Today was a fun day with Katelyn. She wore her costume for much of the morning while we played with Mr. Potato Head and baby dolls. We went for a walk to the clubhouse to pay rent and then packed up the care to head to daddy's house. Once in Cincy, we had Indian for dinner (one of my FAVORITE foods) and then headed out trick-or-treating. I only stayed for about 4 houses or so and took some pictures before heading out to drive back to Michigan (today it took me 3.5 hours... guess I am getting slower in my old age:) I will add pics tomorrow as I am currently exhausted.
And, I promise I will get to the date... patience, my friend(s). Hope you had a Happy Halloween and that the little ones went to bed easy after eating all that candy.
Friday, October 31, 2008
A day at the Museum
This morning Katelyn, Nana and I headed to COSI... it is a science museum in our new hometown. There was a visiting exhibit called "Sesame Street Presents The Body." The little one LOVED it! The funniest exhibit was where they explained how food is consumed, digested and then comes out as ... poo (and yes, they called it poo). Katelyn didn't say anything about it at the time, but while going to the bathroom before dinner she said "Nana, did you see the BIG Poop at the museum?" I about died laughing. There was also a "Hooper's store" where you could go shopping, help Herry monster get groceries by pointing a scanner at the correct food (think wedding registry) and you could build a burger/sandwich . There was an obstacle course... and much, much more. It was so cool! I think I went there once when I was a kid with school, but it was a long time ago. We then headed for the kid area, which was HUGE and before we could get to everything it was lunchtime (and time for a nap). We got a year long pass with the Sesame street exhibit (which cost extra) for $100 -- for ONE day, it would have cost $47.50 for the three of us. And, we got the "grandparent pass" which was two named adults (Nana and I) and all the grandchildren (which includes my Katelyn and my brother's two girls). If the five of us went alone, it would cost $82.50. So, all in all and EXCELLENT deal, even if the other girls only come once.
Then, for lunch, we ate at Panda Express (Katelyn's FAVORITE fast food -- Chinese). It was sooo good. And then home for a nap.
Then our day turned for the worse as the nap lasted only an hour (what?) and someone woke up on the wrong side of the crib. Speaking of cribs... she finally figured out how to crawl out. And as feared (the reason I had not moved her to her new "big girl bed") she has started doing this in the middle of the night and then won't always go back to sleep very easily (if at all). So, my child who slept until 8am is not getting up at 4 and then for good around 6:45 - 7:30 (AHHH!) I hope that this phase is short lived. I miss sleeping in the one day I can (Saturdays that I am not on call).
I did organize her toys and got them all put away in her closet (she has a walk in closet which is HUGE at our new apartment). It was a relief. Every box that gets emptied is a relief to me. I have to really get my room and bathroom organized and then tackle the rest of the boxes in the dining room. When a garage is available (I asked for one but they didn't have one open when I moved in), I can move my bike and the bike trailer as well as the boxes from her PB Kitchen (which I want to save as I do not intend to live in this apartment forever)... currently they are taking up the entire dining room along with a few boxes of kitchen stuff that will in no way fit in my tiny kitchen that resembles the one we had in my childhood home (you can reach both sides when you spread out your arms). But, I never have to mow (OK... pay someone to mow:) or weed (I did that myself and I HATE weeding) as long as I am here!
Well, I best be getting to bed (it is way late). But, hooray for me, two posts in one week! I didn't post yesterday b/c I was on a... date :) More on that later!
Then, for lunch, we ate at Panda Express (Katelyn's FAVORITE fast food -- Chinese). It was sooo good. And then home for a nap.
Then our day turned for the worse as the nap lasted only an hour (what?) and someone woke up on the wrong side of the crib. Speaking of cribs... she finally figured out how to crawl out. And as feared (the reason I had not moved her to her new "big girl bed") she has started doing this in the middle of the night and then won't always go back to sleep very easily (if at all). So, my child who slept until 8am is not getting up at 4 and then for good around 6:45 - 7:30 (AHHH!) I hope that this phase is short lived. I miss sleeping in the one day I can (Saturdays that I am not on call).
I did organize her toys and got them all put away in her closet (she has a walk in closet which is HUGE at our new apartment). It was a relief. Every box that gets emptied is a relief to me. I have to really get my room and bathroom organized and then tackle the rest of the boxes in the dining room. When a garage is available (I asked for one but they didn't have one open when I moved in), I can move my bike and the bike trailer as well as the boxes from her PB Kitchen (which I want to save as I do not intend to live in this apartment forever)... currently they are taking up the entire dining room along with a few boxes of kitchen stuff that will in no way fit in my tiny kitchen that resembles the one we had in my childhood home (you can reach both sides when you spread out your arms). But, I never have to mow (OK... pay someone to mow:) or weed (I did that myself and I HATE weeding) as long as I am here!
Well, I best be getting to bed (it is way late). But, hooray for me, two posts in one week! I didn't post yesterday b/c I was on a... date :) More on that later!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Sigh of Relief
So, I am trying to re-start my blogging and hope to be better at keeping up with it. I took my Peds boards yesterday. The test was SOOO hard. I realized that all the parents magazines recommend that parents be sure that their pediatrician is board certified. However, they don't realize that the exam that must be passed is ridiculous -- each question is an entire paragraph of information, but not the entire history you would actually elicit if it were a real patient... then just when you say "I know what this kid has and you treat it with _____" they ask, "If they are allergic to (insert almost every antibiotic known to man," what would you give them? Truth is you would look it up in a little book called the Sanford Guide. There were 300+ questions, many of which were like that. Hopefully I passed. But it is frustrating.
In the past month I have moved from Florida to Ohio. I started a new job, which is so far going fairly well, although I am working a little more than I was told I would. Hopefully someone else will be starting the practice soon, which is what was supposed to happen, but the other person fell through. I am keeping the faith.
I lived with a colleague for a few weeks, but I have moved into my new apartment and things are starting to come together slowly but surely. I am a neat freak who generally can't stand the fact that I have boxes sitting around, but I am trying to just go with the flow. Katelyn lived with Nana for a few weeks and saw her daddy on the weekends, but we are together again.
We are starting over. A new life... a colder life in the winter, but we'll survive. I did go shopping today to buy some new clothes to stay warm. And they are cute:) I have also gotten Katelyn a bunch of cute new clothes for the cooler weather. And funny enough, she seems to love the cooler weather. She used to cry at the park to go home b/c " it is too hot, mommy!" But now I have to beg her to go home b/c I am freezing...
In the past month I have moved from Florida to Ohio. I started a new job, which is so far going fairly well, although I am working a little more than I was told I would. Hopefully someone else will be starting the practice soon, which is what was supposed to happen, but the other person fell through. I am keeping the faith.
I lived with a colleague for a few weeks, but I have moved into my new apartment and things are starting to come together slowly but surely. I am a neat freak who generally can't stand the fact that I have boxes sitting around, but I am trying to just go with the flow. Katelyn lived with Nana for a few weeks and saw her daddy on the weekends, but we are together again.
We are starting over. A new life... a colder life in the winter, but we'll survive. I did go shopping today to buy some new clothes to stay warm. And they are cute:) I have also gotten Katelyn a bunch of cute new clothes for the cooler weather. And funny enough, she seems to love the cooler weather. She used to cry at the park to go home b/c " it is too hot, mommy!" But now I have to beg her to go home b/c I am freezing...
Saturday, September 13, 2008
I swear I will try to do better
I have been a horrible blogger! I read many... I just can't seem to keep up with my own. I am going to try to better once we get settled into our new home (and I take the boards). I would like to be able to keep the family up with the happenings of our life... and I plan on there being way more happenings in Columbus:)
I am moving to Ohio in less than two weeks. I am totally stressed! I have been packing and tonight my back hurts. I should go to bed soon b/c I have to go to the "Hopsital" tomorrow morning to see a new baby (by 9 so I am there within 24h of birth). So, I will be up early.
Please forgive me... I will be away for a month or two... but I promise that starting in November, I will be much less stressed and have more free time to write.
I am moving to Ohio in less than two weeks. I am totally stressed! I have been packing and tonight my back hurts. I should go to bed soon b/c I have to go to the "Hopsital" tomorrow morning to see a new baby (by 9 so I am there within 24h of birth). So, I will be up early.
Please forgive me... I will be away for a month or two... but I promise that starting in November, I will be much less stressed and have more free time to write.
Monday, August 4, 2008
PROCRASTINATION
I had a very productive weekend - I studied, packed a few boxes AND I even finished weeding the majority of the front flower beds, planted a few flowers and spread 13 bags of mulch. Today I am feeling it -- big time. I feel like a little old lady.
Tonight, I am tired. I should be studying, but instead I am surfing the Internet, writing emails and now writing a blog entry. I really have to study. I am super nervous about the boards.
I miss Katelyn, too. I miss her like crazy! It is so weird to be in this giant house all by myself. I only pray that it sells (OK, I have said that for almost 2 years, but I really hope that it sells this month).
Tonight, I am tired. I should be studying, but instead I am surfing the Internet, writing emails and now writing a blog entry. I really have to study. I am super nervous about the boards.
I miss Katelyn, too. I miss her like crazy! It is so weird to be in this giant house all by myself. I only pray that it sells (OK, I have said that for almost 2 years, but I really hope that it sells this month).
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Studying is really for the young
OK, I realize that I am still "young" in comparison. But, I am certainly not as young as I once was. I used to be able to study until 2 or 3 am and still get up for an 8 am class. Now the thought of staying up until 2am makes me yawn. I did fairly well tonight. I read through 30+ pages of material and committed it to memory (or made an attempt to do so).
I have to take advantage of the time Katelyn is with her dad. When she gets back I will be back to trying to squeeze in cleaning, studying, showering and doing laundry all between the hours of 9pm and 11. Ugh!
On a fun note, Katelyn's daddy finally got a taste of what I have gone through for the past few months -- bonifide all out temper tantrums. I don't mean the little fits where one just throws oneself on the floor to scream or stomps around. I mean screaming at full decibels for an hour or more. Yes, my little Irish Puerto-Rican is stubborn (go figure... I don't know where she could possibly have gotten it from). The most recent wrong that was committed against her - not giving her the binky! Funny thing is, I don't really think it is a big deal. Just give her the stinking binky. She is staying at a house where she does not usually live and yes she is with her daddy (whom she sees every other month) and her Abuelita (who she last saw at Christmas time)... stressed out, anyone? At least now he will believe me... I say she is the little girl with a curl right in the middle of her forehead, and when she is good, she is very good, but when she is bad... she is horrid!
Case in point: Yes, she is rocking out on Tio Juan's Guitar Hero guitar!
I have to take advantage of the time Katelyn is with her dad. When she gets back I will be back to trying to squeeze in cleaning, studying, showering and doing laundry all between the hours of 9pm and 11. Ugh!
On a fun note, Katelyn's daddy finally got a taste of what I have gone through for the past few months -- bonifide all out temper tantrums. I don't mean the little fits where one just throws oneself on the floor to scream or stomps around. I mean screaming at full decibels for an hour or more. Yes, my little Irish Puerto-Rican is stubborn (go figure... I don't know where she could possibly have gotten it from). The most recent wrong that was committed against her - not giving her the binky! Funny thing is, I don't really think it is a big deal. Just give her the stinking binky. She is staying at a house where she does not usually live and yes she is with her daddy (whom she sees every other month) and her Abuelita (who she last saw at Christmas time)... stressed out, anyone? At least now he will believe me... I say she is the little girl with a curl right in the middle of her forehead, and when she is good, she is very good, but when she is bad... she is horrid!
Case in point: Yes, she is rocking out on Tio Juan's Guitar Hero guitar!
She is the cutest, though, if I do say so myself :) Even if she is stubborn like her daddy... OK, maybe her mama, too.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Things are looking up
I am so much better at reading other people's blogs than writing my own. A clever excuse would be "I have been too busy living my life to write about it." It would be partially true. But, mostly I have been lazy and so super busy working -- not really living so much as I would like.
So much has happened since my last post, I am not sure where to begin. I went back home to Ohio for a vacation and to do some interviewing. And, as a result, I was given multiple job offers. I weighed all the options and chose one. I am very happy with my decision and I just know that I have made the right choice. I will be moving back to Ohio in November. I will be about half way between my mom and Katelyn's dad.
My call schedule will be much better - only one day in four and one weekend per month. AND, once they hire another partner (which should be around the time I start), I will have one day off per week. One day to spend with my daughter doing fun "stay at home mom" type activities-- minus the cleaning. It will be the one day I skip the housework and other minutia if possible and try to just live. In addition, I will get a raise, which definitely does not hurt given the fact that over the past few years I have gotten into a small hole. Particularly since I was out of work for two weeks last fall.
I was approved to sit for the boards and coincidentally was approved to take them in the same city where I will be living. And today I got the best news yet - I got my Ohio license!!! I didn't have to jump through fifty hoops like I did last time, which is spectacular. Praise God!
We dropped the price of our house for the millionth time and over the past few weeks we have shown the house over 10 times. I am praying for an offer in the next month. I have faith that it will sell in August.
On a slightly different note, Katelyn and I have been eating at Panda Express once a week (Chinese) and twice now in the past three weeks I have gotten fortunes in my cookie implying that I will be coming into a fortune (one actually said so, the other that a "windfall" would be coming my way). Maybe I should buy a lotto ticket:)
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Katelyn is currently with her daddy and Abuelita. I should be studying, so I am off. But I will leave a cute pic of Katelyn playing dress up... I love being the mommy of a sweet little princess!
So much has happened since my last post, I am not sure where to begin. I went back home to Ohio for a vacation and to do some interviewing. And, as a result, I was given multiple job offers. I weighed all the options and chose one. I am very happy with my decision and I just know that I have made the right choice. I will be moving back to Ohio in November. I will be about half way between my mom and Katelyn's dad.
My call schedule will be much better - only one day in four and one weekend per month. AND, once they hire another partner (which should be around the time I start), I will have one day off per week. One day to spend with my daughter doing fun "stay at home mom" type activities-- minus the cleaning. It will be the one day I skip the housework and other minutia if possible and try to just live. In addition, I will get a raise, which definitely does not hurt given the fact that over the past few years I have gotten into a small hole. Particularly since I was out of work for two weeks last fall.
I was approved to sit for the boards and coincidentally was approved to take them in the same city where I will be living. And today I got the best news yet - I got my Ohio license!!! I didn't have to jump through fifty hoops like I did last time, which is spectacular. Praise God!
We dropped the price of our house for the millionth time and over the past few weeks we have shown the house over 10 times. I am praying for an offer in the next month. I have faith that it will sell in August.
On a slightly different note, Katelyn and I have been eating at Panda Express once a week (Chinese) and twice now in the past three weeks I have gotten fortunes in my cookie implying that I will be coming into a fortune (one actually said so, the other that a "windfall" would be coming my way). Maybe I should buy a lotto ticket:)
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Katelyn is currently with her daddy and Abuelita. I should be studying, so I am off. But I will leave a cute pic of Katelyn playing dress up... I love being the mommy of a sweet little princess!
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