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Where does the day go?

I always have grand plans for the day... and specifically naptime.  While Toodle is sleeping, I plan on doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen, doing laundry, blogging, job searching, cleaning the living room... And what happens?  Usually none of the above.  At the end of the day, when hubby walks in, I feel like he probably looks at the house and thinks I've been lazy all day.  Yeah, sometimes I just am.  But I can't be that way every day.  Some days I feel like I've been busy all day, but there's just no evidence.  I end up feeling like a bad wife and not even that good of a mommy.  Thing is, I know I'm not alone.  People warned me that it was a full-time job.  Boy, were they right.  Today, I've at least got laundry going.  I don't know how people get things done while their babies are awake.  Toodle just seems to be in a super-clingy stage right now, and if I try to set him down in a walker or jumper, he gets mad.  I'm not one to carry him around 24/7, but he gets so upset sometimes.  The things that used to work just don't anymore.  I guess I need to find new things or this house will go somewhere in a handbasket.

One of my goals is to be more organized.  I've seen cleaning schedules on Pinterest, and I really need to invest time into looking into those and setting up my own.  I also want to start setting weekly meal plans for Toodle, at the very least.  I spend too much time deciding what he's going to have for his meals and snacks, and sometimes I think this leads to not-the-healthiest choices.  I really want to make sure he develops healthy habits.  It's hard to break those- I'm working on that myself.  It's easier to just not create them.  Honestly, it'll helping me to eat a little healthier too, just an added bonus!

So, here's to finding my "organizational niche"!  

What a Week

You know they say take one day at a time... I got attacked by all seven of the days in this week all at once.  It was a long, rough one for the whole family, including the dogs.  I really started feeling not exactly 100% last Sunday.  It was one of those lingering, lurking in the background feelings that I was hoping would just go away without blossoming.  NOPE!  Tuesday evening I realized quite abruptly that I had... the stomach flu.  I will spare the details, but I'll just say I hadn't been that sick in a very long time.  Tuesday nights are hubby's "guy nights", so he wasn't home when it all went down.  I was home with Toodle.  Luckily it was close enough to bedtime for him that I survived it until then.  I did text hubby and ask him to take the next day off to watch Toodle because I didn't know how likely it was that I'd be able to get out of bed.  Well, come to find out, that was a good request on my part for both hubby and myself.  He texted his boss, and I was at least happy that I'd have repreive the next day.

At about 6:15am the following morning, I heard my husband going through the same issues I'd been through all night.  So he was down and out now too.  Luckily, I called my mom (AKA "Nana") and she was able to take Toodle that day.  She drove down to get him and took him back to her house.  I had intended on him coming back to me that evening, but things just were not working out that way.  He ended up staying the night and most of the following day while mommy and daddy attempted to rest and get over this unforgiving bug.  We are still attempting to fully recover, but we are at least functional at this point.  Now I am just praying that Toodle does not get what we got.  I don't think I could deal with that.

Thus is the story of the first night Toodle stayed anywhere but with mommy.  We are both still trying to recover from the trauma.  On the other hand, he did have fun with Nana, and she is so excited that she finally got to keep him over night.  I guess when you are too sick to move, it takes some of the pain out of being away from your child for that extra extended amount of time.  That's right, I have not yet made it to the point where I'm willing to let him go for more than a few hours at a time.  Maybe with the next one... 

Time for Introductions!

Hi, I'm Seren.  I've put off starting this blog for a week or so now, mainly because I wasn't exactly sure how to start it.  I wanted to take time to figure out how I want to structure it so that I'm not all over the place.  Truth is, that's kind of my personality since mommihood, so I'm sure it'll happen anyway.  So, who am I?  Yes, I am a mommy... a SAHM at this point, to be exact.  While that is the biggest part of my life, I have to remind myself that it is not the entirety of it.  I think that's one of the big reasons I wanted to start a blog to begin with.  I am also... a Wife, the Avon Lady (it's not as old-school as many people think), an herbalife distributor,  an MBA, job-seeker.

With all of that being said, I will talk about my son ("toodle")... a lot.  I feel like I don't have to be apologetic about that here.  He just turned one.  He makes me smile, and honestly sometimes he makes me cry.  I mentioned I am a SAHM.  That was actually not the plan at all.  I was laid off from my job as a program manager in March 2012.  They called me a week and a half after having my son (via c-section) to tell me they were "restructuring" and my position had been eliminated.  Well, I'm one to believe that things happen for a reason, and while it's been stressful to be unemployed, I have enjoyed my time with my child.  Honestly, it can get lonely at times not having adult interaction.  So I am looking for a job and looking forward to finding one.  On the other hand, I know it will be difficult when I do go back to work to not have the chance to spend all of my time with that boy.

Anyway, as my blog takes shape, I hope to devote certain days to certain topics and let other days take shape on their own... "Free Days", if you will.  I figure that's where you'll hear of the adventures in mommihood!