he usually does, but by the end of the day, the energy and lively mood I'd started with drained away. Let's do a pros and cons, shall we?
Today's Pros:
- Extra hour of sleep. You do not realize how much you need this until you stay up past 1 a.m. perusing awesome new blogs you just found. By the way, a blog rec post is coming, and I want your input!
- Cinnamon rolls. I made a pan of cinnamon rolls (you know, from the can) this morning, and they were awesome! They're never as good if you have to re-heat them, but right fresh out of the oven, you cannot beat it.
- Having a babysitter. I love my son, but he is crazy in a bottle, so it's nice to let someone else share in that nightmare for a few days a week. Heh.
- Going to the mall. My friend Cindy called and broke me away from work so we could go shopping for a few minutes. It's amazing how quickly the time goes when you're at the mall! We only went to a couple stores before a couple hours had passed. Maybe there's something about actually looking at stuff as opposed to just window-shopping, like I am normally reduced to. (Stopping the stroller leads to crabby toddlers!)
- Getting to taste wines. Cindy's wine rep was in her restaurant today, so she let me set in on some wines they were tasting. It's been a while since I've gotten to drink wine, so that was fun. I realized I'd probably make a good wine sales rep, given how much I know about alcohol, but that if I had to do it full time, I'd definitely have to do the "taste and spit" method, because swallowing all those "tastes" of wine would definitely have me too drunk to work. How do these people do it all day long?
I also got to eat sushi, which was awesome in my mouth (maybe not so awesome in my wallet.)
- Getting extra hours of work = extra money. While I'm not crazy about working into the evening, I know that the more I work, the more I can get paid for, so I have to stop being lazy about it and start being more proactive about doing things...
Leading onto Today's Cons list:
- Work = blah. I find it difficult to get started a lot. Once I'm actually working, I'm fairly productive, but I feel like I spend too long organizing myself, getting a drink, putting things away, checking my e-mail, etc. I need to just dive into things!
- My husband is depressing. Man, I am getting really tired of talking to him lately. I mean, I know he's surrounded by the reality of it, but all Wes wants to talk about lately is the economy, how bad it is, and how much worse it's going to get. He reads a lot of news and deals with business issues on a daily basis, but seriously - I don't want to hear about it 24-7. If it's not the economy it's politics, and if it's not politics, he's trying to get me to watch goofy movies or TV with him...
Sometimes I feel like we live in different worlds. We share a lot of similarities, but -- well, maybe it's just that he's so intense about everything he's involved with and interested in, and I am generally more laid back and non-confrontational. I do love him, though! And when we do hang out together, it's great, as long as we're not discussing news topics, blah.
On a side note, he totally forgot that we watched Bleach together last night and had to watch it again! He said he didn't even remember seeing any of it.
- Mediocre babysitters. So, Wes hung out downstairs while the babysitter was over today for a bit, and he tells me that he's really not impressed with her. Which -- let's be honest, I'm not that happy to hear, but I kind of have to agree with him. It's not that she's awful, she's just not awesome, you know? She's kind of a slob, so that when they eat a snack, bits of food (mostly from Dex, I assume) end up everywhere and they don't always get picked up. I showed her how to use the Diaper Genie (my diaper pail), but when the dispenser ran out, she didn't replace it and it was a huge pain in the ass to have to dig the diapers out of the bottom, put them into a bag and get rid of it. How could you not notice that? She could have texted me and asked me where the replacement cartridges where. Or looked for them, you know? And then there's always bath toys in the tub if she gives him a bath. Wes also thought, after observing her a bit, that she doesn't really read Dex well. For instance, Dex was just being really goofy, doing these little scream / yelp things and laughing, and she asked him if he was trying to talk to Wes. Ummmm, no.
So.... yeah. Wes is going to talk to her on Monday night about some of the stuff we're concerned about, and I guess if we're still not happy, I'm going to start looking again. I mean, I kind of hope she works out, but I feel like I was really, really spoiled by my old babysitter. Even the last girl, that only worked for a few days, had a better repertoire with Dex, I felt - she was neat, proactive, educational, and seemed to understand Dex well. But, she quit and left me in a lurch. Le sigh. I don't know...
- Rain, rain go away. This rainy weather has been great for my lawn, which nearly died out this summer, but crappy for my mood. I really want to be able to get outside and enjoy the weather a little bit and haven't been able to! It's supposed to rain again tomorrow, too, but looks like it will clear up again for the weekend and next week. Thank goodness. Dex and I need to enjoy some outside activities together!
Anyway, I have to leave the house by 8 a.m. tomorrow, which - laugh it up - but I'm not used to that. Most mornings, I'm lucky if I can get out by 10. And even then, I usually wake up between 7 and 7:30. Having a little one really slows you down. I have no idea how I'm going to make it when the kid(s) start going to school! YIKES.
Today's Pros:
- Extra hour of sleep. You do not realize how much you need this until you stay up past 1 a.m. perusing awesome new blogs you just found. By the way, a blog rec post is coming, and I want your input!
- Cinnamon rolls. I made a pan of cinnamon rolls (you know, from the can) this morning, and they were awesome! They're never as good if you have to re-heat them, but right fresh out of the oven, you cannot beat it.
- Having a babysitter. I love my son, but he is crazy in a bottle, so it's nice to let someone else share in that nightmare for a few days a week. Heh.
- Going to the mall. My friend Cindy called and broke me away from work so we could go shopping for a few minutes. It's amazing how quickly the time goes when you're at the mall! We only went to a couple stores before a couple hours had passed. Maybe there's something about actually looking at stuff as opposed to just window-shopping, like I am normally reduced to. (Stopping the stroller leads to crabby toddlers!)
- Getting to taste wines. Cindy's wine rep was in her restaurant today, so she let me set in on some wines they were tasting. It's been a while since I've gotten to drink wine, so that was fun. I realized I'd probably make a good wine sales rep, given how much I know about alcohol, but that if I had to do it full time, I'd definitely have to do the "taste and spit" method, because swallowing all those "tastes" of wine would definitely have me too drunk to work. How do these people do it all day long?
I also got to eat sushi, which was awesome in my mouth (maybe not so awesome in my wallet.)
- Getting extra hours of work = extra money. While I'm not crazy about working into the evening, I know that the more I work, the more I can get paid for, so I have to stop being lazy about it and start being more proactive about doing things...
Leading onto Today's Cons list:
- Work = blah. I find it difficult to get started a lot. Once I'm actually working, I'm fairly productive, but I feel like I spend too long organizing myself, getting a drink, putting things away, checking my e-mail, etc. I need to just dive into things!
- My husband is depressing. Man, I am getting really tired of talking to him lately. I mean, I know he's surrounded by the reality of it, but all Wes wants to talk about lately is the economy, how bad it is, and how much worse it's going to get. He reads a lot of news and deals with business issues on a daily basis, but seriously - I don't want to hear about it 24-7. If it's not the economy it's politics, and if it's not politics, he's trying to get me to watch goofy movies or TV with him...
Sometimes I feel like we live in different worlds. We share a lot of similarities, but -- well, maybe it's just that he's so intense about everything he's involved with and interested in, and I am generally more laid back and non-confrontational. I do love him, though! And when we do hang out together, it's great, as long as we're not discussing news topics, blah.
On a side note, he totally forgot that we watched Bleach together last night and had to watch it again! He said he didn't even remember seeing any of it.
- Mediocre babysitters. So, Wes hung out downstairs while the babysitter was over today for a bit, and he tells me that he's really not impressed with her. Which -- let's be honest, I'm not that happy to hear, but I kind of have to agree with him. It's not that she's awful, she's just not awesome, you know? She's kind of a slob, so that when they eat a snack, bits of food (mostly from Dex, I assume) end up everywhere and they don't always get picked up. I showed her how to use the Diaper Genie (my diaper pail), but when the dispenser ran out, she didn't replace it and it was a huge pain in the ass to have to dig the diapers out of the bottom, put them into a bag and get rid of it. How could you not notice that? She could have texted me and asked me where the replacement cartridges where. Or looked for them, you know? And then there's always bath toys in the tub if she gives him a bath. Wes also thought, after observing her a bit, that she doesn't really read Dex well. For instance, Dex was just being really goofy, doing these little scream / yelp things and laughing, and she asked him if he was trying to talk to Wes. Ummmm, no.
So.... yeah. Wes is going to talk to her on Monday night about some of the stuff we're concerned about, and I guess if we're still not happy, I'm going to start looking again. I mean, I kind of hope she works out, but I feel like I was really, really spoiled by my old babysitter. Even the last girl, that only worked for a few days, had a better repertoire with Dex, I felt - she was neat, proactive, educational, and seemed to understand Dex well. But, she quit and left me in a lurch. Le sigh. I don't know...
- Rain, rain go away. This rainy weather has been great for my lawn, which nearly died out this summer, but crappy for my mood. I really want to be able to get outside and enjoy the weather a little bit and haven't been able to! It's supposed to rain again tomorrow, too, but looks like it will clear up again for the weekend and next week. Thank goodness. Dex and I need to enjoy some outside activities together!
Anyway, I have to leave the house by 8 a.m. tomorrow, which - laugh it up - but I'm not used to that. Most mornings, I'm lucky if I can get out by 10. And even then, I usually wake up between 7 and 7:30. Having a little one really slows you down. I have no idea how I'm going to make it when the kid(s) start going to school! YIKES.