In the mama groove
Mar. 3rd, 2008 03:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpDays like today, I really feel like a superhero.
My day has gone like this:
Wake up with baby. Entertain baby while wife is in shower. Give baby medicine. Play with baby on floor. Feed baby breakfast. Clean up. Play with baby on floor. Give baby large bottle. Put baby down for nap. Put baby down again when she wakes up too soon. Do a load of laundry. Play with baby when she wakes up. Take a shower while baby entertains herself in bouncy seat in bathroom. Feed baby lunch. Clean and dress baby. Go to grocery store with baby. Bring baby in. Bring groceries in. Put groceries away. Reschedule EI appointment. Give baby large bottle. Eat lunch while baby is in doorway jumper. Talk to wife on phone. Check e-mail while baby plays on floor. Put baby down for nap. Do another load of laundry. Fold clothes. Have snack.
I like days like this - nice, predictable days when I've got my mama groove on, where I am in control of things and feel that "comfortable in my job" feeling instead of those first 3-6 months of a new job where you feel like a turd all the time because you don't know where to find the office supplies and you can't get a hang of the filing system. Now I am coasting through the office on autopilot and it's nice.
Sure there are wrenches along the way, especially on the nighttime sleeping front, but it's predictable and it's more to the point manageable. She is happy all day because everything is done for her in a nice, predictable, easy manner, and I am happy all day because she is happy all day and stuff gets done.
I don't want to go back to work because we have a good thing going, she and I. Too bad money doesn't grow on money trees in my backyard.
My day has gone like this:
Wake up with baby. Entertain baby while wife is in shower. Give baby medicine. Play with baby on floor. Feed baby breakfast. Clean up. Play with baby on floor. Give baby large bottle. Put baby down for nap. Put baby down again when she wakes up too soon. Do a load of laundry. Play with baby when she wakes up. Take a shower while baby entertains herself in bouncy seat in bathroom. Feed baby lunch. Clean and dress baby. Go to grocery store with baby. Bring baby in. Bring groceries in. Put groceries away. Reschedule EI appointment. Give baby large bottle. Eat lunch while baby is in doorway jumper. Talk to wife on phone. Check e-mail while baby plays on floor. Put baby down for nap. Do another load of laundry. Fold clothes. Have snack.
I like days like this - nice, predictable days when I've got my mama groove on, where I am in control of things and feel that "comfortable in my job" feeling instead of those first 3-6 months of a new job where you feel like a turd all the time because you don't know where to find the office supplies and you can't get a hang of the filing system. Now I am coasting through the office on autopilot and it's nice.
Sure there are wrenches along the way, especially on the nighttime sleeping front, but it's predictable and it's more to the point manageable. She is happy all day because everything is done for her in a nice, predictable, easy manner, and I am happy all day because she is happy all day and stuff gets done.
I don't want to go back to work because we have a good thing going, she and I. Too bad money doesn't grow on money trees in my backyard.
