I've been at work every single day for some reason or another since the first day of classes- whatever that Monday before Labor Day was. Not a huge deal and certainly not anything new- it's the nature of collegiate athletics- for obvious reasons, this year is different because of my little wild card, MOCK-SEEM!
Man, I like this kid. I don't usually take days off so a blessing in disguise in the form of post nasal drip stopped by the Kurpel house yesterday morning. I'm a real piece of work- I don't like to take days off. Even when I was a teacher I used to hoard my days off and boast about it as a badge of honor because when I retired I would be able to be paid for up to 180 of them!!!! (Glutton for punishment or just crazy?)
Now I only get a certain number of sick, vacation and personal days each year that DO NOT carry over from year to year as they did when I'm a teacher- and notoriously in June, I'm scrambling to use them because I'M CRAZY and my arm basically has to be falling off to use one. Enter my job- I'm a college coach so if I don't go to work my team doesn't practice. My team doesn't practice, they might decide to act like almost every other college jock I know and take it as a challenge to see how drunk they can get- trust me, I'm speaking from experience.
I'm seizing the day! I don't have practice today (NCAA regulations can be fun!) but we do have our team Night of Relection so I have to be there at 5:15 but until then I'm home with my BB surfing the intranets with my head cold!
I might be the only person I know who welcomes illness so I can get some sleep and relaxation.
Here is a commercial break with some pics before I ramble some more about stuff you might not care about.
Four years ago when "I hated my teaching job" (I say this in quotes b/c I loved teaching, didn't like the situation) I'm starting to wonder how much my negative thoughts got in the way. Now when things get tough at work I feel the same crappy thoughts sneaking around my brain. I'm reading a bit about the power of positive thinking but sometimes I'm finding that my thoughts are sabotaged even thought I think I'm making a conscious effort to thing positively. I sure don't know what the solution is but saying things like "I have been at work everyday since 8/28" and "this is THE WORST" or other distructive things like this have been taking it's toll.
Some positives in the past few weeks:
1. Awesome baby and husband. Since I'm staying at work late most nights for practice (turf lights are a blessing and a curse...) Todd and Maks have been getting some great bonding time and they seem like they're having a blast. Although I'm sad I'm not there with them, I'm really thankful for my awesome, hands-on baby daddy.
2. I made a commitment to not miss more than two days in a row for my yoga practice- and also remind myself that it's not a workout that I have to do, but what I want to do because it's good for me and I like the way it makes me feel.
3. WE GOT RID OF THE COUCH. I think I've mentioned this before but this is the first step needed from Shannon's awesome work for me. I'm going to get this together.
4. My mums that I planted last year are blooming. Over the past two years I've picked up a whole slew of perennial plants and flowers for my garden and planted them when I got them which made me forget what all's in there- which is so awesome because about seven times a year I'm surprised with pretty flowers and butterfly visitors to my yard. So now I'm on the hunt for cheap mums to put more around the yard. I love outdoor flowers. I do not like indoor flowers. (well, I like them if I don't have to clean them up.)
5. BB is taking a nap. I read all over the place about how children need routine. I'm very successful getting BB to bed at night by swaddling in his muslin blankets (which has been my go to gift for all baby showers- I know, I know, stick to the registry...BUT at nearly five months old, these are the only receiving blankets Maks hasn't grown out of.) So I saw him yawning and rubbing his eyes about 40 minutes ago so I swaddled his ass and he's been asleep since. Love.
6. I'm blogging today!
7. Itsy Bitsy Yoga is a great kids yoga book- and Maks seems to like it. PS- my kid feverishly bicycles his legs and squeals when he's happy. I wish adults were more like this.
Man, I like this kid. I don't usually take days off so a blessing in disguise in the form of post nasal drip stopped by the Kurpel house yesterday morning. I'm a real piece of work- I don't like to take days off. Even when I was a teacher I used to hoard my days off and boast about it as a badge of honor because when I retired I would be able to be paid for up to 180 of them!!!! (Glutton for punishment or just crazy?)
Now I only get a certain number of sick, vacation and personal days each year that DO NOT carry over from year to year as they did when I'm a teacher- and notoriously in June, I'm scrambling to use them because I'M CRAZY and my arm basically has to be falling off to use one. Enter my job- I'm a college coach so if I don't go to work my team doesn't practice. My team doesn't practice, they might decide to act like almost every other college jock I know and take it as a challenge to see how drunk they can get- trust me, I'm speaking from experience.
I'm seizing the day! I don't have practice today (NCAA regulations can be fun!) but we do have our team Night of Relection so I have to be there at 5:15 but until then I'm home with my BB surfing the intranets with my head cold!
I might be the only person I know who welcomes illness so I can get some sleep and relaxation.
Here is a commercial break with some pics before I ramble some more about stuff you might not care about.
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| This handsome boy slept from 930pm last night until 7am this morning. He knew his mommy needed a long nap. |
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| Hat party at Spencers GRM. Raawr! |
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| Guess who can crawl?! |
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| Hat party, con't. |
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| Dead stink bug on my wall. |
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| Pop-pop pants. Well, more like Daddy pants. Todd has red shorts that he wears like this to be funny? I thought I'd send him this picture to see the example he's setting for our son. |
Four years ago when "I hated my teaching job" (I say this in quotes b/c I loved teaching, didn't like the situation) I'm starting to wonder how much my negative thoughts got in the way. Now when things get tough at work I feel the same crappy thoughts sneaking around my brain. I'm reading a bit about the power of positive thinking but sometimes I'm finding that my thoughts are sabotaged even thought I think I'm making a conscious effort to thing positively. I sure don't know what the solution is but saying things like "I have been at work everyday since 8/28" and "this is THE WORST" or other distructive things like this have been taking it's toll.
Some positives in the past few weeks:
1. Awesome baby and husband. Since I'm staying at work late most nights for practice (turf lights are a blessing and a curse...) Todd and Maks have been getting some great bonding time and they seem like they're having a blast. Although I'm sad I'm not there with them, I'm really thankful for my awesome, hands-on baby daddy.
2. I made a commitment to not miss more than two days in a row for my yoga practice- and also remind myself that it's not a workout that I have to do, but what I want to do because it's good for me and I like the way it makes me feel.
3. WE GOT RID OF THE COUCH. I think I've mentioned this before but this is the first step needed from Shannon's awesome work for me. I'm going to get this together.
4. My mums that I planted last year are blooming. Over the past two years I've picked up a whole slew of perennial plants and flowers for my garden and planted them when I got them which made me forget what all's in there- which is so awesome because about seven times a year I'm surprised with pretty flowers and butterfly visitors to my yard. So now I'm on the hunt for cheap mums to put more around the yard. I love outdoor flowers. I do not like indoor flowers. (well, I like them if I don't have to clean them up.)
5. BB is taking a nap. I read all over the place about how children need routine. I'm very successful getting BB to bed at night by swaddling in his muslin blankets (which has been my go to gift for all baby showers- I know, I know, stick to the registry...BUT at nearly five months old, these are the only receiving blankets Maks hasn't grown out of.) So I saw him yawning and rubbing his eyes about 40 minutes ago so I swaddled his ass and he's been asleep since. Love.
6. I'm blogging today!
7. Itsy Bitsy Yoga is a great kids yoga book- and Maks seems to like it. PS- my kid feverishly bicycles his legs and squeals when he's happy. I wish adults were more like this.
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