These next few weeks are going to get the best of me, I can already see it. This week I have a huge test in my Computer Science class, which you would think I would ace, but I do not even get the concept of the whole class. I also having to finish reading Our Mothers' War and write a review of it by Sunday. That seems simple in itself, but when you have a gaggle of children running around screaming at all hours of the day it is kind of difficult to find a quiet place to sit and read, all day long. I hate it, but I have to be "one of those mom's" that sits their children in front of a movie for the next week or else I will be unable to get all of my work accomplished! I feel so horrible about doing that, it always makes me feel guilty. I hate for them to constantly watch the television, but it is almost over. Basically 2 1/2 more weeks and I am FINISHED. I have three papers, three finals, a test and a handful of readings and discussions. I am enjoying the book that I have chosen to review, it's a great insight into what my grandmother went through as a wife and basically single mother during WWII.
Besides the school factor we have family gatherings galore. It is nearly insane and definitely ridiculous at the number of family gatherings we have to attend, travel to and cook for over the next week. Unfortunately both of our parents are divorced and remarried which means we have tons of events to attend. Imagine four Thanksgivings to cook for and travel to, combined with the previous mentioned amount of schoolwork....sounds like fun, eh? The worst part of it all is the gatherings that we do have planned do not even include me getting to see my father or my extended family! I cannot even tell you the last time I've spent a holiday with my father, but I can tell you that I will make sure that happens next year. No traveling, no cooking for four different gatherings, no anything. I am making sure that we will get to spend our first holiday as a family with my dad and without traveling around the state of Georgia for four days. It sounds blissful!
Enough of my ranting, I am just dreading the upcoming week with all I have on my plate already. There is so much I want to get done around the house and I am also a little bothered by the fact that Josh has a four day weekend and we will only get to spend one of those days at home as a family if we are lucky.
Jackson has finally given up the refusal to sleep in his crib which occurred all of last week. I have been more than thankful for him finally resting quietly in his crib without a fight. It was getting to the point of frustration when he would stand in his crib and cry for an hour. I gave in on several occasions and put him in the bed with me for the night. Although last night he got up around 4am and had a difficult time going back to sleep. I was so exhausted myself that I put him in the bed with Josh and I and for the next 3-4 hours he tossed and turned before finally dozing off. I am starting to think his 2 year molars are coming in, I guess time will tell.
Tris is doing well and growing like a weed. She is finally starting to fit into the 5t clothes a little better and eats like a horse at every meal. She is thriving at preschool and is anxious to go. Although I am still worried that she is not branching out and instead is only playing with the children she knew previously. She is also choosing to play with boys instead of girls which I find humorous. She's still doing great about sleeping in her room, although it's a fight to keep her in there all night. She still likes to come into our room in the wee hours of the morning, but I don't so much mind that part because she enjoys snuggling with her Daddy whom she doesn't get to see all that often during the week. The finger sucking is still a major problem so I have to figure out what to do about that. I should just send her to my Dad for a week and let him do his hot sauce trick that he pulled on all of my little friends growing up, that would surely break her! We will finally be able to take the kids to their first dental appointments after the first of the year (we're just now getting dental insurance) and I am really scared of what they'll say about how her finger sucking has affected her teeth.
Well - that was a little update for the time being. I have to put my head back in the book ;)
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