One day I will find the time to blog more. But not today. I do have a few minutes so here's the scoop.
We're moving again. Found a great little deal in the town of Trumbull where we always wanted to live. So instead of living the rest of my days here on Blueberry Lane in Stratford, we are switching gears to Cottage Street in Trumbull. Was this in the plans? No. I threw away every last moving box when we moved here last year. So. Life...crazy. Trying to do all the normal everyday things...work, family, kids, etc. But now we are in a frenzy to remodel both bathrooms and finish up a few things that need to be done to list our house on the market. All at the same time that we are putting together blueprints and working out the zoning details to take the little shack we just bought and turn it into a beautiful home for us. Permanently. Are you reading this, Jason Chiodo? I'm not moving again after this. Seriously, this time. We've never done a project this big...so I'm a wee bit nervous and stressed out and excited and impatient. No biggie.
Enjoying the gorgeous summer weather. Doing lots of water play with the kiddos. The pool, slip n' slide, sprinkler hose. I'm washing beach towels every day. Getting ready for my kids to add another birthday to their young lives. How can Ben be turning 2 in July? How is that possible?!? Enrolling Abby for kindergarten. And August 31st (Abby's first day of school) I will be doing the ugly cry. Just bank on it. It's gonna happen. Jason may need to take the day off to handle his out of control emotionally unstable wife that day.
I did recently switch to work the night shift at Yale-still in the PACU. I'm sacrificing sleep for the sake of our family. :) It's not that bad. I'm working 2 12 hour shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. More money (love shift differential) and less babysitting (love being with my kids more!) I was working 9:30-10 during the day, and it was just breaking my heart. I'd run around crazy in the morning, get the kids dropped off, and would come crawling home exhausted to see them fast asleep at night. Kinda hurt to miss out on whole days with them. So when a night shift position opened up, I jumped at the chance. If I don't work back to back, I can truly sleep 3 hours and get up and function the rest of the day. Head and words are a little fuzzy, but I think I come across as looking pretty normal. I try to do every Friday night so that Saturday mornings can be fun Jason/Abby/Ben time while I sneak in those 3 hours. Babysitter time just went from 18 hours a week to 4-6 hours. Sweet.
Okay. Off to get the paint off of my wedding ring. I dream of the day I will not need to paint something somewhere.
