It’s back to that time of year when I am up before the sun. That makes me want to just pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep! And we have over a month before we get to put the clocks back.
The prenatal health fair on Monday was good… I got lots of information! I even saw a couple people I knew: one was manning a booth and the other was there with her husband and they are expecting, about 3 weeks before me. I used to work with her husband, so it was nice to catch up with them. At the health fair, they had an “empathy belly” for the men to wear with was strapped onto them and had big boobs, and a large, heavy belly. So, Carlos was a good sport and tried it. They made him walk around, pick something up from the floor, sit down and try to tie his shoes, and lie on the floor and then get up from that position. They even took a Polaroid of us standing belly to ‘empathy belly’, so that was neat. Another one for the scrapbook! ;)
There was also a booth there about a diaper service in town. I am in the middle of trying to decide about whether we’re going to use cloth or disposable diapers. Cloth are better for the environment, and since I work in waste management, of course I would like to keep as much as I can from the landfill. My big reason for not wanting to do cloth is I don’t want to deal with washing dirty diapers, just seems like it’s not worth the mess. But when I learned about the diaper service, it is run by a mom and she sells the diapers too and once a week, she comes to your house and picks up the old diapers and brings clean ones. So, that would make it just as convenient as disposables. I think I will send her an email asking about the cost, because if it’s significantly cheaper than disposables, we may go that route.
Although even if we do decide to do cloth, I think we’ll still use disposables for when we go to visit people since I don’t want to be carting dirty diapers home. So, that might be a good compromise. I guess we could always start with disposable (since Carlos’ mom and sister have been stockpiling diapers since they found out we were pregnant, Carlos’ brother-in-law works at a pharmacy and I guess he has been taking them home and saving them for us). So, we will be getting lots of disposable diapers for free, so we’ll use those to start and then see how we feel after those are used up… we could always switch to cloth after that. So many decisions!
Tonight is my only free evening this week, so I'm going to enjoy a nice, relaxing evening... I can't wait!
Oh, in other news, mom has a meeting today with the Dean of the university as well as the head of HR to discuss the crazy lady situation. I hope that goes okay! I'm glad that crazy lady will not be there, although it won't be long before she is told what is happening, so I hope she doesn't retaliate in any way towards my mom! My mom has taken precautions though and makes sure she is never alone with crazy lady. My mom basically is just going to campus to teach right now, she doesn't hang out in her office since she's afraid of what crazy lady might do. I really hope this situation gets resolved quickly and crazy lady is fired soon! My mom can't handle this stress on top of all the Oma stress lately.
EDIT 3:45pm
Mom just called and said the meeting went very well and that the university is taking this very seriously. I guess mom's complaint isn't the only one recently against this woman, which is good to know. So, she's not just bullying mom, seems as though others are also being bullied as well. The dean and head of hr will be meeting in the next couple of days to figure out how they are going to deal with this. So, it was very positive and mom feels that it went well.
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My co-worker Stewart uses cloth diapers. They have disposable inserts that you throw away, and they also have a service that comes once a week to pick up the "dirty" cloth diapers and bring a new set of clean ones. They too used disposable diapers for travelling (anywhere more than a couple of hours). I don't know if it was cheaper though (I would think not).
Hopefully your mummy's meeting leads to some progress on this situation. Are they going to meet with any of the "witnesses" or other victims of the crazy lady to back up your mum's story? If more than one person is available to say that the lady is really unstable, they'd have to take action wouldn't they?
Sarah was going to use cloth diapers, but they gave eddie a horrible rash so they ended up going to the disposable ones. I agree with nej though, I don't think it is cheapers since cloth diapers are quite expensive and to get a weeks supply, that is a lot. Add on top of that, the cleaning service, and I think it is more of a moral choice not an economical one.
As for the pitch black - I hear you. Even at the end of my run it was still dark out this morning. boo!
Oh, and I don't get up in the dark yet. That starts Oct. 6th! :D
This morning I got up at 7:40... I like to minimize my morning at home time. Out the door between 8:30 and 8:40.
Different ballgame when I have to be at work before 8:30! Oh, and I'm trying to make a schedule with some exercise, so I'll be up most mornings for 5:30 probably.
Nej, is your new office further than where you work now? Wow, I would love to sleep in until 7:40 everyday! I have to get up between 6 and 6:30 (the difference is whether I am going to the chiropractor before work or not).
I really hate being at work for 8am, but I guess it's only for another 4 months!
Actually it's closer, but I have to start work earlier (8:30 instead of sometime around 9), and I'm planning to start working out every weekday morning. I figure it'll be easier to start that routine with the new job.
I used to get up at 5:30 every morning when I worked downtown TO. It was no picnic, but the commute was a real pain. My new commute should be around 15 minutes. :)
Current commute is between 20 and 45 minutes (depending on traffic!). Sometimes as much as 2 hours in a snowstorm... :(
So my new morning schedule should go something like this:
Sometime between 5:30 and 5:45 - up and out of bed
5:50 - start a.m. workout
6:50 - finish workout
7:00 - shower
7:10 - get dressed, dry hair, do makeup
7:30 - make lunch
7:40 - eat breakfast
8:00 - head out to work!
I might play around with this (e.g. make my lunch the night before, set out my clothes for the next day at night, etc.) once I get used to a routine. I'm leaving a half hour to get to work, since traffic is so crazy some mornings!
That sounds like a great schedule! It is so nice to get your workout 'over with' in the morning because then you can relax in the evening guilt-free!
Yeah, and something always comes up. I end up working late, have to run errands, or just plain too tired at the end of the day. I'm also doing my running clinic (starts Monday), so the group should keep me motivated.
It'll take some getting used to, but since I have to get up earlier anyway, why not add another hour and squeeze in a workout? Much more planning will be required, but maybe I need that.
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