Friday, September 17, 2010
My wet surprise
The other night my three year old climbed into bed with me. She snuggled up to me and fell back to sleep. About 45 minutes later, I got a wet surprise: yup, she peed in bed!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
my new schedule
As some of you will remember, my husband lost his job a week after I gave birth to BJ. Thankfully, he was able to get a new job the week that unemployment ran out. For all those people who are upset with people on unemployment, let me say that it helped us not lose our new home and it took Andy ALL that time to find a new job because area employers are just not hiring. Anywho, it is a third shift job which changes a few things for us...
At the end of the school year last year, Andy was watching MM and BJ. This year that has not changed, but he will have both full time. Last year I was able to get MM into some daycare to give Andy a break, but this year we just can not do it. MM's daycare has a great preschool program but we do not qualify for it. The other program that I wanted to get her into is too expensive for us right now. We make too much money to get a break in tuition but do not make enough money to be able to afford the $165 a week it would cost to have MM there- and they do not have part time. I am sad that MM will not have pre-school this year. I am going to make up little lessons for Andy to do with her so that she does not lose all of her skills. I am aware that this means that I will be doing the lessons with her most of the time, but this way I know that he will at least have something to turn to when the weather is not so great.
This change of schedule for Andy means that he will be working all night and then watching the children all day. He leaves at 9:45 pm to get to work by 10:30 pm and then he meets me in the school parking lot at 7:15 am to take the children home. I will then finish with school at 3:30 pm and race home to be there for when the children get up from their afternoon nap because Andy will be going down for his big sleep at that time.
This has been difficult. I have to do lesson planning and grading after the children go to bed which puts me to bed around 11:00, but I have to get up at 6 am so that I can get ready plus get the children ready and out the door by 7 am. BJ continues to have some stomach issues which means that I have had to deal with a child who is throwing up still while still trying to get ready. So far I have had to change him three different times and change my outfit twice before getting out the door (and we have only done this for a week!). I also have to keep the children quiet while Andy is sleeping, make dinner, get them ready for bed and try to prepare for the next day. Andy gets up for dinner/ breakfast around the time that I am putting the children to bed and leaves for work about an hour after I have been successful. Talk about two ships passing in the night! To add to the fun, Andy still needs to pick his brother up from dialysis on Friday nights which means that on Fridays, when he is not working, he needs to adjust his sleep schedule to accommodate that change.
I basically only really see Andy on Saturday and part of Sunday. We are like two single parents who are only married on the weekend. Again, it is difficult, but I am happy that we are able to keep our home and that this difficulty will only last for a while. In two years MM will be in kindergarten and Andy's truck and mortgage will be paid off. Of course I will have to resume paying my student loans...
At the end of the school year last year, Andy was watching MM and BJ. This year that has not changed, but he will have both full time. Last year I was able to get MM into some daycare to give Andy a break, but this year we just can not do it. MM's daycare has a great preschool program but we do not qualify for it. The other program that I wanted to get her into is too expensive for us right now. We make too much money to get a break in tuition but do not make enough money to be able to afford the $165 a week it would cost to have MM there- and they do not have part time. I am sad that MM will not have pre-school this year. I am going to make up little lessons for Andy to do with her so that she does not lose all of her skills. I am aware that this means that I will be doing the lessons with her most of the time, but this way I know that he will at least have something to turn to when the weather is not so great.
This change of schedule for Andy means that he will be working all night and then watching the children all day. He leaves at 9:45 pm to get to work by 10:30 pm and then he meets me in the school parking lot at 7:15 am to take the children home. I will then finish with school at 3:30 pm and race home to be there for when the children get up from their afternoon nap because Andy will be going down for his big sleep at that time.
This has been difficult. I have to do lesson planning and grading after the children go to bed which puts me to bed around 11:00, but I have to get up at 6 am so that I can get ready plus get the children ready and out the door by 7 am. BJ continues to have some stomach issues which means that I have had to deal with a child who is throwing up still while still trying to get ready. So far I have had to change him three different times and change my outfit twice before getting out the door (and we have only done this for a week!). I also have to keep the children quiet while Andy is sleeping, make dinner, get them ready for bed and try to prepare for the next day. Andy gets up for dinner/ breakfast around the time that I am putting the children to bed and leaves for work about an hour after I have been successful. Talk about two ships passing in the night! To add to the fun, Andy still needs to pick his brother up from dialysis on Friday nights which means that on Fridays, when he is not working, he needs to adjust his sleep schedule to accommodate that change.
I basically only really see Andy on Saturday and part of Sunday. We are like two single parents who are only married on the weekend. Again, it is difficult, but I am happy that we are able to keep our home and that this difficulty will only last for a while. In two years MM will be in kindergarten and Andy's truck and mortgage will be paid off. Of course I will have to resume paying my student loans...
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