My, oh, my...

My mom works for another local CPA firm. It's a bigger firm than where I work. Well, they know I'm a CPA and are looking for a tax manager. That's what I am now. They are BEGGING me to come meet them and just talk. Is there any harm in just talking to another company?? Why am I scared? Is it because I may then really be interested. I LOVE my current job (except last week). I have a great opportunity to be a partner there. I also have flexibility which is necessary when you have children.

B's cousin works at this other firm and also my mom. They have much flexibility also. They also seem to pay a little more than where I am.

A simple lunch shouldn't be such a big deal, but to me it is... It definitely makes me feel good to be wanted. I guess it's change that scares me too. Maybe I'm not as good as these people think?? Maybe once they meet me they won't want me to come there. Not that I want to work there anyway. It's just the idea that there are options.

I don't know...

Different parenting...

I'm just starting to see different parenting styles the last few weeks. Some things people are doing are crazy in my opinion. I think I'm a very laid back parent. I didn't obsess over how many ounces a day my child was eating. I feed him when he was hungry. He was pretty much on a schedule when he was little - every 3-4 hours. I didn't make my own baby food because I just didn't have time. Plus, I don't think baby food in the jars that is already prepared is bad. Lots of people feed it to their babies.

Maybe as more of my friends have babies I'm noticing more parenting styles.

Now some are obsessed with the plastic bottles and not containing some unsafe chemical. As you can see I don't really know what that's all about. I used Avent and I think they may be one of the brands that isn't totally safe. My opinion is if they were harmful, they wouldn't be for sale.

This afternoon I hung door hangers for church. My, my... I was dripping with sweat when I was done. Don't think I should have ventured out at 2 in the afternoon. Oh, well, it's over now.

Well, I'm off to try and watch a movie.

A new baby in the family

After seeing B's sister-in-law's new baby boy, now I have baby fever. I don't know if I'm really ready for another, but I LOVE babies!!

Nothing really exciting happening here other than I hate my job right now. Not to the point that I want to quit, but I just had a bad Friday... Hopefully it will be better Monday.

I saw another good movie last week - "No Reservations". It was really cute!

Movies

I LOVE to watch movies just about as much as I LOVE to read. Unfortunately my husband does not... I saw Sex and the City the weekend it came out. I LOVED it! I had to go by myself, but that was alright.

This week I decided to try out Netflix. I watched my first movie last night - 27 Dresses. It was really cute!!

Super woman??

Sometimes I think that I must be super woman. Am I just different than many women? I talked to a good friend of mine the other day. She has a four-month old baby and seems to be having a hard time adjusting. She expects her husband to do more than he is evidently doing. I don't really expect much from my husband. I do the following... clean the house, wash clothes (he helps if I'm really, really busy), feed the child and bath him, get him ready for school in the morning. Now, my husband usually cooks and cleans up after cooking. I do help. He also takes out the trash, cuts the grass, and usually empties the dishwasher. I realize that I do much more than he does, but I don't mind. I like things done a certain way so I'd rather do them. I don't mind feeding and bathing the baby because I work all day and this is time I get to spend with him.

I also work 40+ hours a week. Is this not normal?

I do have lots of energy. I don't really watch television at night. I'll read while taking a bath at night, but try to stay busy.

I don't find having a child has really changed my life. I still do many of the things I did before him. I still volunteer although the organization has changed. I still work about the same as before. Maybe a little less. I don't exercise as much but I want to spend time with my child so I gave up going to organized exercise classes.

Maybe I'm just not normal?

Oh, my... can I get a new life??

Yesterday was good and bad... It was Tad's first day at his new school. They said he was wonderful! That's always good to hear. When I dropped him off this morning he cried. That was sad! He was happy at first and playing with the toys and then when I said bye-bye, he started running after me. Hopefully it's just a one time thing...

Now for the bad... MIL problems again!!! She's doing what she hadn't done in a while... She stopped by our house, woke Tad up, brought him outside after I bathed him, let his walk around and get dirty... then I put him back in bed, she gets ready to leave... I hear a big boom... We run outside and see her tire had exploded and blew the area of her car above that right off... then she says she has no insurance because she couldn't pay for it... It was the anniversary of her husband's death, but it's been 11 years... Can I say?? GO TO THERAPY!!!

What did I do to deserve this craziness????