Ya do What ya Gotta do

I have officially accepted the Lead 2's position at school. While I don't think this is a necessarily bad choice, it's not a move I particularly wanted to make. I really enjoy being a floater and doing breaks, going from room to room and seeing all the children, not being "stuck" in one spot. I have really enjoyed being in the toddler room a lot these last few weeks and most of them will be moving up into the 2's before I go on leave. The thing about it is that I HAVE to have enough hours to pay rent and bills and support the family and with this position I can keep the schedule I need. 630-230 with an hour break M,T,Th,F. I'll be off on Wednesdays and Abbi will be done with La Petite as of tomorrow. We're trying to work out me opening for just an hour on Wednesday morning so that a sub doesn't have to come over EVERY Wednesday to open. It'll be cutting it really close to get Scott to work on time those days and I'm not sure that it will continue to work once Emmalie is born. We'll see. Lucky for me, Beth was an awesome Two's teacher and can really help me understand how the lesson plans work. Plus, she will be the one to come in for me everyday (until she leaves completely). Jami will be the one to be in my class on Wednesdays so at least I know someone competent will be covering for me while I'm out. It's 7-10 children who barely talk, run all over the place and are potty training. Lord help me :-)

As of today I have 8 weeks left. 4 weeks until my baby shower, which I'm pretty psyched for. It's almost hard to believe that it's almost over already. In reality she could come early and I won't even go 8 weeks, but I probably will go till my due date. Aside from the waking up to pee 3 times a night I actually sleep pretty well with and without my Ambien even though it's hard for me to get into a comfortable position. Getting up and down is ridiculously difficult sometimes and often when I stand something hurts (ankles, back, feet, butt, whatever). My chest hurts, and that's only going to get worse, so that sucks. There is some hospital paperwork I need to dig out again and complete. My appt Tuesday went well. Heartbeat 130, good growth, he didn't say anything about my 5 lb weight gain over the 3 weeks, no concerns, did the icky Beta Strep test and sent me on my way. I go back in 3 weeks. Then I'll probably be every week. Yipee.

I am loving the weather we are having right now. Rain and overcast with a chill is my perfect weather. Not that I like my pants to drag the ground and get wet, but I love everything else about it. I really dislike the sun! We have had the air and heat both off for days now and we're just adjusting the windows as we please. I'm hoping this will save on our bill just a bit this month.

Today is Abbi's gymnastics class. We missed last week because we were sick so she is excited to go back. It's the last class of the cycle and we start cycle 2 next week. It runs another 9 weeks and we're hoping she will progress to the next class at that point. She does well and I think she will just continue to get better. It's in her genes :-)

Still really sad that we're not able to get our maternity pics done. I was really, REALLY looking forward to them. Unfortunately, we just don't have the money, even with the great deal we were getting. We have Scott's friends' wedding this Saturday. We plan to attend the wedding and reception and Nikki offered to watch Abbi since she has Julia this weekend. Scott and I are having confrontations about what time is appropriate to leave since we have a sitter. I know I'm right, so he'll just have to deal with it.

It's weird that tomorrow is Abigail's last day at La Petite. She has been there for 2 years now and it will be strange not taking her in or taking her home, not having her there. She has only been there a bit over the last few months but it's going to be a change to not have her there at all, for her to not have a cubby or anything like that. I'm not sure she necessarily understands what I'm telling her when I say that tomorrow is her last day, but she will I suppose when she doesn't go back next week or the week after. I know she will miss the kids, but I plan to have her get together with as many of them as possible and still try to take her with me to some LPA events for her to see everyone.

I'm just so glad tomorrow is Friday and the weekend is here once again. I certainly hope I get something accomplished this weekend instead of just sleep!