First, let me give a shout out to my mother-in-law, Vera, over in the UK! We miss you and can't wait to see you when you get back. Your granddaughter has tons of new "tricks" to show you! :)
Oddly enough as soon as my sister-in-law had given me "kudos" on her blog for being such a diligent little blogger, I got so busy that I didn't have time to post this past week. Things are settling down now and *hopefully* I can get back to my regular bloggin' schedule. One reason for the lack of extra time is I have started back on my regular schedule here at work. Up until last Friday, I was able to leave at 3:30 every day to go pick up V - it was AWESOME. I would "work from home" for the remainder of the day, but at least I was able to spend that precious time with Virginia. When I came back to work in late February, I made a deal with my boss that whenever his baby was born, I would resume the 9 - 5:30 schedule. Fortunately for him, unfortunately for me, his baby was born last Friday so I'm keeping my word. It's been a really tough adjustment though. I don't get home until after 6pm, but at least the days are longer now. I'm not sure how I would make it if this transition had to happen when it got dark at 4 o'clock.
It's been a particularly tough adjustment, being away from V, with the hormonal changes I've been going through this past week. I finally made the difficult decision that I had to stop breastfeeding and now my hormone levels are all out of whack. I've REALLY struggled with this very personal, emotional decision and I still get upset thinking about it. I loved being able to provide for my little one and there is such an emotional connection with her through the feeding that I am so scared to jeopardize, but I have ADHD and for the past year I have been un-medicated because the medicine is harmful to the baby. It has been increasingly difficult to function at the level I need to function here at work and the longer I am back, the more that is expected of me. In addition, and this is the part that really upsets me because I feel like I'm being selfish - although I wouldn't have quit for this reason alone - but I really need my body back and it's just not going to get there until my body realizes that it no longer needs to hold on to excess fat to produce and provide. Anyway, I probably shouldn't even write about this decision on here because I still struggle with it and it is so personal - every woman has an opinion on it and the opinions vary across the board. All I know is I believe that Baby V benefited from breastfeeding for almost 5 months and I am fortunate that I was able to do it for her as long as I did. Enough about that....
So - what have we been up to for the past week? Well, let's see - the screened in porch estimate is coming along. We've only asked for revised quotes (changes in plans) from the guy about 100 times, but hey it's the kind of thing you need to get right before you start so we're getting there and luckily the guy understands. I think he's supposed to start next week! Last Friday we went over to Kristin's house to check out the progress on her HUGE deck and screened in porch and it just really made both me and Jim excited and eager to get ours going. Last Saturday Susan, Kristin, Anne and I had "Girl Day" which consisted of meeting up for lunch at Rockford in downtown Raleigh and then some light shopping on Glenwood and a trip over to the Seaboard area off Peace St for some MORE light shopping before Susan, Kristin and I heading back to our house to grab V and the stroller for a nice LONGGGG walk from our house around the lake and back. My thighs were completely chapped at the end! ;) Then we dropped V back off with her Daddy (thank you for taking such good care of her on Saturday Daddy) and went back to Kristin's house for Chinese and drinks on her new porch. It was an all around fun Girl Day!
Jim and I celebrated our Second Anniversary this past Tuesday. It was pretty uneventful, no pomp and circumstance, but he was very sweet and that's really all that matters. We had already given each other our gifts, well actually I'm still waiting on mine but I know what it is and I know it's on the way! ;) I was on my hands and knees shampooing spots on the carpet for the majority of our anniversary evening. On Monday I found out that my cousin Judy was going to be staying with us after her lecture at Meredith College Wednesday night. I know that she couldn't care less, nor would she even notice, a few spots on the carpet but I knew they were there and I'm just like that. I don't feel comfortable having guests if I feel like things are not clean and in order. Anyway, I'm so happy that she was able to stay with us because we seldom get a chance to visit with her. Her life is SO much different than anyone I know and I just can't imagine being on the go EVERY DAY. She had been covering the PA Primary the day before until late in the evening and she pretty much is going to be traveling every day until the Democratic Candidate is chosen. When she accepted the engagement at Meredith back last June, she knew it was in the middle of the primary season but thought that by this point in the game the Presidential candidate would surely have been chosen and the primaries would pretty much just be formalities - who knew we'd be biting our nails all the way to the Democratic Convention?! Regardless, I'm glad she was able to come and speak at Meredith and thankful that we were all able to spend some time together. My mom, Caryn and I met my cousin Sue and my dad's cousin Ricky and his wife up at the Meredith for her lecture. It was VERY interesting - I really enjoyed hearing her spin on today's political chaos. We had a bit of our own chaos the next morning when Jim took her to the airport and he was so involved in talking with Judy that he missed the airport exit and had to do a U-turn in the median on 540! Judy admittedly likes to cut it short at the airport, but she didn't anticipate that she would need a few extra minutes Wednesday morning! Once Jim finally got her there around 7:40ish for her 8:05am flight, she called me at around 7:42 rather frantic because she realized she didn't have her wallet on her. Luckily it had just slipped out of her purse in my mom's car and I was able to drive out to the airport in record time - getting there around 8:02, but I've yet to hear the results of whether or not she was able to convince them to hold the gate open for her. I'm thinking she was successful though. :)
Oddly enough as soon as my sister-in-law had given me "kudos" on her blog for being such a diligent little blogger, I got so busy that I didn't have time to post this past week. Things are settling down now and *hopefully* I can get back to my regular bloggin' schedule. One reason for the lack of extra time is I have started back on my regular schedule here at work. Up until last Friday, I was able to leave at 3:30 every day to go pick up V - it was AWESOME. I would "work from home" for the remainder of the day, but at least I was able to spend that precious time with Virginia. When I came back to work in late February, I made a deal with my boss that whenever his baby was born, I would resume the 9 - 5:30 schedule. Fortunately for him, unfortunately for me, his baby was born last Friday so I'm keeping my word. It's been a really tough adjustment though. I don't get home until after 6pm, but at least the days are longer now. I'm not sure how I would make it if this transition had to happen when it got dark at 4 o'clock.
It's been a particularly tough adjustment, being away from V, with the hormonal changes I've been going through this past week. I finally made the difficult decision that I had to stop breastfeeding and now my hormone levels are all out of whack. I've REALLY struggled with this very personal, emotional decision and I still get upset thinking about it. I loved being able to provide for my little one and there is such an emotional connection with her through the feeding that I am so scared to jeopardize, but I have ADHD and for the past year I have been un-medicated because the medicine is harmful to the baby. It has been increasingly difficult to function at the level I need to function here at work and the longer I am back, the more that is expected of me. In addition, and this is the part that really upsets me because I feel like I'm being selfish - although I wouldn't have quit for this reason alone - but I really need my body back and it's just not going to get there until my body realizes that it no longer needs to hold on to excess fat to produce and provide. Anyway, I probably shouldn't even write about this decision on here because I still struggle with it and it is so personal - every woman has an opinion on it and the opinions vary across the board. All I know is I believe that Baby V benefited from breastfeeding for almost 5 months and I am fortunate that I was able to do it for her as long as I did. Enough about that....
So - what have we been up to for the past week? Well, let's see - the screened in porch estimate is coming along. We've only asked for revised quotes (changes in plans) from the guy about 100 times, but hey it's the kind of thing you need to get right before you start so we're getting there and luckily the guy understands. I think he's supposed to start next week! Last Friday we went over to Kristin's house to check out the progress on her HUGE deck and screened in porch and it just really made both me and Jim excited and eager to get ours going. Last Saturday Susan, Kristin, Anne and I had "Girl Day" which consisted of meeting up for lunch at Rockford in downtown Raleigh and then some light shopping on Glenwood and a trip over to the Seaboard area off Peace St for some MORE light shopping before Susan, Kristin and I heading back to our house to grab V and the stroller for a nice LONGGGG walk from our house around the lake and back. My thighs were completely chapped at the end! ;) Then we dropped V back off with her Daddy (thank you for taking such good care of her on Saturday Daddy) and went back to Kristin's house for Chinese and drinks on her new porch. It was an all around fun Girl Day!
Jim and I celebrated our Second Anniversary this past Tuesday. It was pretty uneventful, no pomp and circumstance, but he was very sweet and that's really all that matters. We had already given each other our gifts, well actually I'm still waiting on mine but I know what it is and I know it's on the way! ;) I was on my hands and knees shampooing spots on the carpet for the majority of our anniversary evening. On Monday I found out that my cousin Judy was going to be staying with us after her lecture at Meredith College Wednesday night. I know that she couldn't care less, nor would she even notice, a few spots on the carpet but I knew they were there and I'm just like that. I don't feel comfortable having guests if I feel like things are not clean and in order. Anyway, I'm so happy that she was able to stay with us because we seldom get a chance to visit with her. Her life is SO much different than anyone I know and I just can't imagine being on the go EVERY DAY. She had been covering the PA Primary the day before until late in the evening and she pretty much is going to be traveling every day until the Democratic Candidate is chosen. When she accepted the engagement at Meredith back last June, she knew it was in the middle of the primary season but thought that by this point in the game the Presidential candidate would surely have been chosen and the primaries would pretty much just be formalities - who knew we'd be biting our nails all the way to the Democratic Convention?! Regardless, I'm glad she was able to come and speak at Meredith and thankful that we were all able to spend some time together. My mom, Caryn and I met my cousin Sue and my dad's cousin Ricky and his wife up at the Meredith for her lecture. It was VERY interesting - I really enjoyed hearing her spin on today's political chaos. We had a bit of our own chaos the next morning when Jim took her to the airport and he was so involved in talking with Judy that he missed the airport exit and had to do a U-turn in the median on 540! Judy admittedly likes to cut it short at the airport, but she didn't anticipate that she would need a few extra minutes Wednesday morning! Once Jim finally got her there around 7:40ish for her 8:05am flight, she called me at around 7:42 rather frantic because she realized she didn't have her wallet on her. Luckily it had just slipped out of her purse in my mom's car and I was able to drive out to the airport in record time - getting there around 8:02, but I've yet to hear the results of whether or not she was able to convince them to hold the gate open for her. I'm thinking she was successful though. :)
My mom was able to meet with a neurosurgeon at Duke this past Wednesday for her back and it sounds as though she's headed down the path to seriously having to consider back surgery. It's a very scary thing and we hope and pray that the results are a miraculous. I'll keep you posted.
Hum..Let's See..What else...our friend's Joe and Nichole got married yesterday so Jim, V and I went over to his brother's house last night to celebrate with them. It's not until you get around people without kids that you realize how much your life has changed. Personally, I know I used to think I was "really living" when I partied all the time and had no real responsibility other then to hold a job and pay my bills, but I've never felt as fulfilled as I do now and I wouldn't change a thing - I'm just going to leave it at that!
Oh - one more note - Baby V LOVES her peas. Of course I have to throw in a picture of her in every blog post so here she is saying, "more peas please"!
Hum..Let's See..What else...our friend's Joe and Nichole got married yesterday so Jim, V and I went over to his brother's house last night to celebrate with them. It's not until you get around people without kids that you realize how much your life has changed. Personally, I know I used to think I was "really living" when I partied all the time and had no real responsibility other then to hold a job and pay my bills, but I've never felt as fulfilled as I do now and I wouldn't change a thing - I'm just going to leave it at that!
Oh - one more note - Baby V LOVES her peas. Of course I have to throw in a picture of her in every blog post so here she is saying, "more peas please"!
Keep checking back for more "Gellin' News", I'll try to keep more up to date as this is probably a pretty long post by now!
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