Today is mismatch day at daycare. Emerson is wearing a striped
button down shirt, camo pants, and plaid shoes. I was cracking up dressing him
this morning. He still looks so cute even though he’s dressed all wacky. Tomorrow
is stripes and polka dots. We don’t have any polka dotted clothing, so I’ll
just dress him in stripes. It’s been a really fun week dressing him up goofy. It
makes it more fun taking him into daycare and spices things up a bit. I want to
make some Dr. Seuss “soup” to send in on Friday. It’s just a mix of Trix,
cheerios, and goldfish crackers. I have all of the ingredients already.
I’m canceling Emerson’s pictures that I had scheduled on
Friday. His eye is still black. I’m not spending another $20 this week on
pictures of him with a black eye. I don’t know that I’ll even reschedule now. I
think I’ll just do Easter photos myself. I enjoy doing it and it’s a lot
cheaper, so I might as well just continue on that trend. It’ll give us
something to do. I think I’ll wait until the weather is a little nicer to see
if we can do some outside. I have a month to get them done, so I have some
time.
The weather is supposed to be frightful today. I hope it
just rains and no snow accumulates. Apparently it’s supposed to start snowing
early evening. I hope it waits until I get Emerson from daycare. I’m already
having anxiety over driving. The forecast looks great after we get through
tonight and tomorrow. When I say great, I mean no snow, which makes me happy. I went and bought wipes on my break, so that I
don’t have to go anywhere after work aside from daycare. The power went out in
the middle of the night last night. It freaked me out. It was thundering and
lightening outside, so I’m sure that had everything to do with it, but I was
nervous for a second. I leave lights on at night and I have a nightlight as
well. It’s creepy living alone. My mind starts making up all of these crazy ass
scenarios. Luckily I made it another night without being rape, or murdered.
Okay, I’ll stop now!
I’ve been doing a squat and push up challenge the last three
days. Today is the first rest day, then it starts back up for another three
days. I don’t really have a goal in mind, but with the way I eat, I really need
to do something. I’m afraid my body is going to backfire on me one day and
randomly gain 15lbs. That would be my luck right before summertime. I made a
meal plan and grocery list that revolves around better eating that doesn’t
include hot dogs and French fries. I’m still pumping and breastfeeding, but not
as much. I’m pumping about 8-10oz a day and only nursing Emerson to sleep. On
the weekends, I nurse a little more because of naps, but during the week it’s
strictly at bedtime. I can’t rely on that to burn off the extra calories
anymore. I’m going to start out with these challenges, work in some healthier
eating, and then pick a program and stick to it. I’ve always been very
dedicated to healthy eating and exercising. I’ve had the luxury of taking a
break since right before I had Emerson. I know what to do. I just need to start
doing it. I miss working out and everything that comes along with it. The older
Emerson gets, the more freedom I gain back to do extra things like working out
at home. Heck, I’m glad I get to actually cook dinner now. He still wants held
here and there, but for the most part, I can cook a full meal without too much
interruption.
The last two mornings he’s woken up early. It sucks because
that means I have to get ready, while tending to him. He’s kind of needy in the
morning, so just plopping him down isn’t always an option. Instead, I end up
moving at a slower pace because I’m tinkering with him in between getting
myself ready and our stuff packed. I missed garbage night this morning because
of it. I just didn’t have time to take the garbage out. We left on time though.
I need extra time in the mornings at daycare to drop him off now. I no longer
carry him into his classroom. Instead, we go to his locker, hang up his coat,
and then he walks into the classroom. He plays around though, so it takes us a
little longer than when I used to just carry him in. The good thing is he doesn’t
cry anymore and a teacher doesn’t have to hold him. I end up lingering longer
than I used to though, so having a few extra minutes is nice. He’s been going
to bed steadily between 7:30-8pm, so I can’t blame him for waking at 5:30am.
That’s a lot of sleep. He hasn’t really been waking overnight either. Pros and
cons, right? (I hope I didn’t just jinx myself)
I have no idea what we’re doing this weekend. I don’t have
much money budgeted out for it either, but it would be nice to do something. I’m
going to see what my sister and nephew have planned. Maybe they’d want to do
something with us. I’m not sure what though. Going out to dinner is okay sometimes, but I’m
grocery shopping on Friday. I don’t’ want to pay for groceries AND go to dinner
in the same weekend. There really isn’t that much to do though. Maybe we can go
to the bookstore and get some frozen yogurt on Saturday. It’ll get us out of
the house for a bit. Emerson has TONS of books, but it’s still fun to go browse
and hang out. We can swing by my parent’s house afterwards to visit too. That
should make for an exciting enough day, right?
Something REALLY silly happened this morning. I can’t
believe I’m even going to blog about this, but what the hell, right? I was
getting coffee at work this morning. There was a guy around my age walking in
front of me. He was pretty cute. I don’t ever think about things like this.
Ever. I hardly give dating a thought, or guys for that matter. I just don’t
have the time to go there and I’m pretty much terrified from what happened to
me the last time I dated (becoming a single pregnant woman, then turning into a
single mother even though I’m the happiest I’ve ever been now). Anyway, I
turned into the coffee room and nearly ran into another (cute) guy. I’ve never
seen these guys on my floor before either. This guy is chatty with me and says
good morning. After we exchange pleasantries, he meets up with the first guy I
initially saw. I get my coffee and go back to my desk. About 5 or so minutes
later, guy #1 appears at my desk! My initial thought is “wow, this guy scoped
me out!” So, he asks me if I heard about the printer upgrade. I respond that
yes, I knew about it. The secretary came around yesterday to let us know. The
entire time I’m thinking “wow, he just wanted to talk to me, so he’s asking me
about the stupid printer” He asks if he can check my default printer to make
sure the new one is selected. So, after he checks, I think he’ll hang around
and ask me my name, anything. WOW, could I be more wrong. He goes to the next
cubicle and recites the same damn line about the printer. He was going around
to everyone to make sure we all had the new printer default on our computers.
Face palm. I felt really silly afterwards. I never go there in my mind about
men at all. I just have no faith in the male population. Sorry guys. Here, the
one time I do, I read the situation completely wrong. I’m glad I didn’t embarrass
myself by trying to chat this guy up. I guess I don’t have “it” anymore. LOL
Alright, I have tons of things that I need to finish up
before I leave. I can’t believe it’s already 1:00pm. Have a great Wednesday,
all!
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