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Ok, so our DSL was down for about 48 hours. How do you know you spend too much time on the internet?? When you start to twitch because you can’t check your email or your blog. It’s true. And I even had diversions–Mother’s Day, West Wing finale, Grey’s Anatomy finale, Presidental Address, the small child, phone calls from friends, work, so on and so forth….and I was STILL twitchy. L got it up and running again last night and I feel much better.

So….my First Mother’s Day was a lovely experience. The Babe slept in til 8 am Saturday and Sunday–talk about the gift that keeps on giving. We went to dinner Saturday night (a better time then brunch for the Babe)at one of my favorite places, and L cooked for me Sunday night. He also finished several things around the house that have been bugging me, AND there’s a spa massage in my future.

We sent a package to J and to K–handprints of the babe with tons of pictures. We had stuff for J’s mom in J’s package (we don’t have her address). And of course, I wrote a somewhat mushy card to J.

The first Mother’s day card I actually recieved this year (so, ever, really)was from J–she sent me a little e-postcard. How sweet, incredible and undescribable is that? If last mother’s day you had told me what this mother’s day was going to be like, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. I keep pinching myself, but it’s very real!

Monkey girl’s new trick? Pushing her walking toy up against the loveseat, scaling it and climbing onto the loveseat. What I want to know is, where does she get this stuff from?!?!

The Approaching Date with the “Child Development Center” is definitely looming larger, but so far, so good. I’ve got all the forms filled out, including the one that will conveniently deduct each week’s fee from our checking account. How kind of them to take care of that for us. I wish she wasn’t in the phase where she cries everytime I leave the room, but she is. I am taking her to visit and play next week, so that I won’t be leaving her with total strangers on the 30th. We went to the Mall’s playland the other day, and she did just great–she immediately started exlporing and socializing, and even went several feet away from me, several minutes at a time where she wasn’t looking for me. Logically, I know she will be FINE and probably love it. Emotionally, I know it’s going to be harder than I’m even aware of right now. But we shall overcome, one way or another! I’m working mainly this summer with a gal who’s been through it with her own children, so I’ve warned her that the 30th may not be pretty. She tells me she understands!

Other Random Thing-I weigh 5 lbs less than I did this time last year. Bizarre because my “workouts” now consist of lugging the Babe everywhere and the occassional walk. Bizarre because I feel like I’ve haven’t been watching what I’m eating–AT ALL. But the doctor’s scale is the most unforgiving scale I’ve ever been on, and it tells me I’m 5 lbs less, so I’m going to believe it. 10lbs to go to get back to my “goal weight” from WW, back to a very healthy BMI, back into my summer clothes from “my skinny summer” of 2003. My doctor has set that as a goal for me–10lbs. In a way, it’s much less daunting than numbers I’ve been faced with before– 60lbs, 30lbs– 10lbs? That’s 2 bags of sugar. That’s 1/2 of the babe’s current weight. Surely I can lose 10lbs by next May. It’s always 10lbs, though, isn’t it?!?!

So I think that’s it for now. Grandma is on her way down for a visit–we can’t wait! She’ll get her after the Babe is down for the night, so we’ll see if the babe notices that she’s sleeping in the extra bed she’s got in her room in the AM!

So it’s really early in the am and I’ve been up for awhile…..insomina SUCKS. THe Babe turned 9 months old on Wednesday, which I find hard to believe. It’s been a weird week–I could try to summarize, but where do I begin??

I have just one evening left at the tutoring center–the split work day is so not cool, and with L in summer school, it was really rather impossible.

I’ve been further exploring childcare options, and think I may have found an acceptable place for the Babe-it’s a center, but SOOO much better than the other two I looked at. I don’t know if it’s because the day that I need to make a decision is looming closer, or it it’s really better, but I’m feeling better about it. I also have her on waiting lists at two in-home places that have come highly recommended. So we shall see. It was deemed that that Babe and anothe staff baby could not be at the school past Memorial Day, due to the fact that they are a distraction and a liability, etc. WHATEVER. It was the school board’s decision, and I’ve decided to suck it up. The “free ride” was nice while it lasted!

The Babe had her 9 month check up yesterday and the doctor actually said to me, “you really won the baby lottery with her!”, which I took as an extreme compliment!! She was just a doll (as always), and the staff is simply in love with her. He’s a GP, so there aren’t that many babies who come through–so the ones that do get a lot of attention! She’s 29 1/2 inches long and exactly 20lbs….which puts her in the 95 and 70 percentiles respectively. Once he heard how much she eats, the doctor didn’t feel the need to dwell on her size anymore–she’s just of a slightly slimmer build, I suppose.

I just finished reading I Don’t Know How She Does It, a great story of a working mom on the edge. Well, actually she goes way, way over the edge. It covers just about every issue that I think women with children in the workplace deal with, and reading it I laughed out loud. I highly recommend it!

I’ve also been lured onto MySpace.com I continue to work on my page to make it a bit jazzier. It’s a sort of virtual lunch table, circa 1990. I don’t know what else you do with the site, yet, but all the kids at the tutoring center have pages!! And, apparently, all the cool thirty-somethings are doing it too.

Which brings up a point–didn’t the poeple on that show, thirty-something, seem a whole lot older than those people born in the early 70’s now?? If you are my friend, you will agree with me!!! Can you still hear the theme song? I can!

Thanks, ladies! I should just leave this all to you!! And, as it turns out, the addresses I passed on to the agency (from other silent auction sources) are yeilding good results, so I’m technically responsible for all those donations as well. I just hate to look like a slacker!!

I’m really not–yesterday during nap I spent TWO HOURS on the phone soliciting places, of course everyone wants a fax or an email or a mailing on the event, and half the people were out of the office…..hopefully one more phone-a-thon and my list will be done. It wasn’t even a long list–but just a tedious task. I’m hoping my efforts will pay off and next year will be simplier.

Does anyone know if babies can have allergies?? The babe awoke with watery eyes, incredibly clear and runny nose and the sneezies. I’ve read conflicting info–some say they can, some say they can’t…regardless, you have to wait a few seasons to see if they are really allergies. It’s very weird! Once again, a sign that’s she’s in the right place…..sadly, we (I mean my side of the family) has MUCH experience with such things!!