Girls at Work
Ok. Much belated here on the blog front...Zoe's almost 6 months old and I'm just getting started. But, if my big brother and sis-in-law can manage to blog with a 2.5 year old and a 3 mo old, then I should be able to manage.
For those of you who haven't heard, we're going to be putting our house up for sale....whether that happens soon (like this summer) or next spring is yet to be determined, but we are actually actively looking at properties in our area. Not looking to rellocate so much as to upgrade. We figure this next house should last us the next 15-20 years, so I dare say the search might take longer than the one day it took us to find this lovely house. What happened to the add-on idea? Well, when our architect friend, Liz, suggested that we'd need to dismount the kitchen cabinets we just installed a year ago in order to 'peel off the ceiling', my head about exploded. We decided then and there to just pack it up and call it the start of a new era. I'm really very sad to leave this lovely little abode, but alas, the call for one more bedroom and bathroom is getting loud - especially since we said number two would be in the works some time in 2009. (That, and we aren't very patient people, so once decisions have been made, the job gets done.)
Well, back to that thing called work. I'll do my best to keep up on this and to not drone on and on about the same old stuff. I can't imagine that this is interesting to too many folks, but in the very least it will be a nice little journal of life during Zoe's early days.
Today's Wednesday which means I'm working from home. Thank goodness for that - I need my regular doses of Zoe to stay happy and focused. And, I actually usually get work done because Bug is such a great sleeper all morning long. She wakes at 5:30, feeds and is asleep again from about 7-10 or even 11! then, back up to eat, play a little and back down again for at least another hour, if not two! However. Dave is home with me today (his carpool forgot to pick him up!) and while the current music choice is enjoyable (Bowie/Queen's 'Pressure'), the fact that he is DJ'ing at all is a bit distracting. Oh well. What can you do?
For those of you who haven't heard, we're going to be putting our house up for sale....whether that happens soon (like this summer) or next spring is yet to be determined, but we are actually actively looking at properties in our area. Not looking to rellocate so much as to upgrade. We figure this next house should last us the next 15-20 years, so I dare say the search might take longer than the one day it took us to find this lovely house. What happened to the add-on idea? Well, when our architect friend, Liz, suggested that we'd need to dismount the kitchen cabinets we just installed a year ago in order to 'peel off the ceiling', my head about exploded. We decided then and there to just pack it up and call it the start of a new era. I'm really very sad to leave this lovely little abode, but alas, the call for one more bedroom and bathroom is getting loud - especially since we said number two would be in the works some time in 2009. (That, and we aren't very patient people, so once decisions have been made, the job gets done.)
I'm hoping that whatever we end up with will not require too much up-front work so that we can enjoy Zoe while she's little. She's a hoot and the giggles and loopy little smiles are enough to make my heart ache just thinking about them. She's truly a joy. I never thought that motherhood would be such an easy thing to fall in love with. Working motherhood however, has been an adjustment. I just don't care about work so much anymore... It hasn't necessarily gotten any easier - I still tear up a day or two a week after dropping Zo off at daycare - but I guess I've gotten used to it. I know that the social aspects of daycare are great for her and all, and that I really don't have the luxury of not working, but it just feels unfair on many levels. The Socialist in me screams for someone to come along and give us the year off with pay. Oh Norway....
Well, back to that thing called work. I'll do my best to keep up on this and to not drone on and on about the same old stuff. I can't imagine that this is interesting to too many folks, but in the very least it will be a nice little journal of life during Zoe's early days.
