I wish I had more to offer the lj audience than my variations on the theme of 'i am really tired'. And yet that's all I've got. I'm sure to those of you with children this is all just par for the course, but man. I miss sleeping. I miss that delicious feeling of waking up not because something woke you but because your body had decided it was ready ( Read more... )

Averaging four hours of sleep a night really isn't cool once you're out of college. At least then I got to know my tired feeling was because I'd stayed up doing something foolish and/or awesome, and thus my own fault. Now it is no longer my fault, and I am so deprived of rest I find myself begging and pleading with an infant ( Read more... )

So one of my new mama hobbies is scrapbooking, which I have gotten seriously into, as dorky as it is. I think its because it lets me combine my doting mama desire to show off thousands of pictures of my child, with my inner artist desire to play with various elements of design. Anyway, as part of that I've been taking a lot more pictures, and I've ( Read more... )

So I am staying home from work today, as Anna has had a few hard nights in a row and I want to take care of her and possibly get some recoup time of my own. I love my job, but there is not a day that goes by where I don't wish that I was a full time mama. I try to rationalize it by saying that if I were to be a stay at home mom, then not a day ( Read more... )

A day late for some, and still mid-celebration for others, here is some holiday cheer.
( Happy Holidays )

And so it begins, my last day ever of maternity leave with Annalise. My husband points out of course that I only work two days next week and then am off until the 5th for break, so it isn't like it begins a whirlwind of hard labor or anything. Still, today is the last dedicated day of leave, the last day that was formally and officially put aside ( Read more... )

I have to go back to work ( Read more... )

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Because I am so very tired ( Read more... )

Just got back from visiting the in-laws for Thanksgiving. It was a really nice trip actually, and the baby managed to behave herself beautifully. She's made up for that by having a really fussy day at home today, but better here at the house than on a plane ( Read more... )