Dejavu

I'm beginning to get dejavu already. Tonight, just as I had finished getting ready for work, the phone rang. I answered it and on the other end, in a frantic voice was a person asking for somebody, I said hello again, and it turned out to be my manager. She was calling to tell me that she was way over on hours and it was slow there so I didn't need to go into work tonight. I was alright with it initially, b/c my mom had to work and I didn't want to leave a fussy baby at home with my dad. However, after realizing this is what happened to me at express, I started thinking I hope this doesn't become a routine. I then called the store back around 7:40pm b/c I hadn't heard back from my manager when she said she'd call and give me my schedule for the upcoming week. Well when I called she said she hadn't gotten a chance to look it over yet and then gave it me anyways. It turns out I'm only working 3 days. Which isn't terrible, but if I end up getting called off again later in the week it will only be 2 days and that's just not going to cut it since Nate and I are trying to save up for a place. Well anyways, as I was talking with Nathan later on, he made a good point when he said I should probably start looking around at other jobs. At first I thought maaaan, I just got started here, but after about 10 minutes of thinking it through, it really would be the smartest option for me. I then decided I would keep looking for jobs elsewhere and then change around my availability. I would let Belk know I can only close, and let the other place know I can only open..or vice versa. Either way, I know now that having a back up job would be best. That way if I get called off at Belk several times a week, I would at least have the other job as a back up for income. If the other job proves to be successful and offers more hours, I can always leave Belk and pick up that one full time. It seems to me to be the best thing to do, and I know now that it's much needed. I think I could handle 2 jobs and a baby, and I know it would make Nathan feel a lot better if I was working more hours over less. I guess it's back to craigslist and snagajob to see what else is out there. I'm kind of wishing I had gone on those other 2 interviews when they came around, but oh well it's okay. One was all the way up in mooresville and that's really out of the question to drive there anyways. The other one, I saw they were only hiring about 3 people, so that probably wouldn't have gone well anyways...and I already had my job at Belk, and I wasn't sure yet what my hours and would look like, so I dind't want to over do it in case they offered me more than just 3 days a week. Oh well, now I can just find something ever more awesome to apply my skills to. :-)

On another note, this routine thing with Jayden is going really well. So I suppose an upside to me not working a whole lot right now, is that I'm able to really stick with it and get him into one that will be good for both of us that Nathan will be able to adapt to easily as well when we all move in together. The past 3 nights Jayden has been in bed by 10pm and sleeps through the entire night until about 7:30am. Which is AWESOME! It really helps me out and makes me feel less tired during the day b/c I'm able to get a good nights sleep and I'm not a cranky butt when I get up in the mornings. He also has been sleeping on his tummy (even though they say back is best). It just seems to work out for him, and when I was little I slept on my tummy all the time and I turned out fine. Tonight he fell asleep in his swing so I put him to sleep on his back. I decided to make this the tester night, and if for whatever reason he wakes up a lot at night, I will know that he must always sleep on his tummy. If that ends up being the case, we will have to figure out where he's going to sleep at Nathan's. Right now we have him sleeping in his rocker when he's down there, which he does alright with, but if the tummy thing is the trick, then he won't be able to sleep in that for much longer...not to mention he's kind of growing out it. LOL!

I decided I'm going to start reading this book my sister got me for graduation. It's called "Bitches on a budget" and it's supposed to give good advice to staying in style when you don't have a lot of extra money to spend on nice things. I think it will be good if I can figure out how to buy things without breaking the bank everytime. I have figured this out when it comes to Jayden, and I only buy diapers and things if I have a coupon or they are on sale. I think it's time I apply this to myself as well, b/c when we have our own house, every little bit we can save will certainly help. Speaking of...I thought of such a smart thing earlier today. I decided that when we need to buy dish detergent, toilet paper, paper towels..and other home essentials like that, I should get them from the dollar store so we don't spend like 5 bucks on a bottle of soap. I found out, the other day when I was there, that they have the exact same quality soap in the big size bottles for just 1 dollar!!!  And that will REALLY help us out when we move. I also have to go in and ask if they take coupons, b/c if so, I get some for like 50 cents off and a dollar to 2 dollars off, and maybe I could walk out of the dollar store with 20 thiings and only have spent like 10 dollars! That would be awesome, but it's something I have to look into, b/c IDK if they will take them or not.

Well, I think that about covers it for tonight. Since my pee-wee is in the bed early, I think I'm going to follow him, since I have to work tomorrow in the afternoon, and I don't want to be tooooo tired. :-)

Much Love,

~Sarah~