Look who's standing...

Busy, Very Busy

I haven't written in a while probably because it's been so busy. I hear it from everyone... why haven't you called, you didn't respond to my email, I haven't seen you in so long... and on and on and on... I even hear it from people (not naming anyone) asking why I "outsource" certain home repairs. For example, we recently got a new fence installed around our yard and guess what? We actually didn't do it ourselves! (Gasp!) We had a professional company come in and install the fence. Low and behold, it came out wonderful. No complaints from me at all (which isn't typical if you know me). The fence is straight, it's not falling down and it's clean and it was all done in 1.5 days. I know you're thinking, "OMG, why would you pay so much money if you could do it yourself". Yes, I thought the same thing. Of course I can dig 40 holes and buy materials and rip down an old fence and tow it away and cement in the posts and make everything level and warranty it myself but there's this one thing that makes "outsorucing" worth while...

I Work

Yep, I have a job. And guess what!? It's year-round too! So I don't get off in the summer. How crazy is that!?!

It's actually something many people do (or so I hear) so it might not be so strange or weird. We work and don't get off for 2 weeks every 4 weeks. We work so that we can get paid to pay our bills and live in a house and all that fun stuff. We pay other people to do our renovations so that we can spend time with our daughter.

One other thing... I don't get to work part-time either. No, I work what we weird people call "FULL TIME" which means that I work at least 45 hours per week, add on a 2 hour commute each day for pick-up and drop off of my daughter at day care (YES, I SAID DAY CARE, I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF STAYING AT HOME WITH HER). From 7:30 - 6:30 each day we're out of the house working. Then on the weekend, we don't work. That's a whole 48 hours of time without working. If you add it all up, 11 hours per day working, 7 hours per day sleeping, that leaves only 6 hours per day to spend together. If you add in that the Little Piggy sleeps 10 hours, that leaves only 3 hours per day to spend with her.

So, out of the 168 hours in a week, I get to spend 39 hours with my daughter, that's 23% of the time.

To put that into perspective, that's almost 84 days out of an entire 365 day year that I get to see her.

So this morning, after all the "I don't see you enough" and "why don't you do it yourself" comments these past few months, I decided that I need to either (1) win the lottery and never work again or (2) start a political group lobbying for a 4 day work week. Both will take time and money, both of which I don't have so I have to simply suffer through working and living as I do today. Oh pooo!

So here's my answer to everyone, GET OVER IT. If you want to see me/my daughter/my husband, stop complaining and come over. And stop trying to make me feel guilty about working. If I didn't work, my daughter would not have as good as a life as she does now. I work for her.

Anyway, now that that is out, here are a few updates on the Little Piggy. She now is 20 lbs and 10 months old. She can say Mama, Dada, Hi, Nana and I think she says Cat too... not sure though. She can pull up on everything and anything (for those of you who don't have kids, pulling up is when they can pull themselves up to a standing position when holding on to something.) She cruises too (that's when she walks holding on to things like the couch, the table, etc.) More recently she started standing on her own and not just standing on her own when you lift her up but actually getting from a sitting position to a standing position without holding on to anything. This weekend she had her first corned beef and cabbage and her first cake that Aunt Gina made and of course she loved it. The only thing she doesn't like is watermelon. No clue why! She also went to the beach this weekend and played in the water and in the sand. She loves to throw the sand up and kick her feet in it and just realized that she can crawl in the sand. When she plays in the water she loves when the waves roll in. She laughs if you run into the water and splash around.

That's the update for now. Her first birthday party will be Sunday, August 31st at our house for those of you who are able to attend. The theme will be the Little Mermaid "Under the Sea". I'll send invites soon.