I see naps in our future
I almost posted last night about how I’m finding myself wanting to go to bed by nine these days, because of C. But I didn’t want to post when I could be sleeping.
Last night was rough. C got her first round of shots yesterday, and the doctor said that most babies will be asleep in the car on the way home but about 5-10% will feel bad. Well, C was asleep before she was out of the building, and I was feeling optimistic. And although didn’t like the shots, the staff said she was their “quietest screamer” all day, whatever that means.
I’m still not sure if C was in the 90% or the 10%, but I do know that she doesn’t feel great. And she wanted to be held all night last night. I see naps in our future.
And then I had visitors
Katie just “dropped by” at the office with C. It was so sweet to see her today at an unexpected time, especially since I was at my desk upstairs and recognized her (C) by her squeaks!
And it gave Katie an opportunity to see how the office is shaping up for C - especially the new pack n play. I think we’ll be ready to roll on Monday, but we’ve still got a lot to go.
Last day
I just realized on the way in to work this morning that today’s my last day here without C (except for the days she’s with my mother, of course). Tomorrow I have to go to to some seminar downtown before heading to the doctor’s office for C’s first round of shots.
Which I guess also means that today’s C’s last day before having shots. And Katie’s a little anxious about it. She’s inclined, I think, to do shots a different way, and she has read up on alternative spacings. But really these things don’t bother me. I’m not necessarily the parent who says “doctor knows best” about everything, but at the same time I very much trust our doctor. And I firmly believe he knows a hell of a lot more about his job than I do.
Like I have said before, I’ve been finding it more difficult to find time to blog lately, although I’ve also found more time to read books, due to the power of the bookmark. I’m no fool; I’m sure having a baby at the office will make things even more difficult in a lot of ways. But I’m optimistic that the change will also mean taking (and posting) far more baby pictures than before. And maybe I’ll be able to throw in more quick one-liners.
I guess we’ll see … Monday.
Parenting takes up a lot of time
Man, this parenting thing takes up a lot of time. I’m finding oh so little time even to keep the house clean, not to mention post here.
If I were a better writer, of course, I’d be able to tap out stuff pretty quickly, so when I had fifteen seconds here and thirty seconds there I could tell y’all all about it. But I’m not.
And work has been really busy lately. What’s up with that?
Amazon, the itunes alternative
For some reason, I’m big on alternatives. In general, if I had to choose between buying a product from a big store or the same product from a little store, I’d go with the little one. I really don’t know why I do this. Sure, sometimes it’s to help the little guy or to buy local or simply because the smaller store is more convenient. But often I buy from the alternative just because I’m difficult.
But I hate going to the kind of alternative that is Amazon. I mean, that store is huge. It’s just about the walmart of the internet world, and it surely doesn’t help anybody to buy from them (well, anybody I know).
And then you have itunes. Apple is both the “little guy” when compared to its original rivals in computers and the “big guy” when discussing mp3’s. And I’m discussing mp3’s.
But that’s not why I’m cheering for the other guy. I’m cheering for the other guy because they sell music I can play on any computer or any mp3 player - I can’t download from itunes and play it in my car, my stereo, or my computer (because drm files can’t legally play in linux). In short, I’m cheering for the other guy because he sells a better product.
Music is very important to me, and I hate for it to become a hassle. This is good news.
Amazon.com is my new music supplier.
Baby central
My office is turning into baby central.
On one side is the brand new, massive and slightly girly pack n play. On the other side I have the swing and the “kick seat.”
And on Monday, I’ll have the baby.
Happy Birthday, Kate!
Happy birthday, Kate.
I love you like crazy, and I hope you have the very best birthday ever.
w00t!
Take a look at what arrived in the mail yesterday:
Yerp, it’s C’s new ultra cool Pack N Play for my office.
And how did I get such a cool and practical product? I won it. Yep, little ole me.
I can’t tell you how excited I am, because this is going to make life at the office so so so much easier with C, and I didn’t have to pay a dime.
And I almost screwed it up, too. I put my name in the hat for the drawing, but for some reason I used an email address that I never check. But about a week after the drawing, gmail went down and I had to use the other address or suffer serious email withdrawal. And there in my inbox was a note saying not only that I’d won but that I was about to lose since I hadn’t responded in a week. Oops! Lucky for me (and due to the kind folks at babble), I got in right under the wire.
I’ll be setting it up next week and preparing for C’s first day at work. Like I said, this little bit of luck will be hugely helpful.
w00t!
One more week
I have one more week of going to the office sans baby. Starting October 1, C will be working with me three days a week and will be hanging out with my mother the other two days.
Ohmygoodness, work is going to change. It’s been so busy in the last week that I haven’t found time to be online; I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like with a baby right beside me.
For the most part, I think it’ll be exciting. I’ll have many fewer days of missing her all day and wondering how she is. I will no longer be calling Katie every hour to check on C, although I’m sure she’ll be calling me.
But I can’t help but be worried that I won’t get any work done. Around the house on the weekends, Katie and I tend to take turns holding the baby so one of us can get something done. But at work, I won’t have anyone to rotate with. And she will have to eat straight from the bottle (expressed milk) for nearly twelve hours a day.
At least it’ll give me something good to blog about, I guess. If I ever find the time!
Light blogging
Sorry about the light blogging. I haven’t been at the computer all week.
Sometimes that’s a good thing.
People who don’t read make me sad
I was talking to a kid the other day who said she doesn’t like to read. Actually, I know a lot of kids who don’t really read and few who do. It really makes me sad.
I grew up in a household of book lovers. I simply love to read, and I can think of few things more satisfying than sitting down with a good book in a comfy chair … and a cup of hot tea … or a glass of red wine … and a fire going … and….
Anyway, being a stubborn problem-solver, I always want to proselytize people to my cause. But I couldn’t think of anything compelling reasons for why reading is good. It just is. And that, too, makes me sad.
I suppose books aren’t enough brain candy to compete with electronics. And that makes me wonder if I would be a reader if I’d been born two decades later than I was.
