What an interesting weekend.
Friday: My little brother came home for the weekend from college. We all (brother, dad, Danny, myself, Evan) went out to dinner at our favorite Mexican place. It was a really good time. We came home and all hung out and spent some more time together. Danny thinks that he's getting a sinus infection and I'm worrying over him. I don't like it when he gets sick because he refuses to seek medical attention. Ugh. I love that man but Ugh. That man.
What comes next, I'm not going to go into great detail about because I'm still rather upset about it. I just want to write about it to document.
While my mother was here, she put the dogs in the backyard (Rocky who is my chihahua and Tucker, who is my dad's dog) because they were over-excited. We often let them hangout in the backyard for extended periods of time because they love it out there and they can run around and be crazy or whatever they want. Anyway, the neighbor's dog ended up breaking through their fence and killing Rocky. I was VERY upset about it at the time because I thought that the dog had viciously killed him and I just felt so terrible for the little guy. I tried to talk to the neighbor, but they weren't home so we ended up calling Animal Control (who refused to come out same-day because the attack wasn't on a human). Anyway. Fast forward to the results of everything. We think that the other dog just "played" my dog to death. He had no blood on him and wasn't injured, the other dog must've just been playing with him and killed him. I'm still upset about it, but I talked to the neighbors about it and I'm not going to try to sue them.The elderly lady that owns the house (she's blind) was so upset about it. She was crying and kept apologizing and I really think that she was more upset than I was. I mean, I am pretty sad. Rocky was my dog and he was my little buddy. He loved Evan and he would follow me everywhere that I went. I'm incredibly sad for the loss, but I really don't have hard feelings against the neighbors.
Saturday: The neighbors spent the whole day in my backyard, fixing the fence and making sure that it was fully secured in all places. I had told them that we have a 5-year old daughter who is here two days a week and she often has friends over and that I didn't want their dogs in my backyard ever again. So, they fixed the fence. It's done and I'm glad.
For lunch, I made a huge pot of stew and shared it with my family. They were all big fans, which gave me a lot of confidence in the whole cooking thing. I don't like cooking; I don't enjoy any part of it. I like the idea of feeding my little family and being semi-okay with it. So, the soup went well and we were all happy about it.
Sunday(Today): Ellie, Dylan and my mom were here most of the day. Evan was being a ham and talking and cooing at everyone. He's a pretty sweet little baby. :) It was really nice to have company all weekend to take my mind off of being upset about my dog. Laughing and enjoying your friends is very good for your soul.
I've spent a lot of time on my crocheting today. I'm really wanting to finish this blanket for Brianna, I think that she'll really enjoy it. She's my little mini-me, even if she is just my step-daughter. :)
On Thursday of last week, I finally called Jodi (former boss) and talked to her about coming back to work for her. She's very excited about it and it's looking like I'm eligible for rehire on September 12th. This is very exciting. I'm not happy to leave Evan, but I think that having a part-time job will be good for me. I'm too attached to my baby to let anyone babysit him for very long, so I don't really have much time away from him, maybe something like twice a month or so. I think that I need to allow myself a little bit of separation. It'll be good for us both, and I'll only be working something like 25 hours a week. Easy as pie.
Ten Things: going back to work
1. I've very excited about it. I need something to do for myself and for myself only. I think that it'll be good for Evan, too. He'll be staying with my mother while I'm at work (or Danny, if he's off work) and so he'll get plenty of bonding time with her. This is important to me.
2. I think that I need to develop a social life again. I've always been a very social person, but since I've quit working, I don't do many things with my friends. Partly because I don't have the money, partly because I don't want to be away from Evan.
3. Jodi will be good to me and not work me anything crazy that I don't want to do.
4. I will feel like I'm contributing more to our household.
5. Danny will get to do more of the parenting while I'm not home. I generally do most all of Evan's stuff, so it'll be good for Danny to have some things that he and Evan do without me being there.
6. Extra money would be pretty nice. I'd like to start a savings account for our future and it'll be nice to have some extra money for Christmas.
7. Everyone expected me to launch back into a career as soon as I could. This way, I'm showing them that that's not what I'm interested in. I'm a family person now!
8. Jodi really, honestly needs me. That makes me feel pretty good.
9. Going back to work will help me get back into shape. Okay, I'm already back at my pre-pregnancy weight, but I've lost a lot of muscle mass and I need to get used to being on my feet again.
10. I'll have friends again and have people to talk to who aren't Danny. Not that I don't enjoy talking to him, but it would be good if I had other people to talk to, too. :)