It is a quiet Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. HKB is asleep and AWB is watching some On Demand Winnie the Pooh so that I can type this up and cruise the 'net.
I am so looking forward to a day of nothing, eating and visiting friends we don't see enough. We invited ourselves to Christy's and Mike's and I bought very expensive liquor to compensate for the crashing. I am exhausted. Just as I decided not to leave the big F, DF is leaving for IBM!!! I told him to keep me in mind, I may just call his recruiter....This is after a day in NYC and basically grinding meetings just to get the contract signed for this project.
AWB
We visited the doctor's on Monday to see what is going on with AWB and the food issue. She has been storing her food on the side of her mouth for HOURS. Dr. M immediately said, "Oh, pouching, not that common but it happens." The moment the phrase came out of his mouth, I felt so much more relieved. At least it is something that other kids do and there is a name for it.
HKB
HKB's dad is going on hospice and we are all really sad, though I think that he said goodbye to his dad already. I can't imagine what shape he must be in and when I saw him in August, he looked very thin and almost like HKB's grandma Becker. It was hard to look at. So it can't be long now and I am not sure how we are going to do this with my upcoming schedule. HKB is definitely frustrated with his mom's thinking but it didn't take that long for everyone to be on the same wave length about what kind of care his dad should have.
I think I have managed to make myself deny that his dad is going to die. I've known him more than half my life. Never had a great relationship with him but he is the fulcrum of his mom's life. And JYW is right, her world is going to be destroyed. So I haven't realized the full sadness and loss.
Thanksgiving
And in the backdrop of this sadness, it is difficult to celebrate tommorrow's Thanksgiving. At least I am not so scared as I was when Baba died. But there are so many things to be thankful for:
1. Relatively healthy but butter ballish
2. AWB and HKB are fine and doing great
3. I have a job that is okay and pays very well
4. We have an excellent nanny who loves my girl
5. My mom is healthy and doing fine
6. I have been able to keep Christy as a friend even though she moved miles away
7. Kristen and I still chat briefly from time to time even though she is in Fresno.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Trying to Craft
All the frenzy of crafting paid off on Tuesday when EVERYONE in the house, conked out at 6:30PM. I had a sleeping husband on the couch and a sleeping toddler with an opened book in her hand fast asleep on an arm chair. Needless to say, I was able to cut all the felt for the advent envelopes. And have made impressive progress. The envelopes are easy to sew up and the embroidery goes fast.
Work wise it was endless hours of contract reviews punctuated by discussions about our upcoming release. I'm exhausted.
This weekend we went to the Children's Museum with Barbara and Ambrogio. It was fun. But both children were soaked from too much puddle stomping.
AWB
Is now saying "Hello Jake", "Hello Pig" in immitation of Kipper. Wong Ahyee claims that she can repeat the numbers in Chinese and Harold has heard her singing songs in Chinese.
I went to parent teacher conference on Monday and then also to visit the Arlington Children's Center. I was mistaken to only consider that one school. It is too far to walk and we may need to either stay at LTG or go to Fidelity House. I will still put in the application but I think it is far to walk.
The parent teacher conference was fine and they evaluated AWB on the 25th o f October. It would have been good to know that. I'm not that impressed with the teachers so far though.
Work wise it was endless hours of contract reviews punctuated by discussions about our upcoming release. I'm exhausted.
This weekend we went to the Children's Museum with Barbara and Ambrogio. It was fun. But both children were soaked from too much puddle stomping.
AWB
Is now saying "Hello Jake", "Hello Pig" in immitation of Kipper. Wong Ahyee claims that she can repeat the numbers in Chinese and Harold has heard her singing songs in Chinese.
I went to parent teacher conference on Monday and then also to visit the Arlington Children's Center. I was mistaken to only consider that one school. It is too far to walk and we may need to either stay at LTG or go to Fidelity House. I will still put in the application but I think it is far to walk.
The parent teacher conference was fine and they evaluated AWB on the 25th o f October. It would have been good to know that. I'm not that impressed with the teachers so far though.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Exhausted but Satisfied
I spent most of the afternoon after we got back from Ikea, organizing the house. Not so much the AWB's play area or even HKB's study, but definitely removing junk from the area where the phone was--it had become a jungle of receipts and also moving things off the hutch and using the drawers more efficiently. I worked a solid 5 hours on all that. Neglected AWB a bit but in the end, I feel so much better. I think the whole thing was kicked off by buying that Olfa cutting mat.
I still want to move the desk upstairs so I can put my sewing machine on it and really do some crafting but I am getting resistance from HKB about his clothes. I was going to give him my chest of drawers, but we shall see. At the moment, I'm too tired to think too hard on it.
AWB
I went to AWB's dance/movement class on Friday. It is an amazingly good class for such a dinky space. But I made the mistake of starting a conference call while the class was also starting and AWB really wanted me to be there. She cried but recovered.
She is now actively singing songs from the Tigger and Pooh shows and also spontaneously singing other songs. HKB says that he sees improvements in her.
At Ikea, she fought me with the food again but mostly ate the meatballs. Would have nothing to do with the mac and cheese though. And basically wanted to be in the store counting all things. We didn't let her and she wasn't happy but not so tough. We did wake her after only a 30 min nap though. All and all she was fantastic.
HKB
I am so tired, I have to force myself to complete this post. HKB came back on Thursday morning and he was tired, sad and happy to be home. We had a tiff about JC and how he was sorry we were not close friends. I took it personally thinking it was the previous comment how I should sacrifice myself for AWB's welfare as it relates to friends you don't really want to have.
I still want to move the desk upstairs so I can put my sewing machine on it and really do some crafting but I am getting resistance from HKB about his clothes. I was going to give him my chest of drawers, but we shall see. At the moment, I'm too tired to think too hard on it.
AWB
I went to AWB's dance/movement class on Friday. It is an amazingly good class for such a dinky space. But I made the mistake of starting a conference call while the class was also starting and AWB really wanted me to be there. She cried but recovered.
She is now actively singing songs from the Tigger and Pooh shows and also spontaneously singing other songs. HKB says that he sees improvements in her.
At Ikea, she fought me with the food again but mostly ate the meatballs. Would have nothing to do with the mac and cheese though. And basically wanted to be in the store counting all things. We didn't let her and she wasn't happy but not so tough. We did wake her after only a 30 min nap though. All and all she was fantastic.
HKB
I am so tired, I have to force myself to complete this post. HKB came back on Thursday morning and he was tired, sad and happy to be home. We had a tiff about JC and how he was sorry we were not close friends. I took it personally thinking it was the previous comment how I should sacrifice myself for AWB's welfare as it relates to friends you don't really want to have.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Late October Notes
I haven't posted in a while because I have been so amazingly busy with Halloween preparations and work.
The week of Halloween was a nightmare because HKB went home to see his dad. Things are bad and we are not sure he will see the end of November. I made the HUGE mistake of telling his mother off though. Not at all smart and I can't figure out what came over me.
AWB
Little Miss has made so much progress. On Saturday, we went to the sing along at Stella Bella in the Nor'easter and had to make a stop at Whole Foods because AWB asked for a Manana and then told me that she was hungry! I'm amazed. She has NEVER told me that she was hungry.
I also decided to give her a haircut at Snip its in Burlington. I was going to do this complicated thing of going to Chestnut Hill to pay my Barney's bill and see Linda and then do some shopping but I couldn't manage it. But after going to the Knitting Room and doing great, we went to Snip its and she did beautifully. No crying, some laughing at a DVD in their TV and the gal who cut her hair was super nice.
Today I spoke to Jenn the woman at the school who AWB loves. I asked if she would be interested in babysitting but she said she has kids of her own and there is a policy of no sitting for families at the school.
According to Kat, the EI teacher, I need to ask Jenn if AWB plays well with the other student in a group or if she is only concerned with individual play. I will ask on Wed or Thursday but my day is horrible on both days!
It looks as if we will not go back to CA for Thanksgiving since HKB cannot manage to stay much longer than this week. I am definitely going home for Christmas though.
The week of Halloween was a nightmare because HKB went home to see his dad. Things are bad and we are not sure he will see the end of November. I made the HUGE mistake of telling his mother off though. Not at all smart and I can't figure out what came over me.
AWB
Little Miss has made so much progress. On Saturday, we went to the sing along at Stella Bella in the Nor'easter and had to make a stop at Whole Foods because AWB asked for a Manana and then told me that she was hungry! I'm amazed. She has NEVER told me that she was hungry.
I also decided to give her a haircut at Snip its in Burlington. I was going to do this complicated thing of going to Chestnut Hill to pay my Barney's bill and see Linda and then do some shopping but I couldn't manage it. But after going to the Knitting Room and doing great, we went to Snip its and she did beautifully. No crying, some laughing at a DVD in their TV and the gal who cut her hair was super nice.
Today I spoke to Jenn the woman at the school who AWB loves. I asked if she would be interested in babysitting but she said she has kids of her own and there is a policy of no sitting for families at the school.
According to Kat, the EI teacher, I need to ask Jenn if AWB plays well with the other student in a group or if she is only concerned with individual play. I will ask on Wed or Thursday but my day is horrible on both days!
It looks as if we will not go back to CA for Thanksgiving since HKB cannot manage to stay much longer than this week. I am definitely going home for Christmas though.
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