I kept meaning to get back here before now, but somehow I didn’t. Blame my son for not going to sleep faster, or blame my hubby for not putting him to sleep (“you’re so much better at it”), blame the ADD type tendencies I have when sitting down in front of my monitor. I am constantly getting sidetracked when I’m on the computer. I begin to do one thing, then have to look something up, then I stumble upon something really cool and continue along that vein until I totally forget why I sat down in the first place. It’s so aggravating!
So I hope not to see any more family for a while. Two weeks ago my Mum was down for a weekend visit with her dog. If I have to hear one more time from hubby that he’s spotted a dog hair that’s been left behind I think I’ll shoot myself! Though my Mum means well, I get a little tired of her criticizing the way I parent MY son. Then this past weekend we got hubby’s Mom. She doesn’t drive so he had to drive 1½-2 hours to pick her up and then the same to get back home again. She’s a nice enough lady, but I just don’t feel that comfortable around her and she doesn’t get around very well, so I had to keep helping her up the stairs and such. Hubby’s sister was supposed to come down on Sunday for a visit and to pick up his Mom. Only problem was it snowed. She being a “sucky woman driver” according to hubby was too scared to make the journey down, so we got to keep Mom until Monday afternoon. So now I finally have the house to myself (well no one to entertain), but have to clean up all the aftermath.
I know it wasn’t all that long ago that we moved into our new home, and at that time I was really excited about the kitchen. But as I live with it I’m more and more aware of how not great it is. At the very least I could do with some new appliances.
My kitchen has some very cool features, like 2 sinks (separate, not a double sink) and the counter is curved in 3 places, it’s just that it wasn’t professionally made. The cabinets overlap in places or have gaps in others. It’s really not noticeable unless you live with it, but since I do, it’s annoying.
But the worst is that I have a cooktop and separate oven, which I thought was so cool when I moved in except that it’s a Viking brand from like 1980! So I’ve done some minor poking around to see what’s out there and if I can put some money together I’d really like to get an induction cooktop. The biggest advantage would be my peace of mind where my son’s concerned. Apparently the surfaces never heat up. I’m not exactly sure how they would cook, but that’s not really my problem. They’re pretty expensive because it’s a new technology, but a girl can dream.
Finally back to my very dusty corner of the web! The long absence from this site started with a little boy (who shall remain nameless) who no longer wanted to sleep in his crib. I must admit I tend to take the path of least resistance whenever possible. So instead of simply putting my son in his crib and walking away I would let him fall asleep on my chest while watching tv, then transport him up to his bed. This worked very well for a while, though it didn’t leave me with much time to myself. It eventually got to the point where I couldn’t even get him into his crib after being asleep. Somehow the little darling seemed to sense that he was being put in his crib and would immediately wake up, jump up and start screaming. It was almost like he was terrified of his crib. This progressed to me sleeping with him in my bed. As you may well have guessed this left NO time to blog, knit or shower for that matter. This went on all summer. It’s only been in the last month that I finally dismantled his unused crib and put his mattress on the floor. He still doesn’t sleep on it (I think because it’s plastic and makes a fairly loud crinkly noise when he moves), so I’ve set up a thick comforter on the floor. Finally with a consistent bedtime routine and some perseverance, I’ve managed to get him to sleep in his own room… for most of the night. From time to time he still gets up in the middle of the night and crawls into bed with us, but I feel like we’ve come a long way and am proud that he mostly sleeps on his own.
I returned to work full time in mid-August. It was a strange adjustment but I quickly fell right back into things and soon felt like I’d never left. In mid-October I got an email from an old colleague out of the blue, offering me a promotion. I stewed over the offer for a LONG time, and finally decided though the job sounded tailor made for me and was fantastic, the much longer commute would leave my son in daycare for 10-11 hours which I couldn’t deal with. With a heavy heart I turned down the promotion, but it just got me thinking that there were other opportunities for me out there. In the last month and a half I’ve had the opportunity to try my hand at a different position within the school. Our guidance secretary Dawn, is out on stress leave and Jenn, the VP secretary moved into her desk. We were going to get a supply to cover Jenn’s desk, but I suggested that I take it to get a bit more experience with different job duties. It’s a refreshing change, since I used to be on reception and therefore chained to the phone. Now I don’t answer any phones (okay, except mine), I can have a conversation with a co-worker without checking to see who’s at the counter, and I can move around without anyone hollering for me to get back to my desk. The best part about this job is that I’ve managed to automate our staff attendance coverage using excel and some handy formulas. It’s so fantastic to be able to use my brain and computer skills instead of the same old, same old on my old desk. I guess the only thing about the new (temporary) position, is that I start at 07:30 which basically means that I should’ve been in bed oh, like 2 hours ago…
You have reached the blog of kasper. I live outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
and have been blogging since 1999. I am newly married, though have been with the same guy for nearly 13 years.
We have a son (baby D) born April 13th, 2007 and have all moved into our first home. Though I don't tend
to stick to one thing, I've been known to enjoy the Sims2, knitting, webdesign, reading, music and movies.
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