The I Should Be Working, But Instead I'm Making a List List

*Sometimes, especially in the nighttime, I cannot believe how lucky I am to have my son. His little noises and the way he just cuddles into me. It seems a little surreal.

*A little bit of work gossip is getting under my skin today. I can't stand work gossip. Everyone should do their jobs, worry about themselves, and if they have a problem go to the person they have a problem with. So much could be avoided.

*A has a double ear infection. He seems to be taking it pretty well, but I feel horrible for him. Poor little guy. Flu in September, now an ear infection. I know, I know, all babies get sick. But. . . they are just so helpless.

*My 1 year old neice was just admitted to the hospital with pnuemonia. I hope getting an IV with some fluids and medicine into her will make her better soon.

*Starting WW over Thanksgiving week was a wash. BUT I started full force on Monday and am doing really well. I'm working on small goals. The first one is to lose 5 pounds by Christmas.

*Fiber One now makes a fiber drink mix. It actually tastes pretty good. I got pink lemonade. Each packet contains 10 grams of fiber. It, um, works.

*Ugh-you know the post I wrote a while back about it being so easy to gloss over the bad stuff when blogging? There are some things on my mind. Not really horrible things, just issues I guess that are in the process of needing to be worked out. I don't really want to get into it all-what with my new attempt at a positive outlook, but at the same time it's really bringing me down. The biggest one though is my husband's bonding with the baby. Are men different? Sometimes it seems like he's really close and other times I'm put off by how they don't seem to have bonded yet. I don't know. . . am I worrying over nothing? What can I do about it?

*I still need some good thoughts. The thoughts are about that ADD medicine my husband has been taking (I think I deleted all the previous posts about it, so sorry if you have no idea what I'm talking about). I think I've finally convinced him that it's doing more harm than good and he said he's going to stop taking it. He says he didn't take it yesterday. And he WAS really tired, which usually happens when he misses a does. BUT, normally when he doesn't take it he is really grouchy/irritable. He wasn't yesterday. While I appreciate that he was not that way, I worry that maybe he is just saying he didn't take it. (I'm a little bit of a worrier, in case you couldn't tell) I just figured that when he stopped taking it there would be 3-4 bad days while he comes off of it and then he'd FINALLY be back to the person I married again. Like I said, don't get me wrong--I'm glad he wasn't a huge grouch yesterday, I just hope he really is getting off that medicine.

Those last two were kind of heavy, I am really trying to think of something lighter to end this on. . .

*I'm thinking of going into teaching. I did some alternative certification work last Spring, but then got this job. All I have left to do is take the tests and I'll be able to start a paid teaching internship next August if I wanted to. . . I KNOW I would have more fun teaching than I have with this job. I know there are problems that teachers have too, but man is accounting boring. Anyway. . . I have a lot of time between now and August to decide, but a lot of lame stuff has happened at work lately and it's getting more and more appealing. The big downside is the pay cut. I hate that I'm letting money factor into a decision so much, because I believe in doing what makes you happy. But, I'm also really practical.

Hm, not really light, but lighter than medicine that makes you insane. . .