You Shall Above All Things Be Glad and Young

Happy Father's Day!

I love this picture of me and my dad. He looks so happy to be pushing me around what I think is MetroZoo. Happy Father's Day, Dad! I love you!

Rainy Days

If you live anywhere close to Central Florida, you'll know that it's been raining for almost a week straight. Today was the first extended break in the rain. You'll see how much water we've gotten at my house by how full this bucket is:

 I'm sure it overflowed more than once in the past week.

My parents are coming up in a few weeks and I'm trying really hard to be responsible and get ready. I cleaned up part of our office today, and tried to organize the bookshelf. Does anyone else get overwhelmed by organizing? It's never really been my think to begin with, but I'm noticing that these days, when there is a lot of clutter on a surface, I don't even know what to do with it. It's easier for me to just put it in a box, and then sort through it, than to clean off the desk. I guess this really applies more to this giant desk than it does to anything else, so maybe the desk is the problem. Le sigh.

Congratulations Are Definitely In Order

Two of my dearest friends have become engaged...to each other! I'm so happy for you both. Pete and I knew it was coming from the first predating-non-double-date we went on with you. We can't wait to celebrate next weekend!!

End of the Day Awesomeness

From: Lindsay

Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:06 PM
To: IT Dept
Subject: One more favor

 

You all are going to start having a column in our internal newsletter, and if you guys can come up with any fun names for it over there, let me know. Steve gave me IT Solutions, which could work, but I am open to other options. Tell your crew that whoever comes up with the winning name gets credit in the next issue and some exciting company swag.

 

From: IT Dept
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:10 PM
To: Lindsay
Subject: RE: One more favor

 

How about BYTE Me… (that’s Jerry’s idea)

The Great Baby Debate

Pete and I have gone through the "friends getting married" phase. Last year was filled with 9 of our friends' weddings, as well as our own. This year will be the year of the baby. We know a lot of couples who are getting (or trying to get) pregnant.

The thought of having a baby right now completely freaks me out. I love kids. I love watching them learn, and figure things out on their own, and talking and playing. But I'm not ready to care for someone other than Pete and myself right now. We have a few (real and fake) nieces and nephews, and for us, that's enough for the moment.

We decided that when the time comes, we will start with one, and see how things go. But having a baby or not having a baby isn't really the question for us. That all depends on when we feel ready.

The real question for me is: to work or not to work.

A little over 40% s say that being a working mom is bad, while 20% say that its good, and 30% say that it doesn't make a difference.

My mom stayed at home, so I always thought that I would too. But now I'm not so sure. I love kids, but I hate keeping up with the house. What would I be doing while the kids are at school, aside from playing tennis in the women's tennis league and maybe freelance editing because I feel like it? I don't see Pete and I in a financial position to do that ever, and if we were, I'm not sure that I would want that. We love to travel, want to save up for a good retirement and a cute house downtown. I'm sure that we could do that on one income, but I like what I do. I worked hard to get the job I am in. I don't know if I could give that up.

On top of the fact that Peter will always need healthcare, and one of us will always have to be providing that.

I hate that there is pressure on both sides. You're not a good enough mother if you work, and you're giving up the dreams of the 1950's housewife if you don't.

I will probably end up working when the time comes, and no one is going to make me feel guilty otherwise.

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Hopefully  when we have kids, I'll be able to fit into their crib if they get really sick like my mom did. ;)

So ready for the weekend!

I just spend the last six hours following around a bunch of high school students with our company photographer. They all looked so young! The school sent me one kid who was on the school paper. I'm not sure if I was much help to him or not. He was shadowing me, and he wants to be a sports writer. That's all good and fun, but I hope that he has been paying attention to the way things are going with the newspapers. I made him use my tape recorder to interview a few groups of kids, and he did a pretty good job with that. It's a little intimidating to walk up to a group of strangers and ask if you can record their thoughts, but he handled it well. I've gotten used to it, so nothing really bothers me anymore.

This weekend, Pete and I are heading over to Bradenton for my cousin Justin's wedding bbq. He has been away for the last year and a half, so it will be good to see him and the fam. My mom is driving up with my grandma, and I'm glad we'll get to be with them on Mother's Day. After we have breakfast with them, we are heading over to Pete's mom's place to see his fam. All in all, a very busy weekend. Very glad that I have tonight and tomorrow off, so I can get some laundry done and spend some QT with the hubby!

What a day.

It might be the full moon on its way, or the fact that I haven't slept one night in the last three days without dreaming, or the fact that I am PMSing (thanks, full moon), but I was fiesty at work today, which I am not sure was good or bad.

UPGRADE: Stood up for myself.
DOWNGRADE: Coworker possibly upset with me.

Whatever. Don't question my madd editing skills, thanks. Especially not in front of our boss. Especially when going through a document the last time is the way it works.

On a happier note, this weekend was good, spent taking the lovely Fusion to the dealer to get some more oil, at the Farmer's Market with Denis Pete and the Boostrom's, and at a worktastic party at my boss' boss' house, which was more fun than I thought it would be.

When I was little,">Trumpet of the Swan was one of my favorite books. At Lake Eola on Sunday, we were lucky enough to see two of the swans with their cignets.

The other swans were trumpeting all over the place. Made me happy.

Another thing that made me happy was hanging out with my fake family. I mean look. How can you not love this member of it?

We call her the Tater Tot

Oh, Potato.

Sweet, shoulder riding,

light chasing,

blanket burrowing,

 

potato.

Where would we be without you?

The bane of my existence

Large piles of laundry never cease to end. When we have kids, they are going to be my little laundry elves.