So tired....

It sure is hard to be a working mommy! Don't get me wrong...I still think that staying at home with the kid(s) is definitely the hardest job in the world. There are absolutely NO breaks, no vacation or sick time, no hour lunches, no escapes from the tantrums, etc. But I sure am one tired gal these days. Nate is starting to sleep longer through the night and that is really helping! However, my drive is so long that I have to get up by 5:50 so I can leave by 7:00am every day and I am not (nor have I ever been) a morning person!

Every morning you can hear me grumble "I hate mornings" under my breath as I stumble out of bed and make my way to the shower. And you'd think the shower would wake me up...but no. It is only a temporary awakening to be followed by an hour long car ride during which I find myself slapping my face and practically holding my eyeballs open to stay awake!! "Try coffee!" you say? Nope. Caffeine has never really affected my ability to sleep. "Eat breakfast" you say? Yep. Did that and I'm still sleepy! "Turn your radio up loud and sing!" you say? Well if I could find a radio station that wasn't mostly "talk" radio in the morning, I would be a little more successful with this one. Speaking of morning talk shows...I just can't find one I like. What station is Kidd Kraddick on? I can't find it and I've browsed all the stations a few times. HELP!

Ok, time for bed now. Not even 10 pm on Friday night. But I'm so TIRED!!!

Updates

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since my last post. If anyone is even reading this anymore!

Since I joined the ranks of the working moms out there, I have felt like a chicken with my head cut off....running around blindly trying to get from point A to point B on time!! I am almost always late picking Nate up at the babysitters. I sit in traffic for WAY longer than I want to every day. My commute to work is not that bad, but the way back is not fun. I am still in the "know just enough to be dangerous but not enough to advise students effectively" phase at work, so I feel unintelligent most of the day! I miss my boys so much. But I have to say I do like having a place to feel like a professional person. One day soon I will feel confident that I know what I'm talking about here.

DJ is happily at home today through Wednesday for his spring break. I am so jealous!! But I know that he needs some "daddy and Nate time" and I'm excited for both of them. Just wish I could be there too. Even though DJ is off, he is still taking Nate to the babysitter today and tomorrow for part of the day. We figured since we have to pay for it, he might as well take advantage of the quietness! I am off on Friday for our one day of spring break that this university allows. On this day we have Nate's 4 month Dr. appointment and that means lots of SHOTS. Not fun for Nate and definitely not fun for mommy! Last time nearly broke my heart hearing and watching him scream his head off. Yuck.

We enjoyed this past weekend. Polanco came to visit us, and my parents were in town for Bryson's 2nd birthday party! It was at McDonalds, and it is probably the last McD's party I will ever get DJ to go to....but at least we were all together. :) Followed that with shopping, dinner with the family, and an evening at Lori and Dustin's house and it was a great day! It was sad to see Polanco and my parents go. Hopefully we will be able to make it down to San Marcos this weekend to see the other half of the family! We shall see....DJ has to work Friday so it would be a late start. But we're hoping to make the trip.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday. How am I posting this while at work, you ask? Well you see, there are just no students around to advise or observe. We are waiting on a report to work on, and in the meantime have absolutely nothing to do. Thank heaven for the internet! :)

First day of work

Wow! It's been a long day! Getting up at 5 am is NOT fun....but I did discover that I don't need to get up that early after all. I was 30 mins early, and had some extra time before I even left the house. So this week will be spent figuring out what time to leave to get there at a decent and not too early time!

I really like the job and my new coworkers. There are 4 new advisors all starting together in the same office, so I am not the only newbie. We are going to be trained in a group so that we all start with the same base of information, which is nice. The only part of today that was not nice was the weather. It was in the low 40s all day and raining. On top of that, we had to walk to the other side of campus (in the rain) to get our staff ID cards. It was freezing and wet, but we survived!

I think DJ had a harder time dropping Nate off than I had leaving. He let me sleep the past two nights and did "Nate duty" in the middle of the night. Then he got him dressed and fed before dropping him off. So daddy deserves a nice break tonight! And apparently Nate did very well with the babysitter (Sherry), smiling and talking to the little girls. He is the only little boy at the sitter's place and definitely the youngest...so he gets lots of attention from the ladies! Ok, well I am seriously tired from my super extra early morning so I'm signing off now. Bed by 10:30 tonight!