First days are always exhilarating. Excitement propels you out of bed, your head swims in the shower with ideas of what might lie ahead, and the drive there is full of prayers for safety and success. Today was one such "first day" for me. A new job. New kids, a new house to learn, and new routines to follow. Ah, the life of a nanny!
Thomas and Lillian kept me busy today. Thomas enjoyed testing his limits; something I will expect from him in the first few weeks. I suppose hitting is fun . . . unless you're the "hittie." Good thing he's pretty tiny; hopefully we'll curb this habit before it starts to hurt. Today also consisted of a chocolate covered Lillian and not knowing where they kept the Shout. After rinsing out her pants with cold water as an alternative, I cleaned Play-doh off the couch. How I'm going to get Thomas to figure out he eat the Play-doh will be an interesting discovery. Lillian made it on her own when my back was turned and she decided to sample some. Good thing mom had come home by then to comfort the tears that followed. Poor thing! (I don't remember how store bought Play-doh tasted; I always used the homemade version growing up.)
I decided, as an added note to my new routine, I would put into practice a little "alone" time at a favorite hang out. It will likely vary, and I'm looking forward to the spring when it can be moved out of doors. Today I chose Panera Bread. Time for reading or writing or just being with God. I'm going to try to do that more now; I've found the time "away" invaluable.
Over all it was a good day. They are good kids and once we get used to each other I'm sure it will be a great arrangement. I greatly enjoyed a nice time of journaling before meeting with Katie Herlihy for a long catch-up conversation. I am not even all that tired which is somewhat surprising. However, I'm looking forward to a nice dinner with the p's and watching 24. (I'm horribly addicted to it.) I have just been informed that I needn't wait for that dinner any longer.
I've only just realized that this blog reads a little like an advertisement...hope you have fun with the Play-Doh links :-D What will they think of next?
Back in college, in 2004 when blogging was hardly even a thing yet, I was here. Blogging before blogging meant anything to anyone. You can look in the archives for my past writings, but it was much more like a journal in the past. When we started fundraising, I messed around with the idea of launching something new for this new phase of our journey but actually hated that idea. I am a sum of all of my life and so much of it is here already. So I'm keeping it here. At least for now.
My main focus these days is blogging about our newest journey into the bizarre and wonderful world of gestational surrogacy. Posts dated 2013 and forward will trend heavily toward that journey. I don't promise everything I write will be about though. There might be other things that sneak in occasionally.
Please come along our journey with us. As the saying goes, "The more, the merrier!"
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