So, congratulations are in order for several people. My cousin became a dad on Feb 8 when his son Jonathan Cole was born (named after his maternal grandparents, Johnsons and Coulsons - isn't that cool?) on Feb 8. My brother-in-law's sister became a mom when her daughter Liadan Elizabeth was born on Feb 9, and my co-worker left work yesterday to try delay labor since she was only 33 weeks along, but that apparently didn't work because Marshall and Miles were born this morning! Wow, babies!!
I started with a little sore throat on Wednesday, but I had a lot of work to do before I went to work on Thursday, so I stayed up late getting things figured out. Then I didn't sleep well, and got up early, and I felt HORRIBLE. My throat, even my neck, was incredibly sore. Tylenol helped a little, so I got through the workday, but Travis was feeling crummy and so was Audrey so the two of them stayed home and snuggled all day together. Emily has been skating through this all just fine. I think she napped yesterday at daycare, and she got about 30 min this afternoon on the couch here, so that can't hurt! I could barely function today, so poor Emily didn't have much to do since I just wanted to sit and Audrey just wanted a lap to be on.
Emily has decided to start working hard on her lower-case letters. She likes to take the cards from her Brown Bear game, that have a Purple Cat or a Red Bird, etc., written on them, and she says the words, then reads off the letters, and sounds out the word. She likes to dive into this kind of heavy-learning activity right after supper. She plays all day, but after we eat, then it's homework time. She gets all academic dives into problem solving mode. It seems to me that her brain might be tired at that point, and she might do better with studying during the day and playing at night, but really, what do I know about the developing brain?? It may be harder work for her to play than it is to do the kind of learning that seems like work to me. So, whatever, kiddo. I love to see all of it.
So, now that my coworker is officially on maternity leave, I'm wondering if I should tell HR to up my hours during her leave. I'm going to have a crazy workload and not only will I be working more than 20 hours a week anyway, I've got 4 days of vacation that I'll never be able to take! But if I have to pay for a whole extra day of daycare, I'd need to work at least 23 hours to come out ahead financially, at which point I might as well do 3 8- or 9-hour days. And suddenly I realize: YUCK. I mean, 3 whole days? at work??? bleh! But on the other hand, if I'm doing that work, I want to be paid for it and compensated for my unused vacation. Ugh. What do I do?
First thing's first - get rid of whatever this is I've got. I feel like my head is improperly attached to my neck, and staying conscious is a struggle. It's hard to convince my bright, perky, lovely girl to go to bed at 8:30 so I can go to bed soon after! This morning, I got Audrey dressed and brought her into Emily's room, where I laid out some clothes for her to put on. Then I saw her bed, and couldn't help myself - I climbed in, pulled up the covers, and didn't move for probably 20 minutes. The girls thought it was hilarious, so I was able to get a nice little rest in before I had to get moving again. It's pretty pathetic here these days!
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