I'm trying a new schedule at work. Since the girls are back with their mom for the school year I can work 4- ten hour days instead of 5- 8 hour days. I'm excited to consistently have Fridays off, but getting up at 5:30 or earlier is a drag. Yesterday I came home at 5 p.m. and after dinner I tried to read while Darrell was playing his new Madden game on the Xbox 360. I thought I would dig into The Birth Book by Martha Sears. It was incredibly interesting as I was reading her version of the history of birth in America, which is not nearly as extreme as some other versions I have come accross. Still, I nodded off on the couch. I wanted to work out, as I still haven't gotten back to the treadmill but I thought I would go lay down for a few minutes first. That was around 6:30 or 7, and I woke up sometime after nine. I got up for a couple of hours and still didn't have much trouble falling asleep when Darrell went to bed about eleven.
Yet, even with all of that extra sleep I'm having a hard time staying awake at work this morning. Hopefully it won't take me too long to get used to this. With Darrell starting school next week I'm looking forward to having longer days at work during the week, plus Fridays off to have my appointments with Ann. They will be increasing to every 2 weeks soon, I think.
We've made little progress in Ethan's room lately. We bought wooden letters spelling his name and painted them dark blue, but when Darrell tried to nail little hangers into them a couple of the letter split. So I neet to get a new E and H, paint them, and figure out some method of hanging them up. I also need to find someone who knows how to hang the wallpaper border. I'm a little nervous to try it on my own since I've never done it before. We should have just enough to do the room, so I can't waste any experimenting.
I did get a Pack 'n Play though. This lady at work had one from her son and it ended up being a really nice one in great condition. I'd been planning to buy one new, but when we saw this one we figured 'why not?' and gave her $15 for it. Honestly, we have been so blessed in the area of baby stuff. Some of my out of state and online friends have actually sent me boxes of things, which I'm incredibly grateful for. There are simply no words to describe how cool it is for our needs to be met this way.
Yet, even with all of that extra sleep I'm having a hard time staying awake at work this morning. Hopefully it won't take me too long to get used to this. With Darrell starting school next week I'm looking forward to having longer days at work during the week, plus Fridays off to have my appointments with Ann. They will be increasing to every 2 weeks soon, I think.
We've made little progress in Ethan's room lately. We bought wooden letters spelling his name and painted them dark blue, but when Darrell tried to nail little hangers into them a couple of the letter split. So I neet to get a new E and H, paint them, and figure out some method of hanging them up. I also need to find someone who knows how to hang the wallpaper border. I'm a little nervous to try it on my own since I've never done it before. We should have just enough to do the room, so I can't waste any experimenting.
I did get a Pack 'n Play though. This lady at work had one from her son and it ended up being a really nice one in great condition. I'd been planning to buy one new, but when we saw this one we figured 'why not?' and gave her $15 for it. Honestly, we have been so blessed in the area of baby stuff. Some of my out of state and online friends have actually sent me boxes of things, which I'm incredibly grateful for. There are simply no words to describe how cool it is for our needs to be met this way.
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