Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Where did all the good people go ?
This Jack Johnson song keeps going through my head. I feel like in the last 2 weeks my little family has been taking a lot of punches. I think it started a day or 2 before we left Maine when a crazy bookstore owner accused Rory of ripping a book. She had been right next to me the whole time and suddenly this woman grabbed her arm and and said she had ripped this 35 dollar signed childerns book. I have not blogged about this because I am not proud of my reaction. Don't piss off Mama bee because the Hive is not that stable . Anyway Rory started crying and her arm was red from where the woman grabbed her. I did not know the woman was the owner . I have been going there ever summer for years. Those of you that know me well know I love books and if Rory had ripped a book i would buy it immediately but she was no where near this book and had been at my side or in my arms the 3 minutes we were there. Anyway the woman called the police but they told me that she has early dimentia and is not right. Then we get home and basically are told that there will be construction done , I did not mention that they said that we could stay and they would do it in piece meal but WTF so we told them we would leave. They found 3 guys to live there and even though we worked so hard to leave the place spottless are taking half our deposit because they said we only gave them 2 weeks notice !! but we were on vacation !! and they had our phone # and they knew we were on vacation becasue we asked if they could water our plants!! and brought them 2 nice bottles of wine for doing it . Then i still dont have my cobra info and DHL tried to deliver it but our buzzer was broken (I did not know) So i called DHL and asked if next time they could call my cell PLEASE and they said "your buzzer being broken is not our problem" So I still dont have it and it is almost the end of the month . Next the doctor I changed to left the practice one week after he looked me in the eyes and we went over my NEW birth plan. I found out offically when I went to my appt. So i have to change to another doctor that is not as aggressive about VBAC's . Also when we looked at this apt we were told that a family lived upstairs from us. I was happy because that meant that they would proably go to bed at a normal hour and we would not have any noise issues. Well there is not family there is 4 middle eastern men all living in the same size apt as we are. They are up all hours of the night . I am so sad I just want Rory to sleep through the night but it is impossible. I dont know what we should have done differently . Look longer ... we only had so much time. I dont know what to do. And then i basically lost a friend of 20 years. I dont know what is going on with her but I can't deal with it anymore. What she did the other night is unforgivable and I have no choice.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
stress
I feel really stressed. We got back from Maine and not only is the construction not done under us . The adjoining row house is going to be gutted in the next 3 weeks and that construction will take at least 6 months. The new owner of the house actually tried to come find us when he heard I was pregnant and had a little girl . To warn us that our home would soon be full of concrete dust, possibly lead paint particles and even asbestos !! So we are moving in the next 2 weeks. We are hoping to at least get part of the deposit back but who knows.
I know this might see extreme but our house shakes when construction is done downstairs I can't imagine the adjoining rooms being gutted and what that will sound like. And if you have kids you know how important naps are. Rory is a completely different kid if she does not get a good nap in the afternoon. It is really amazing.
OH and we are moving out of NYC in January so we only need a place for 5 months. This is really hard to find. but we think we found a furnished place. They of course want all 5 months up front. Smaller then ours now but cheaper. We will put our stuff in storage and just take what we need. Crib/ bassinet / clothes . basically like going on vacation . we will be in the same neighborhood .
God I hope this works out. Today I am transfering funds and filling out paperwork and Marc has already missed 2 days of work to deal with this. I am having BH contractions all the time but I think i just need to drink more water.
My parents are coming tomorrow for a visit and I feel bad that our home is now in boxes and that some of our plans are canceled so we can get ready to move. They are staying at a hotel but still .
I hope Rory deals with this move ok. A lot of her toys have to go to storage (not that she has a lot ) but still. One probably is our new apt is a 4 th floor walk up so if Marc is gone i have to walk the stroller down 4 flights and rory to get her to the park . But we will deal with it . I just have to take my time and not rush .
I know this might see extreme but our house shakes when construction is done downstairs I can't imagine the adjoining rooms being gutted and what that will sound like. And if you have kids you know how important naps are. Rory is a completely different kid if she does not get a good nap in the afternoon. It is really amazing.
OH and we are moving out of NYC in January so we only need a place for 5 months. This is really hard to find. but we think we found a furnished place. They of course want all 5 months up front. Smaller then ours now but cheaper. We will put our stuff in storage and just take what we need. Crib/ bassinet / clothes . basically like going on vacation . we will be in the same neighborhood .
God I hope this works out. Today I am transfering funds and filling out paperwork and Marc has already missed 2 days of work to deal with this. I am having BH contractions all the time but I think i just need to drink more water.
My parents are coming tomorrow for a visit and I feel bad that our home is now in boxes and that some of our plans are canceled so we can get ready to move. They are staying at a hotel but still .
I hope Rory deals with this move ok. A lot of her toys have to go to storage (not that she has a lot ) but still. One probably is our new apt is a 4 th floor walk up so if Marc is gone i have to walk the stroller down 4 flights and rory to get her to the park . But we will deal with it . I just have to take my time and not rush .
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Maine
Well we are wrapping up our 2 week vacation in Maine. I love it here. The weather has been great. And Rory has been amazing . She really has handled everything well. Not having electricity, the ruggage terrain , ect.
She is able to escape out of her pack - n- play. Where does she get the upper body strength ??! We had it out on the screened in porch for naps and I was laying in the hammock on the other side of the house. Somehow she crawled out opened the screened in porch walked down a flight of steps on the outside of the house around the front and all of a sudden I hear gravel footsteps (did i mention she was only wearing a diaper) and says "Hi Mama!" So now we have her taking naps in a tent that we zip up with her matteress in there.
Another highlight was a 10k in Stonington, Maine on July 4th . It was hilly but really cool weather and I was back and forth with the winner of my age group. She was a local and knew where the finish was so she got me in the end. Also hard to sprint these days . I finished with a 48:15 and Marc finished with the stroller in 44 minutes flat. We were both pretty happy . I wore my Mama for Obama shirt and got lots of laughs.
I am about to enter my last trimester and I can't wait. I hope that when we get back to NYC the contruction they were doing below us is done. They promised it would be but they promise a lot of things and normally it doesnt happen. So that is about it . We miss all our NYC friends and I look forward to seeing Astoria Park moms and dads.
She is able to escape out of her pack - n- play. Where does she get the upper body strength ??! We had it out on the screened in porch for naps and I was laying in the hammock on the other side of the house. Somehow she crawled out opened the screened in porch walked down a flight of steps on the outside of the house around the front and all of a sudden I hear gravel footsteps (did i mention she was only wearing a diaper) and says "Hi Mama!" So now we have her taking naps in a tent that we zip up with her matteress in there.
Another highlight was a 10k in Stonington, Maine on July 4th . It was hilly but really cool weather and I was back and forth with the winner of my age group. She was a local and knew where the finish was so she got me in the end. Also hard to sprint these days . I finished with a 48:15 and Marc finished with the stroller in 44 minutes flat. We were both pretty happy . I wore my Mama for Obama shirt and got lots of laughs.
I am about to enter my last trimester and I can't wait. I hope that when we get back to NYC the contruction they were doing below us is done. They promised it would be but they promise a lot of things and normally it doesnt happen. So that is about it . We miss all our NYC friends and I look forward to seeing Astoria Park moms and dads.
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