So I was going to blog about something but to heck if I actually remember what it was. :/ hmmm, I guess I can talk about my birthday. It was a pretty wonderful day. Mom and I took Jayden to the park in the morning and then we had to run up to the hospital so mom could fill out a paper she needed to. After she filled out her paper we went to our favorite salad restaurant (field of greens) and ate some lunch. After lunch we came back to the house and hung out for awhile and rested. After that I decided I wanted to go to diner at Cheddars so we did and it was quite delicious. After dinner I went and picked up my pay check, which was a nice surprise, and then afterwords we stopped by dairy queen to get a delicious ice cream cake. After that we went and opened presents and I got a lot of really nice things. mom got me an egg mcmuffin maker and some brownie pops, as well as an entire cook book dedicated to brownies! yummm!!! I did really miss Nathan all day though. I might be seeing him tomorrow and I really hope so, b/c I feel like it's been forever since I've seen him. Things with us are going well. I love him more each day.
So I went and picked up my paycheck, it was way more than I was expecting. I made 393 and some change. I was glad to see that number, especially since I had to give some of it away to mom for my birthday clothes and Nate's present. (WHICH, BY. THE. WAY. I'm still waiting for it to come in the mail.) I'm hoping it shows up soon, I may give it to him sooner than that and then do something else for him when the time actually comes..I have some other good ideas. :)
Oh man have I been totally confused today. I have gone from thinking it's tuesday, to monday, to sunday, when in fact it's actually saturday. IDK why my brain is all confused, but for whatever reason I have been so turned around on my weeks and days, it's crazy.
So side note...and totally random, I'm thinking about switching my birth control to something different. The one I'm on has been working, but now b/c of work and b/c I've gotten busier I'm getting absent minded, or I'm working and not able to take it at the same time every night, which means it doesn't work as effectively, and that's not good, so I'm contemplating getting something like mirena where it's placed inside me and I don't have to think about it and I'm protected for 5 years. But I have to ask some questions about it and find out if it also has weight gain as a side effect, b/c if so, I may try something else. That's another reason why I want to switch what I'm taking b/c since I started the pill I've gained about 10 lbs. :( and I'm pretty sure it's due to the pill. Afterall it says on the package as a side effect, may cause weight gain. I guess I was hoping it wouldn't happen to me. :/ ...anyways I'm heading to bed..
Night Y'all
<3 Sarah <3
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Short Thought..
OMG! So tonight 3 different people asked me if I was pregnant..that makes like 6 people in the last week to assume so...unless they know something I don't....which I hope they don't, I'm thinking maybe it's time I break out my wii fit and start working out...this is just getting terrible. I keep lying to people and saying yes to keep them from feeling bad..b/c if I say no, it just gets really akward really fast..and I'd rather not deal with that, and make them feel bad, so lying never hurt. lol...but seriously, if this many people are thinking I look pregnant then it's time to do something about that..especially since it's getting into summer and all the cute short shorts and tank tops and swimming suits are coming out, and I want to look alright in them, and if I look pregnant I won't be able to pull any of those off..so I should start working on that so it doesn't get bad...also should probably not stuff my face with pizza and chinese food on my break at the mall anymore..and TRY REALLY REALLY hard to stay AWAY from the frozen yogurt stand I discovered there. :/ but yea, anyways, that's my little rant for tonight. It's midnight and Jayden is alseep, so I should probably follow him and do that same thing.
Night Might!
<3 SaRah <3
Night Might!
<3 SaRah <3
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Bleh..
Let's see...well, this week has been crazy! I was at Nathan's from Sunday night to Thursday morning, and it was nice to be able to spend that much time with him. Even though we both had to work on opposite days, I liked coming back to his place at the end of my work shift and knowing he would be there at the end of the day. It was nice b/c Jayden was able to spend time with him as well, which is important because he needs to see him as often as possible. In fact, he's down there right now and they are going on a fun trip tomorrow with him, which I'm excited for Jayden and Nathan! :-) I can't wait to hear how their day goes tomorrow!
But yea, while I was down at Nate's the last couple of days there I started feeling kind of icky, and I wasn't sure what was going on. I kept going from being hot and chilled, and feeling nauseous to feeling alright, it was really weird. Then last night I had to go work and I really felt beat, and it was only a short shift thank goodness, b/c it was miserable, I felt so hot and tired, I was so ready to come home. The minute I walked into the door I hear Jayden screaming his head off b/c my mom thought she would let him cry himself to sleep, and no matter how I told her he wasn't gonna fall asleep that way, I couldn't let him cry. So I ended up intervening and made her give him a bottle while I laid down and tried to sleep. Well after the bottle he woke back up and started crying again, so I went in and picked him up and threw him in the swing, and within seconds he was knocked out so I decided to head to bed finally. Well that was short lived, b/c a few hours later I woke up feeling horrible, and my stomach was upset and I felt really icky. I knew at that point that I wasn't going to be able to make it to work this morning and I just laid on the couch the rest of the morning and rested while my mom helped out with Jayden. After I woke up and took a shower, I got up and held Jayden for a bit and cuddled with him on the couch before Nate's family came and got him at around 1:45pm to take down there for their adventure tomorrow. I was glad Nathan wanted him to come down there even though I couldn't make it, I was hoping he would still take him since they were talking about doing it all week.
I miss little man being around here, it's weird not having him here, but at the same time it's nice, b/c I'm able to rest up and get to feeling better, which I need to do. Also my mom had to work tonight so if Jayden was being exceptionally fussy like last night, it would have been hard on me to care for him when I feel so icky. So I'm thankful Nathan is there to help out, and wanted to take him for the day! :-)
My family member on my grandma's side, Linda, sent us a box of baby clothes with a couple of blankets and some washcloths and towels in it for little Jayden. The clothes are really cute and she's so thoughtful for sending them to us. We always appreciate every little thing anybody does for us.
My job is going really well, though I did have to call out today b/c I wasn't feeling well, but hopefully that won't be to much of an issue. :/ I suppose if something does come up I will just tell it like it is and that will be that. I mean they are in huge need of people to work there so I don't think they would fire me for being sick...I hope.
Alright, well it's getting late, and I should probably call it a night and head to bed and get some rest so I'm not uber wiped out tomorrow.
Love to all...
~Sarah~
But yea, while I was down at Nate's the last couple of days there I started feeling kind of icky, and I wasn't sure what was going on. I kept going from being hot and chilled, and feeling nauseous to feeling alright, it was really weird. Then last night I had to go work and I really felt beat, and it was only a short shift thank goodness, b/c it was miserable, I felt so hot and tired, I was so ready to come home. The minute I walked into the door I hear Jayden screaming his head off b/c my mom thought she would let him cry himself to sleep, and no matter how I told her he wasn't gonna fall asleep that way, I couldn't let him cry. So I ended up intervening and made her give him a bottle while I laid down and tried to sleep. Well after the bottle he woke back up and started crying again, so I went in and picked him up and threw him in the swing, and within seconds he was knocked out so I decided to head to bed finally. Well that was short lived, b/c a few hours later I woke up feeling horrible, and my stomach was upset and I felt really icky. I knew at that point that I wasn't going to be able to make it to work this morning and I just laid on the couch the rest of the morning and rested while my mom helped out with Jayden. After I woke up and took a shower, I got up and held Jayden for a bit and cuddled with him on the couch before Nate's family came and got him at around 1:45pm to take down there for their adventure tomorrow. I was glad Nathan wanted him to come down there even though I couldn't make it, I was hoping he would still take him since they were talking about doing it all week.
I miss little man being around here, it's weird not having him here, but at the same time it's nice, b/c I'm able to rest up and get to feeling better, which I need to do. Also my mom had to work tonight so if Jayden was being exceptionally fussy like last night, it would have been hard on me to care for him when I feel so icky. So I'm thankful Nathan is there to help out, and wanted to take him for the day! :-)
My family member on my grandma's side, Linda, sent us a box of baby clothes with a couple of blankets and some washcloths and towels in it for little Jayden. The clothes are really cute and she's so thoughtful for sending them to us. We always appreciate every little thing anybody does for us.
My job is going really well, though I did have to call out today b/c I wasn't feeling well, but hopefully that won't be to much of an issue. :/ I suppose if something does come up I will just tell it like it is and that will be that. I mean they are in huge need of people to work there so I don't think they would fire me for being sick...I hope.
Alright, well it's getting late, and I should probably call it a night and head to bed and get some rest so I'm not uber wiped out tomorrow.
Love to all...
~Sarah~
Saturday, March 10, 2012
YAY!!
So today at work my manager, Leslie, informed me, in more detail, about the pre-sale that we are doing. Basically if you have a belk card, you're able to hold your merchandise until wednesday or later and you can purchase it for 25% off. I was told that by next wednesday, when pre-sale is over, I have to have sold a total of $380. Well today I pre-sold about $280, so now I only have $100 more to go!!!!! Yea! I really needed to get my pre-sale in, b/c I haven't been able to get anybody to open up a credit card yet, and I'm supposed to be getting at least 1 every week. I'm not sure what's going to happen if I don't get them to open one up, but I suppose it's only a matter of time before I find out. :/ I also figured out how I can check what my sales goals are for the day, so now I always check in on that periodically throughout my shift to see how well I'm doing. Today I sold over $2,000, which is pretty good I would say! I'm sure in time I will do a lot more than that, but it's hard when everybody else is jumping in there to try and capture the sale. :/ But oh well, all I can do is my best, and so far that's what I've been doing!
I have the day off tomorrow, and that'll be nice b/c I have to go to Nathan's and drop off little man for a couple of days so he can stay with his daddy and hang out. I'm thinking that I might not come back down there until Tuesday night, but I'm not sure yet. It's just a lot of driving back and forth for me when I have to work both monday and tuesday. I was kind of thinking I would drop him off sunday night and stay then leave from his house monday to head to work, and then not go back down until I got off of work on tuesday to pick him up...that way I wouldn't have to drive back and forth, but idk b/c I would really miss little man, and it'd be nice to stay with Nathan....maaaaybe I could convince him to come hang out up here..lol. Nah, probably a bad idea, not to mention Nathan would be bored out of his mind, b/c there isnt really a whole lot to do around here. I think he'd be better off to stay at his house anyways and hang out with tiny there.
UGH! So we found out there was an additional hospital bill that we still have to pay that hasn't been covered yet, which totally sucks b/c it's going to be 300 something, and that's 300 we could have used for our house fund. :/ Though I do suppose it's best to get it out of the way now so we don't have to worry about it when we are living in our house. We only have 9 more months left to pay on the other bills, and that one will be fully paid off and we won't have to worry any more about hospital bills!! And that will be such a relief!! The only thing now I have to start picking up is my credit card bill. After this month, I'm only going to be using it for gas purchases so that hopefully it won't get to outrageous every month. Eventually.....maybe once my contract is up, I will take over my cell phone bill and I can start paying for that one, so it's one less my parents have to worry about covering. I'm thankful they have been helping out up to this point, but I think it's time that I start taking over my bills little by little. I'm thinking about writing up a separate contract for myself when my plan expires in August so I will know how much it would be month, and it would make me feel less dependent on other people.
I'm trying to be as independent as possible, b/c once Nathan and I get our house, I would feel better if I wasn't needing to still rely on my parents for help with bills and what not. I want to take over what I have, and at some point I will probably sit down with my dad and come with a rough estimate of what each bill is, like car insurance, phone, etc...all the things they are covering for me and eventually I will be taking over, so I will know what my total cost would be each month for everything I would be paying for. I think it would be smart for me to know so that then I would be able to budget my money and spend wisely with what I would need for those bills and what I would need for Jayden and what, if any, I would have left extra to put aside for savings. I'm thinking that will be this months plan, to come with a rough estimate of what each thing would be. Maybe then I could draft up a seperate car insurance plan with a company and get a better rate..or something like that..who knows?! But It's something I need to focus of thinking about since at some point I'm going to need to become independent of them.
So my birthday is coming up this month, I'm not really sure what to ask for, the main thing that comes to mind is money so I can start saving up for our house fund, and other such things. My grandma is letting me go shopping and pick out some cute things at work, so I think that's going to be something I do tomorrow at some point when I'm bored in the afternoon. Our extra discount ends tomorrow, so I need to take advantage of it while I still can. I would be getting 20% off my total purchase, and then an additional 20% off of whatever that first total came out to be...so it would end up being about 30% off total or something like that..I'm not really sure. but basically if I got a shirt that was originally 29.99, with my discount, I would be getting it for 19.50...so I would essentially save about 10 bucks...not so terrible, but also not the best it could get. I will try to keep my initial cost under 20 if i can and I won't exceed $100, b/c then I would feel really terrible. I'm going to try and find a light weight cover up and try on some of our really cute tops we have. I have had my eye on a lot of things, but after trying them on, hopefully I will only really love a couple of them...it will make having to pick and choose a LOT easier. I always love it when I walk into a dressing room with like 10 tops and walk out with about 2..it makes my decision making much easier..though it's also kind of depressing at the same time, especially if i really need to find something. I'm also thinking about trying on our various brands of jeans, b/c we have a lot of great styles and they all come in my size, I just don't have any idea how they would fit, so we will see.
But yea, anyways, right now I'm texting Nathan and watching "The Walking Dead" As well as watching Jayden sleeping in his swing. I'm almost afraid to move him. AW SNAP, I just realized it's 11pm and we are supposed to be losing an hour of sleep tonight due to daylight savings time. I'm thinking that I'm going to get off of here and head to bed for the night. Everybody else has turned in except for brian and his friend. My mom and sister are leaving for Michigan in the morning at about 5:30am, so they went to bed early...it's going to be a long drive for them, but I'm sure they will find things to talk about to keep them entertained. :-) Well, anywhos, time to take my butt to bed!
Night Might!
~Sarah~
I have the day off tomorrow, and that'll be nice b/c I have to go to Nathan's and drop off little man for a couple of days so he can stay with his daddy and hang out. I'm thinking that I might not come back down there until Tuesday night, but I'm not sure yet. It's just a lot of driving back and forth for me when I have to work both monday and tuesday. I was kind of thinking I would drop him off sunday night and stay then leave from his house monday to head to work, and then not go back down until I got off of work on tuesday to pick him up...that way I wouldn't have to drive back and forth, but idk b/c I would really miss little man, and it'd be nice to stay with Nathan....maaaaybe I could convince him to come hang out up here..lol. Nah, probably a bad idea, not to mention Nathan would be bored out of his mind, b/c there isnt really a whole lot to do around here. I think he'd be better off to stay at his house anyways and hang out with tiny there.
UGH! So we found out there was an additional hospital bill that we still have to pay that hasn't been covered yet, which totally sucks b/c it's going to be 300 something, and that's 300 we could have used for our house fund. :/ Though I do suppose it's best to get it out of the way now so we don't have to worry about it when we are living in our house. We only have 9 more months left to pay on the other bills, and that one will be fully paid off and we won't have to worry any more about hospital bills!! And that will be such a relief!! The only thing now I have to start picking up is my credit card bill. After this month, I'm only going to be using it for gas purchases so that hopefully it won't get to outrageous every month. Eventually.....maybe once my contract is up, I will take over my cell phone bill and I can start paying for that one, so it's one less my parents have to worry about covering. I'm thankful they have been helping out up to this point, but I think it's time that I start taking over my bills little by little. I'm thinking about writing up a separate contract for myself when my plan expires in August so I will know how much it would be month, and it would make me feel less dependent on other people.
I'm trying to be as independent as possible, b/c once Nathan and I get our house, I would feel better if I wasn't needing to still rely on my parents for help with bills and what not. I want to take over what I have, and at some point I will probably sit down with my dad and come with a rough estimate of what each bill is, like car insurance, phone, etc...all the things they are covering for me and eventually I will be taking over, so I will know what my total cost would be each month for everything I would be paying for. I think it would be smart for me to know so that then I would be able to budget my money and spend wisely with what I would need for those bills and what I would need for Jayden and what, if any, I would have left extra to put aside for savings. I'm thinking that will be this months plan, to come with a rough estimate of what each thing would be. Maybe then I could draft up a seperate car insurance plan with a company and get a better rate..or something like that..who knows?! But It's something I need to focus of thinking about since at some point I'm going to need to become independent of them.
So my birthday is coming up this month, I'm not really sure what to ask for, the main thing that comes to mind is money so I can start saving up for our house fund, and other such things. My grandma is letting me go shopping and pick out some cute things at work, so I think that's going to be something I do tomorrow at some point when I'm bored in the afternoon. Our extra discount ends tomorrow, so I need to take advantage of it while I still can. I would be getting 20% off my total purchase, and then an additional 20% off of whatever that first total came out to be...so it would end up being about 30% off total or something like that..I'm not really sure. but basically if I got a shirt that was originally 29.99, with my discount, I would be getting it for 19.50...so I would essentially save about 10 bucks...not so terrible, but also not the best it could get. I will try to keep my initial cost under 20 if i can and I won't exceed $100, b/c then I would feel really terrible. I'm going to try and find a light weight cover up and try on some of our really cute tops we have. I have had my eye on a lot of things, but after trying them on, hopefully I will only really love a couple of them...it will make having to pick and choose a LOT easier. I always love it when I walk into a dressing room with like 10 tops and walk out with about 2..it makes my decision making much easier..though it's also kind of depressing at the same time, especially if i really need to find something. I'm also thinking about trying on our various brands of jeans, b/c we have a lot of great styles and they all come in my size, I just don't have any idea how they would fit, so we will see.
But yea, anyways, right now I'm texting Nathan and watching "The Walking Dead" As well as watching Jayden sleeping in his swing. I'm almost afraid to move him. AW SNAP, I just realized it's 11pm and we are supposed to be losing an hour of sleep tonight due to daylight savings time. I'm thinking that I'm going to get off of here and head to bed for the night. Everybody else has turned in except for brian and his friend. My mom and sister are leaving for Michigan in the morning at about 5:30am, so they went to bed early...it's going to be a long drive for them, but I'm sure they will find things to talk about to keep them entertained. :-) Well, anywhos, time to take my butt to bed!
Night Might!
~Sarah~
Monday, March 5, 2012
Pictures..
OMG! I want one of these!!
UPDATE:
Well, where to start? Hmmm...Well I had an emotional breakdown last night (first one in a VERY long time..guess it was due?) b/c I was feeling bad that I get to spend so much with Jayden and Nathan so little. It broke my heart just thinking about it, so I won't get into it again b/c I don't want to wind up sad, but the jist was I realized just how precious all the moments are that I do spend with him, and how much I know Nathan wants to be with us so badly.
I'm thankful I went on birth control b/c I have a feeling that if I wasn't on it, I'd be having a lot more meltdowns. The hormones in the birth control some how have made me less emotional than I normally would be, but since I was taking an antibiotic this past week, it threw them all out of wack and I'm honestly not surprised it hit me like it did. I mean I was in like full on meltdown mode, it was awful.
On another note, I'm working a lot now it seems and I really still love my job. I opened today, which was a first, and, to be be honest, I'm not sure if I'd rather open or close. I like both, but I almost feel like I get out earlier if I close than open...but who really knows. It also was OMG slooooow today. I had time to recover (or organize, size and straighten...for those of you who don't speak retail) all of the tables in my section and the other section. I was working in petites today and normally I work in modern sportswear. I went over and helped the other girls by recovering their denim tables and denim wall by the time my shift was over. I finished that and STILL had over an hour left to figure out what to do. to some extent I was kind of thankful that I had didn't have much to do, b/c I bought these new shoes on my break, and they were killing my feet after about 30 minutes and giving me blisters...I'm contemplating taking them back and exchanging them for a different pair, but I think if I wear them with socks or some type or hose/stockings, I should be okay..or so I hope. My boots I went into work wearing are okay for the first 3 hours but after that they end up killing my feet.
Jayden is still doing well, though he isn't able to eat carrots or any other orange baby food, b/c he keeps having a reaction to the dye in it. Speaking of dye, I talked to my mom about dying my hair blonde, but she said if I want to I'll have to pay for it since she is covering the cost of my counseling for anxiety (which starts tomorrow). So I suppose that will have to wait, or maybe I could add it to my birthday list, eh, who knows. I would use my paycheck to do it, but I'm planning on using that for something for Nathan.....and no hun, I'm not going to tell you what it is..lol!
I'm trying to watch the walking dead while blogging so I can get caught up on it, but it's to difficult for me to focus on what I want to say here and also follow the story line there. I usually end getting so far behind that I have about 3 episodes to catch up on at any given time. However, this week I'm only behind 2 episodes, so that's not to terrible. :-)
Tomorrow after I get off of work I'm going to take Jayden down to Nate's so he can spend some time with him while I'm working and he's off for a couple of days. I have to work wednesday, so I will leave from his house and go to work, and then come back down there and spend thursday with him and Jayden. Maybe the weather will be nice and we could take Jayden to the park or something like that. It'd be nice to go back to the one park we went to when I was pregnant and we saw the spider lilies.
So due to the fact that I really want Nathan, Jayden and I to be together as a family, I'm still looking around online to see what kind of other jobs I'm able to locate. I would love to be able to find something full time, but I don't know what my odds are of that happening, so for now I'm looking at possibly taking up another part time job and letting one know I can only open and the other I can only close. The dairy queen near me is hiring, but I see myself getting super fat if I work there..haha! I say this only b/c I would probably eat a lot of ice cream since I think you get it for free if you do work there. However it might be worth a shot since I have yet to be able to find anything else at this point. I will say though, I still really love my job and I like that I'm getting around 24ish hours a week, b/c I'm sure that once my pay check comes it will be a good lump sum..or so I hope at least.
Jayden is now sitting in his swing at 10pm and is fussing but I'm hoping it's the kind of fussing that will turn into sleep, but I'm not so convinced of that. I think the swing is moving to quickly for him to relax. (I'm about to go fix that right now)
I'm going to my counseling meeting tomorrow. I'm not really sure what to expect, but I hope it will be helpful to me. If after the first session I feel that nothing was accomplished and I have the feeling that going back for more sessions won't benefit me any, then I probably won't continue with it b/c it's so freaking expensive. I am hoping though that I will be able to come up with something to help me, but if not I suppose it will be okay, b/c I have a strong support system around me. :-)
I'm trying to think if there is anything else I was going to talk about..?? I don't think so, but I'm sure if there is, I will get another request to update my blog. Though, I kind of feel like I keep blogging about the same things..I guess b/c that's pretty much what's on my mind and what's been going through my head lately...though I do wonder...has Nathan updated his blog??? ...probably not...lol! Welp, until next time...
xoxo's
~Sarah~
I'm thankful I went on birth control b/c I have a feeling that if I wasn't on it, I'd be having a lot more meltdowns. The hormones in the birth control some how have made me less emotional than I normally would be, but since I was taking an antibiotic this past week, it threw them all out of wack and I'm honestly not surprised it hit me like it did. I mean I was in like full on meltdown mode, it was awful.
On another note, I'm working a lot now it seems and I really still love my job. I opened today, which was a first, and, to be be honest, I'm not sure if I'd rather open or close. I like both, but I almost feel like I get out earlier if I close than open...but who really knows. It also was OMG slooooow today. I had time to recover (or organize, size and straighten...for those of you who don't speak retail) all of the tables in my section and the other section. I was working in petites today and normally I work in modern sportswear. I went over and helped the other girls by recovering their denim tables and denim wall by the time my shift was over. I finished that and STILL had over an hour left to figure out what to do. to some extent I was kind of thankful that I had didn't have much to do, b/c I bought these new shoes on my break, and they were killing my feet after about 30 minutes and giving me blisters...I'm contemplating taking them back and exchanging them for a different pair, but I think if I wear them with socks or some type or hose/stockings, I should be okay..or so I hope. My boots I went into work wearing are okay for the first 3 hours but after that they end up killing my feet.
Jayden is still doing well, though he isn't able to eat carrots or any other orange baby food, b/c he keeps having a reaction to the dye in it. Speaking of dye, I talked to my mom about dying my hair blonde, but she said if I want to I'll have to pay for it since she is covering the cost of my counseling for anxiety (which starts tomorrow). So I suppose that will have to wait, or maybe I could add it to my birthday list, eh, who knows. I would use my paycheck to do it, but I'm planning on using that for something for Nathan.....and no hun, I'm not going to tell you what it is..lol!
I'm trying to watch the walking dead while blogging so I can get caught up on it, but it's to difficult for me to focus on what I want to say here and also follow the story line there. I usually end getting so far behind that I have about 3 episodes to catch up on at any given time. However, this week I'm only behind 2 episodes, so that's not to terrible. :-)
Tomorrow after I get off of work I'm going to take Jayden down to Nate's so he can spend some time with him while I'm working and he's off for a couple of days. I have to work wednesday, so I will leave from his house and go to work, and then come back down there and spend thursday with him and Jayden. Maybe the weather will be nice and we could take Jayden to the park or something like that. It'd be nice to go back to the one park we went to when I was pregnant and we saw the spider lilies.
So due to the fact that I really want Nathan, Jayden and I to be together as a family, I'm still looking around online to see what kind of other jobs I'm able to locate. I would love to be able to find something full time, but I don't know what my odds are of that happening, so for now I'm looking at possibly taking up another part time job and letting one know I can only open and the other I can only close. The dairy queen near me is hiring, but I see myself getting super fat if I work there..haha! I say this only b/c I would probably eat a lot of ice cream since I think you get it for free if you do work there. However it might be worth a shot since I have yet to be able to find anything else at this point. I will say though, I still really love my job and I like that I'm getting around 24ish hours a week, b/c I'm sure that once my pay check comes it will be a good lump sum..or so I hope at least.
Jayden is now sitting in his swing at 10pm and is fussing but I'm hoping it's the kind of fussing that will turn into sleep, but I'm not so convinced of that. I think the swing is moving to quickly for him to relax. (I'm about to go fix that right now)
I'm going to my counseling meeting tomorrow. I'm not really sure what to expect, but I hope it will be helpful to me. If after the first session I feel that nothing was accomplished and I have the feeling that going back for more sessions won't benefit me any, then I probably won't continue with it b/c it's so freaking expensive. I am hoping though that I will be able to come up with something to help me, but if not I suppose it will be okay, b/c I have a strong support system around me. :-)
I'm trying to think if there is anything else I was going to talk about..?? I don't think so, but I'm sure if there is, I will get another request to update my blog. Though, I kind of feel like I keep blogging about the same things..I guess b/c that's pretty much what's on my mind and what's been going through my head lately...though I do wonder...has Nathan updated his blog??? ...probably not...lol! Welp, until next time...
xoxo's
~Sarah~
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Life:
Well I must say, things in my life are going really well these days! I LOVE my job and I look forward to going every time. I wasn't sure about it at first, but after my last shift I realize just how much I enjoy what I do. I hope to, at some point, be promoted to full time so I can pick up more hours than 20 a week. It kind of sucks that I won't ever be allowed to exceed that, but I suppose it also allows me to pick up a second job and not be to overwhelmed. I like the freedom and relaxed environment that a department store provides over a smaller retail store. I also like the fact that I have more responsibility and they trust us to do things like close and open registers without management over looking us. I like the fact that as long as I get the store recovered by the end of my shift, I have the freedom to work at my own pace and not feel like I need to constantly be running around like a chicken with my head cut off. It's really nice to know I can leave the clothes on the rack for a couple of hours and get to them when I have to put them back. It's such a difference from working at express that I absolutely love, the only thing I'm not to keen on is the fact that we are supposed to get 1 person to open a credit card every week.....
hold that thought...projectile spit up down my shirt needs attention...ugh! ....oh the joys of being a mommy!
Mission complete...okay, now where was I...??
AH! ...That has proven to be a challenge b/c with todays economy, more and more people are afraid of lowering their credit scores and opening up cards, that either they already have one, or aren't allowed by their significant other. I'm not to worried about it though, b/c there's no sense in stressing over it until I need to.
On another note, Jayden is doing wonderful, eating solid foods now and absolutely loving the peas and green beans. (the sweet potatoes give him a belly ache) He also really likes his rice cereal. He is growing up to be a big boy and eats 6 ounces now in his bottle without a problem. If I feed him some solid foods, I lower it to only 4 ounces, since his belly is also full with the solid food. It seems to be working out really well now and he's just so precious, we really are so lucky he is such a great baby! Yesterday I got this bright idea to move him into my sisters room. (She isn't living at home anymore b/c she's at grad school, and when she is home she tends to sleep downstairs anyways.) He had been sleeping in my room in the pack and play, and that was working out alright, but now that's he's getting older it's easier to put him to bed and close the door and tune out the noises for him. (In my room I wasn't able to do that b/c I still had to get ready for bed myself, and it was proving to be more of a challenge getting him to sleep at night, and stay asleep.) This way he is able to sleep in his room as long as he wants and I have a monitor that allows me to hear him if he wakes up for any reason in the night. I also LOVE that I have the space back in my closet and more space in my bedroom. It's nice to have my own place again. ...Though I will say, my main reason for moving him into his own room was because when Nate and I move into our house, Jayden will have his own room, and I thought that by doing it now, it would make the transition easier for him. It wouldn't be as hard going into his own room in a new house with different noises than he is used to, and he will adjust easier than just at once. It worked out really well and I got a much better nights sleep b/c I wasn't woken with every move he made, and he wasn't woken up with my movement. I think the transition will go smoothly and now that we have him on a schedule, he's doing a lot better.
Mom and I went swimming suit shopping today, and she found one she really loved, and I found one I thought was alright. I really liked the style, but I wasn't 100% sure about the color. The one I liked the most was deep purple, though I did find a pattern that was black, green, blue, and white, that I also liked. This store is neat b/c you can customize your own suit, and pick out the style you love, and then they will order it for you in the size and color you choose. I am now stuck b/w wanting to create my own, or just going with the flattering deep purple one. I'm just not sure. The only thing is if you create your own and hate it, you're stuck with it. So IDK yet what I'm going to do about that, I suppose only time will tell. :)
My mom and I just went on adventure with Jayden around my backyard and took lots of really cool looking pictures of him. I'm going to post them now on facebook so if you want to see them you can look there. :-)
I know I was going to blog about more...but at the moment that's all I can think of...not to mention a certain tiny human is vying for my attention..so I'm getting off of here until later!
Adios!
~Sarah~
hold that thought...projectile spit up down my shirt needs attention...ugh! ....oh the joys of being a mommy!
Mission complete...okay, now where was I...??
AH! ...That has proven to be a challenge b/c with todays economy, more and more people are afraid of lowering their credit scores and opening up cards, that either they already have one, or aren't allowed by their significant other. I'm not to worried about it though, b/c there's no sense in stressing over it until I need to.
On another note, Jayden is doing wonderful, eating solid foods now and absolutely loving the peas and green beans. (the sweet potatoes give him a belly ache) He also really likes his rice cereal. He is growing up to be a big boy and eats 6 ounces now in his bottle without a problem. If I feed him some solid foods, I lower it to only 4 ounces, since his belly is also full with the solid food. It seems to be working out really well now and he's just so precious, we really are so lucky he is such a great baby! Yesterday I got this bright idea to move him into my sisters room. (She isn't living at home anymore b/c she's at grad school, and when she is home she tends to sleep downstairs anyways.) He had been sleeping in my room in the pack and play, and that was working out alright, but now that's he's getting older it's easier to put him to bed and close the door and tune out the noises for him. (In my room I wasn't able to do that b/c I still had to get ready for bed myself, and it was proving to be more of a challenge getting him to sleep at night, and stay asleep.) This way he is able to sleep in his room as long as he wants and I have a monitor that allows me to hear him if he wakes up for any reason in the night. I also LOVE that I have the space back in my closet and more space in my bedroom. It's nice to have my own place again. ...Though I will say, my main reason for moving him into his own room was because when Nate and I move into our house, Jayden will have his own room, and I thought that by doing it now, it would make the transition easier for him. It wouldn't be as hard going into his own room in a new house with different noises than he is used to, and he will adjust easier than just at once. It worked out really well and I got a much better nights sleep b/c I wasn't woken with every move he made, and he wasn't woken up with my movement. I think the transition will go smoothly and now that we have him on a schedule, he's doing a lot better.
Mom and I went swimming suit shopping today, and she found one she really loved, and I found one I thought was alright. I really liked the style, but I wasn't 100% sure about the color. The one I liked the most was deep purple, though I did find a pattern that was black, green, blue, and white, that I also liked. This store is neat b/c you can customize your own suit, and pick out the style you love, and then they will order it for you in the size and color you choose. I am now stuck b/w wanting to create my own, or just going with the flattering deep purple one. I'm just not sure. The only thing is if you create your own and hate it, you're stuck with it. So IDK yet what I'm going to do about that, I suppose only time will tell. :)
My mom and I just went on adventure with Jayden around my backyard and took lots of really cool looking pictures of him. I'm going to post them now on facebook so if you want to see them you can look there. :-)
I know I was going to blog about more...but at the moment that's all I can think of...not to mention a certain tiny human is vying for my attention..so I'm getting off of here until later!
Adios!
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