I'm coming to a lot of realizations lately. Granted, I'll probably always be coming to these realizations. The latest, occurred just today, as I sit with Blues Clues playing, absolutely thrilled that Christopher is exploring the exciting world of a laundry because he hasn't felt well lately, and him playing is a good good sign. :) I'm realizing that I love so many aspects of my life. Not going to lie, there's quite a bit I would change, but the things I wouldn't change are outweighing them by quite a bit at the moment. :) This blog is basically about how awesome things are going.
I've been pretty down lately, and I think it'll be nice to focus on the positive. :)
1)Christopher is getting bigger and bigger everyday. His personality is really starting to show. He thinks he's the funniest thing to ever walk the earth, and he's probably right. Since learning "kisses" he wants nothing but, and it's my favorite milestone so far. On days where I want to pull all my hair out, he gives me a "kissie" and everything's all better. :) He's also starting to understand that something's up in Mommie's tummie. Now, I don't think he's connected that it's a new baby, but he calls my tummie "Buh" for "Brother" and he plays with it all the time. :)
2)I'm tackling my housecleaning that I've been "going to do" since we moved here over a year ago. We have nearly all laundry done, and I'm starting on some other big detail tasks too. It feels awesome to come home and have a nice clean house. We're also getting more organized. My calendar is all filled out, the whiteboard underneath has all the things I'm going to forget to tell Brad when we trade the baby in an hour, and all of my schoolwork is planned with my due dates. The real due dates don't work because they have me finishing four weeks after I have Aiden. Which brings me to...
3)I'm not procrastinating my schoolwork!!!! Even when I went to regular schools, procrastination was a huge issue for me. Mostly because I could write an essay the night before it was due, and still make decent grades. It only worsened with the online school I had last year. They were just awful. Saving a huge amount of work for right before the end of a semester is just a habit of mine. However, with baby Aiden coming four weeks before the end of the semester, I can't leave everything for the last minute. I think it's hard to concentrate with Punkin running around, but add a newborn that can't be fed by anyone but me, and it becomes near impossible. I have all of my classes planned so I'll be done with most of them well before Aiden arrives. The "well before" makes it so that if I slip up on some of it, I still have two-three weeks leeway to catch up. The "Most" part is because my accounting class only works if I'm right on track.
4)I only have 16 shifts left at work before my maternity leave! That is, not including the shift that starts in an hour, because, well, who counts the day they're on? LOL. Anyways, I'm only working 3 shifts every week, so I still have 5 weeks left. I am excited to be able to focus on schoolwork, rest, getting everything ready for Aiden, having time with Brad, and getting Punkin on a normal schedule. Right now, scheduling is near impossible with Brad and I having only one night off, plus our shifts aren't consistent. At least with me at home for the month before Aiden, Christopher and I can get into a rhythm. I know it'll be a Godsend when Aiden arrives. :)
5)Did I mention Christopher is feeling better? Lately he's been super clingie, which I know is a normal phase. It just breaks my heart that he wouldn't even play his toys or anything for fear that we were going to leave. Poor little guy. But today he's playing, while it did take quite a bit of coaxing. He also took an hour and a half nap today, and three hours yesterday. Lately he's been fighting naps like the plague, and getting maybe an hour split up throughout the day. This is another thing I hope to combat with the scheduling. :)
6)I am almost done with pregnancy. This is a whole world of good things all in it's own. For the first time in nearly two years, my body will just be mine. (After I heal and start to get skinny again LOL). I can't wait for having energy again, and being able to get off a couch without feeling like death would help too. :)
7)I'm finally finding some school arrangements that look like they'll work out. (I hope). I'm not posting too much detail here, because with college, you never know, and it could go in a completely different direction.
Well thanks for reading my ramblings, but, like I said, I needed to focus on some positives. :)
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