Renaissance Mom

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Separation Anxiety

Not Carter..........me!

My mantra this week is, "I will be fine. I will be fine."

We have no daycare this week. Our wonderful daycare provider is taking a much needed week off, even though she is missing them all terribly.

I took Monday - Wednesday off and Grandma and Grandpa E. are watching him the rest of the week. This is the first time he has been away from me over night.   He has been away from Dad over night numerous times. The first time was when he was only a few weeks old because our furnace in our house went kaput and was leaking carbon monoxide. I packed him up quicker than I have ever packed for an extended stay and we took off for my Mom's house, with no idea when we would be returning.

I took Carter up there on Sunday night and spent a few days playing golf and helping my Mom around the house. Then Wednesday came along and after a rough night in which Carter did not sleep well, I was truly not looking forward to leaving.

We got up at our normal time and ate some breakfast, then Mom took over and I went back to bed for a while before I needed to leave. My nap was interrupted by a couple texts and phone calls and decided to just get up and get moving. I got myself ready and packed up my suitcase. Carter woke up from a morning nap crabby as a bear. He was hungry. So I got him some lunch and joined him before I left.

The moment arrived and I had been telling myself to not cry until you leave.

That did not happen.

I told him "Goodbye" and gave him a big hug and kisses. I lost it when I was walking out the door. Then he stood with my Mom on the driveway saying, "Bye! Bye!" as I pulled out of the driveway tears streaming down my face.

I cried hard for the first 4 blocks of the trip until I got to a Stop sign and pulled myself together. The first leg of the 2 hour drive consisted of small bursts of tears when I thought about Carter. I tried to distract myself a little bit by calling my dad but, he could not talk long.

I called my Mom's 30 minutes into the drive with the excuse that I had not said goodbye to my stepfather, which was true. My leaving was more of a "get going while you still have the nerve" quickness. So I said goodbye to him and then asked how Carter was doing.

He was fine.

I hung up the phone and cried a little and continued my journey.

I made it home and called again. He was great playing with his uncle Mason or "MayMay" as Carter calls him. I hung up and did not cry! I got busy doing the things that I needed to do, which went surprisingly quickly. I had forgotten how much you can accomplish without having to constantly check on a wee one.

Doesn't make this any easier.

A co-worker said that I needed to look at this way.   First she asked me if I had spent time with my Grandparents when I was little?

Yes of course! I took trips with them, spent weeks at a time with them. Mom would come to get me and I would want to stay longer! So this is great for Carter, he will love it!

I will be fine.

She also said that He needs to get used to this because, he will do it more as he gets older.

It will be good for us both.

Very true R. You are wise.

I will be fine.

I miss him.

I will be fine.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Thirty

Happy Birthday Peter!

Today you turn the big 30.

You do not seem to think this is awesome, but I do.

Remember when we could not wait to turn 16.........19......21. Turning 30 is a milestone but, it doesn't change who you are.

Let's look at this in a couple of ways.

Mathematically

30

multiplicity/divisibility---1,2, 3, 5, 6,10,15,30

29+1= 30

Grammatically

Thirty

Historically
I did some hunting on the net to find some fun factoids. Lets take a look at some about the year you were born.

1981 Many notable technological advances happened in 1981 one of the most exciting was the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. This was also the first year that the Word Internet was mentioned and MS-DOS was released by Microsoft along with the first IBM PC. On the world stage the events that captured the imagination included Lady Diana Spencer marrying Charles The Prince of Wales. In Politics a little known group before Solidarity inspire popular protests and a general strike in Poland and the government in the UK starts the process of privatization of Nationalized Industries which is later followed by many other countries around the world.

Cost of Living 1981

How Much things cost in 1981

Yearly Inflation Rate USA10.35%

Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 875

Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 15.75%

Average Cost of new house $78,200.00
Average Income per year $21,050.00
Average Monthly Rent $315.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.25
Sinclair ZX80 $199.95
19 inch Color TV $399.95

Events

Air traffic controllers strike causing chaos in the US and The US President Ronald Reagan Fires Them
Ronald Reagan becomes US President
Researchers find the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic
Muhammad Ali finally retires with career record of 55 wins and 5 defeats
Sandra Day O'Connor is nominated to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The first American test-tube baby, is born

Technology

Scientists identifyThe Aids Virus
First Flight of US Space Shuttle Columbia
The European Rocket "Ariane" is launched
IBM in US launches it's first PC which uses Microsoft Software MS DOS
The term INTERNET first mentioned
Post It Notes launched by 3M Corp
The Worlds Fastest Train The French TGV goes into service between Paris and Lyons
China Clones the first fish ( Golden Carp )
Artificially Produced Insulin becomes the worlds first genetically engineered protein to treat human disease Diabetes
MS-DOS released by Microsoft

Popular Culture 1981

MTV (Music Television) is launched August 1st
Simon And Garfunkel Reunite for concert in New Yorks Central Park

Popular Films

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Superman II
Nine to Five
Any Which Way You Can
Arthur
The Cannonball Run
For Your Eyes Only
On Golden Pond
Chariots of Fire

Popular Musicians

John Lennon
Blondie
Dolly Parton " 9 to 5 "
Sheena Easton
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie with " Endless Love "
Olivia Newton-John With " Physical "
Roxy Music
Bucks Fizz
Adam and The Ants
Michael Jackson
Queen
David Bowie

Born This Year 1981

Jennifer Tisdale
Allison Crowe
Britney Spears
Justin Timberlake

Major World Political Leaders 1981

Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser Brazil President João Figueiredo Canada Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau China Chairman of the People's Republic of China Post Abolished France President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Till 21 May
France President François Mitterrand From 21 May

Germany Chancellor Helmut Schmidt India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Italy Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani Till 28 June
Italy Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini From 28 June

Japan Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki Mexico President José López Portillo Russia / Soviet Union Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Leonid Brezhnev South Africa Prime Minister Pieter Willem Botha United States President Jimmy Carter Till January 20,
United States President Ronald Reagan From January 20,

United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

While it may seem a little daunting........

30 is just a number.

Please remind me of this in 4 months.

Live it up and have a great time!

"Last Friday Night"

"Yeah we took to many shots......"

"and we danced on table tops......."

Ok maybe not.

But we did have a pretty good time.

Last Friday I went out with some co-workers for a birthday party. It was Karaoke in a small town bar, just outside the city I live in.

It was fun! We had a big group of people, which made for a very lively night.

To kick off the fun the Kraoke DJ proposed to his girlfriend. Most of us were in a state of "is this really happening?" shock.

The Birthday girl AB, did a line of shots shortly after I got there so she was pretty much gone by the time the Karaoke actually started at 9pm. Which made her feel like the owner of the micophone and every 30 seconds or so you would hear a high pitched "woo woo" no matter what song was being sung.