Update on Life
Jan. 22nd, 2007 01:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ste_noniAfter a week of bringing my computer to the lunchroom to watch moves and finding instead a wifi signal, the signal is finally actually connected to the internet. Yay!
So, where should I start....
1. Ellie. I took her to the dentist today for her fillings. She screamed and protested the entire time and I felt really bad for her. There's just no way to explain to a 19 month old why a stranger has to put a drill in her mouth. I am relieved, however, that the cavities are gone. Cost - $190 because I assumed our related medical and dental plans both added her at birth, but it turned out it was only medical. Beyond the teeth, she has a mild cold again. Mostly we are dealing with it by getting her lots of sleep. I have the same cold and while mine's not bad either, it does make me extra tired. I dealt with that by taking Nyquil caplets. The liquid gives me weird dreams but the caplets just make me sleeeeeeep. I only woke up when Ellie bonked me in the head while trying to nurse in the middle of the night.
2. Joe. Joe and I took Ellie to the beach yesterday and he went surfing while we hung out on the shore. He had a great time and I was pretty relaxed too. He is going to be gone for various TDYs almost the entire month of February. Mostly I feel bad for him because that's a lot of travel to and from Puerto Rico. I think it might be 9 hours to
Seattle and that's one of his trips. Thankfully, the others are on the east coast.
3. Me. Well, I guess I'm doing fine. Work has gotten way better because they are now letting me do some interesting stuff that I think I mentioned before (responding to motions to reopen cases). It's law related, which I like, and they seem willing to go with my recommendations which makes me feel like what I do matters. I'm not crazy about my boss. She's sort of a micro manager and she actually scolded me in front of the office on Friday for "socializing". The funny thing was that a) I wasn't and b) everyone came up to me later and took my side in the whole thing. In my younger days I might have cared more, but it's more clear to me now that I am not defined by my job.
4. The Weekend. We went to the beach on Saturday morning with the dogs and then got breakfast, as usual. Ellie slept for 3 hours and then we went to the triplets' birthday party. That was pretty fun and after that Joe and I went to see Children of Men while Ellie stayed with a friend. VAGUE SPOILER WARNING: I don't think either Joe or I realized how violent the movie would be. In several scenes, he leaned over to me and said, "That's just how Iraq is." Of course, whenever he's reminded of that stuff, it always sticks with him for a while. Anyway, I guess I liked the movie, but considering how down Joe felt when we left, it wasn't exactly a *fun* time. On Sunday we skipped church so Ellie could sleep. We made a run to Costco and then back to the beach for surfing. It was a fun weekend - very relaxing.
5. The Future. I'm looking forward to a) visiting Joe's parents in Florida over President's Day, b) my parents coming back at the end of March, c) hopefully a new position. Nothing for sure on that, but I'm feeling positive about the whole thing, d) actual efforts to have another baby. That will be hard with Joe gone all next month, and I'd prefer to avoid a Christmas baby, but as I've always said, I'd be happy with any baby. I think we are as ready as we will be. I'm not sure why I even mention this, except that I am excited about the possibility of being pregnant again.
So, where should I start....
1. Ellie. I took her to the dentist today for her fillings. She screamed and protested the entire time and I felt really bad for her. There's just no way to explain to a 19 month old why a stranger has to put a drill in her mouth. I am relieved, however, that the cavities are gone. Cost - $190 because I assumed our related medical and dental plans both added her at birth, but it turned out it was only medical. Beyond the teeth, she has a mild cold again. Mostly we are dealing with it by getting her lots of sleep. I have the same cold and while mine's not bad either, it does make me extra tired. I dealt with that by taking Nyquil caplets. The liquid gives me weird dreams but the caplets just make me sleeeeeeep. I only woke up when Ellie bonked me in the head while trying to nurse in the middle of the night.
2. Joe. Joe and I took Ellie to the beach yesterday and he went surfing while we hung out on the shore. He had a great time and I was pretty relaxed too. He is going to be gone for various TDYs almost the entire month of February. Mostly I feel bad for him because that's a lot of travel to and from Puerto Rico. I think it might be 9 hours to
Seattle and that's one of his trips. Thankfully, the others are on the east coast.
3. Me. Well, I guess I'm doing fine. Work has gotten way better because they are now letting me do some interesting stuff that I think I mentioned before (responding to motions to reopen cases). It's law related, which I like, and they seem willing to go with my recommendations which makes me feel like what I do matters. I'm not crazy about my boss. She's sort of a micro manager and she actually scolded me in front of the office on Friday for "socializing". The funny thing was that a) I wasn't and b) everyone came up to me later and took my side in the whole thing. In my younger days I might have cared more, but it's more clear to me now that I am not defined by my job.
4. The Weekend. We went to the beach on Saturday morning with the dogs and then got breakfast, as usual. Ellie slept for 3 hours and then we went to the triplets' birthday party. That was pretty fun and after that Joe and I went to see Children of Men while Ellie stayed with a friend. VAGUE SPOILER WARNING: I don't think either Joe or I realized how violent the movie would be. In several scenes, he leaned over to me and said, "That's just how Iraq is." Of course, whenever he's reminded of that stuff, it always sticks with him for a while. Anyway, I guess I liked the movie, but considering how down Joe felt when we left, it wasn't exactly a *fun* time. On Sunday we skipped church so Ellie could sleep. We made a run to Costco and then back to the beach for surfing. It was a fun weekend - very relaxing.
5. The Future. I'm looking forward to a) visiting Joe's parents in Florida over President's Day, b) my parents coming back at the end of March, c) hopefully a new position. Nothing for sure on that, but I'm feeling positive about the whole thing, d) actual efforts to have another baby. That will be hard with Joe gone all next month, and I'd prefer to avoid a Christmas baby, but as I've always said, I'd be happy with any baby. I think we are as ready as we will be. I'm not sure why I even mention this, except that I am excited about the possibility of being pregnant again.
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Date: 2007-01-22 11:12 pm (UTC)I hope the visit wasn't too tramatic for Ellie.
Yay on potential new baby!!!
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Date: 2007-01-23 03:11 am (UTC)What did you think of last night's BSG?