Today I was allowed the luxury of getting my hair done! I love my short hair, but I hate that it needs to be cut so often. Oh, and I'm cheap so I refuse to pay the money to get my hair cut as often as it needs :) I found the Aveda school in downtown Denver and jumped at the chance! I was able to get my hair cut and styled and highlighted for less that what I used to pay for just a cut! My student was actually already a graduate, but needed to make up some hours, so essentially, I got a salon stylist for quite cheap...yay penny pinching me! I was pampered and coiffed and I love my new hair! No more mommy hair!
Okay, let me explain my mommy hair...it had gotten long enough that it was in a pony tail daily, but it was not long enough to look good in a pony tail...it was not a pretty sight! This is the first time since the wedding that I had color put in my hair. I was asked if I wanted it to whisper, talk or shout...I chose somewhere in between talk and shout and I love, love, love it!!!
As much as I was looking forward to this time away to spend with adults, I missed my little sweet pea!!!! Oh, and by the time I was done (it took 4 hours to get everything done! Cheap, but not fast!) I swear I went up another cup size. I haven't been away from her for that long without pumping before....ouch!
It was nice to be someone other than "mom" this morning, but man it was nice to come home and be "mom" again :)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Go to sleep!!!!
10:15pm...all is quiet...ha-ha. Why, why, why! Why does she all of the sudden feel that sleep (for all of us) is optional? She has been doing so well! It started Sunday, and hasn't let up since! Seriously, the bags under my eyes are so dark that I think I can carry off a scary gothic look without any make-up...so sad. I was watching "The View" the other day and they were listing the "best make-up finds under $20". After being shocked that someone would actually pay $19.99 for a small tube of anything, I took notice of the under eye cream that would somehow miraculously make me look like I was getting sleep...hmmmm..almost seems worth it since I apparently won't be getting any actual sleep.
SIGH!!!!!! Fuss, fuss, fuss! I was so tired last night that Dave, my wonderful, magnificent husband, let me sleep and stayed up with our fuss-bucket until 2:30 this morning! She went down well tonight, but only an hour later decided it was party time! Has she met me lately? Not in the mood for late night parties anymore! And by late night, I mean anything past 8pm.
Go to sleep!!!!!!!!
One question...is it wrong to bribe a 6 month old child?
SIGH!!!!!! Fuss, fuss, fuss! I was so tired last night that Dave, my wonderful, magnificent husband, let me sleep and stayed up with our fuss-bucket until 2:30 this morning! She went down well tonight, but only an hour later decided it was party time! Has she met me lately? Not in the mood for late night parties anymore! And by late night, I mean anything past 8pm.
Go to sleep!!!!!!!!
One question...is it wrong to bribe a 6 month old child?
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Starting to freak a little...
Okay, so I think I need to stop watching the news and reading online newspapers about the swine flu. I am feeling the beginnings of a freak-out. Ordinarily I wouldn't freak out about this, but we are traveling to CA in 2 weeks and onto Australia 2 weeks after that. I am worried about stupid people traveling while not feeling well and possibly getting my precious little girl sick. I'm sorry, but there are many people out there who feel that their travel and business is more important than the health of others, babies included, and will travel while ill. Airports and planes are germ magnets to begin with. I just thought that the flu season was over and we were pretty okay to fly, and now this....
It seems to just be getting worse. Now I am not so paranoid that I am going to hoard canned goods and dry goods and never leave my house again, yes, there are many people like that out there. As a self-proclaimed germaphobe, I keep hand sanitizer at the ready and wash my hands frequently to begin with, I am just going to be even more aware and cautious when out and about. Delanah has a sign for her car seat that says "Before you touch please wash your hands", so at least people are more aware and aren't trying to touch her as much...speaking of which...why do people think it's okay to reach into the car seat and touch a baby they don't know? Seriously, would they like it if someone they don't know reached out and touched them?
Anyhoos, I keep saying that I am going to call the pediatricians office and ask about what precautions to take for traveling with Delanah, especially in light of the flu, but I hesitate because I don't want them to think I am a paranoid mom. I think all of the news reports are a double-edged sword. Yes, the public needs to be informed of the flu and possible gravity of it, but at the same time do we really need to be bombarded with reporters telling us that a pandemic is likely and that there will be deaths? Yes, people die from the flu, they do every year, which is scary in itself, but I hate having no where to hide from the doomsday reports. Maybe I should have built that shelter in the back yard....
It seems to just be getting worse. Now I am not so paranoid that I am going to hoard canned goods and dry goods and never leave my house again, yes, there are many people like that out there. As a self-proclaimed germaphobe, I keep hand sanitizer at the ready and wash my hands frequently to begin with, I am just going to be even more aware and cautious when out and about. Delanah has a sign for her car seat that says "Before you touch please wash your hands", so at least people are more aware and aren't trying to touch her as much...speaking of which...why do people think it's okay to reach into the car seat and touch a baby they don't know? Seriously, would they like it if someone they don't know reached out and touched them?
Anyhoos, I keep saying that I am going to call the pediatricians office and ask about what precautions to take for traveling with Delanah, especially in light of the flu, but I hesitate because I don't want them to think I am a paranoid mom. I think all of the news reports are a double-edged sword. Yes, the public needs to be informed of the flu and possible gravity of it, but at the same time do we really need to be bombarded with reporters telling us that a pandemic is likely and that there will be deaths? Yes, people die from the flu, they do every year, which is scary in itself, but I hate having no where to hide from the doomsday reports. Maybe I should have built that shelter in the back yard....
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Mondays suck
So yesterday started out just terrible! Delanah wouldn't go to sleep, my fault for sending out emails bragging about how easily she was going down at night, Sunday night and as Dave was a bit under the weather with a cold, I sent him to bed on time. Delanah and I didn't get to sleep until about 1:00, 1:30. Oye! So up I was at 6am to nurse her, and then I let myself sleep until 7:30 and then was rushing to get ready, I had an appointment for my wrist at 9:45...a long awaited appointment. I expected her to wake around 8, but she didn't wake until 8:30 for me to dress and feed her and get things ready. All was working out well until I realized we had 6 inches of snow on the car! Heavy wet stuff too, so a bit harder to brush off. I got as much as I could in the time allowed, and unfortunately, my height did not allow me to get most of the roof cleared.
At the first stoplight the snow from the roof slid onto the windshield. Stupid me, although I knew how heavy the snow was, I tried to use the windshield wipers to move it...nothing happened. So out I get (there were no other cars around) and try to wipe some of it off, I try the wipers again...no go. So it's now snowing pretty heavily, I can't really see, and I have no wipers. I drove about a block to a little shopping center and clear the wipers, try again...the right one isn't moving at all and the left one moves up an inch and down an inch about every 60 seconds...crap! I have waited over 5 months to get in to have my wrist seen and now I am stuck! I called Dave, crying as I am in full meltdown mode, and got the number for the clinic to call and cancel my appointment. Now, this clinic has calls go through a call center and they tend not to pick up their phone...10 minutes later I am still on hold! As I was waiting I went out and dug at some of the ice and snow that was stuck in the crevice of the car and manually moved the wipers up and down. I got back in the car and tried the wipers again and suddenly they worked!
I made it to the clinic 10min late for my appointment time and let them know I was late and wanted to reschedule. The receptionist, bless her heart, said that I could stay and be seen!!!! And what was my darling daughter doing this whole time? Being a little angel. She was even asleep by the time we got to the clinic, which was less than 5 min from the shopping center we had stopped in.
I was seen, diagnosed by a doctor I didn't really like, was sent to OT to get a splint made and returned in the afternoon to get my "custom splint". Woo-hoo! So after almost 6 months of right hand issues I have a splint to wear at night, and if I am not doing anything during the day, and orders to pretty much not do the majority of things I have been doing :) It was an exhausting Monday and I am so glad that it is behind me now!
Tuesday was much better! I was able to get some decent sleep last night and although she was still a bit of a cling-on today, I was able to get all the ironing done! Yay! I did laundry, washed some of her toys, put the small clothes away, straightened up her room, reorganized her closet, vacuumed downstairs and yet I still feel like I haven't done a thing!
At the first stoplight the snow from the roof slid onto the windshield. Stupid me, although I knew how heavy the snow was, I tried to use the windshield wipers to move it...nothing happened. So out I get (there were no other cars around) and try to wipe some of it off, I try the wipers again...no go. So it's now snowing pretty heavily, I can't really see, and I have no wipers. I drove about a block to a little shopping center and clear the wipers, try again...the right one isn't moving at all and the left one moves up an inch and down an inch about every 60 seconds...crap! I have waited over 5 months to get in to have my wrist seen and now I am stuck! I called Dave, crying as I am in full meltdown mode, and got the number for the clinic to call and cancel my appointment. Now, this clinic has calls go through a call center and they tend not to pick up their phone...10 minutes later I am still on hold! As I was waiting I went out and dug at some of the ice and snow that was stuck in the crevice of the car and manually moved the wipers up and down. I got back in the car and tried the wipers again and suddenly they worked!
I made it to the clinic 10min late for my appointment time and let them know I was late and wanted to reschedule. The receptionist, bless her heart, said that I could stay and be seen!!!! And what was my darling daughter doing this whole time? Being a little angel. She was even asleep by the time we got to the clinic, which was less than 5 min from the shopping center we had stopped in.
I was seen, diagnosed by a doctor I didn't really like, was sent to OT to get a splint made and returned in the afternoon to get my "custom splint". Woo-hoo! So after almost 6 months of right hand issues I have a splint to wear at night, and if I am not doing anything during the day, and orders to pretty much not do the majority of things I have been doing :) It was an exhausting Monday and I am so glad that it is behind me now!
Tuesday was much better! I was able to get some decent sleep last night and although she was still a bit of a cling-on today, I was able to get all the ironing done! Yay! I did laundry, washed some of her toys, put the small clothes away, straightened up her room, reorganized her closet, vacuumed downstairs and yet I still feel like I haven't done a thing!
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