Working Moms Check in

ramfan05

Yay! It’s finally Friday! It’s been a long week here, I don’t know about all of you. Today should be a little easier, so I should be able to check back in on the thread, unlike the past two weeks. Sorry, ladies!

1.  Successes/Celebrations:

2. Challenges:

3. Weekend plans:

4. Vents, stories, anything else you want to share:

Bonus: Last week, the challenge was put forth by someone ( @TessyMessy, maybe?) to be sure to get in some “me” time this week, even if it was only 15 minutes. What did you do for yourself this week? If your answer is “nothing”, what will you do for yourself this weekend? Make it happen!

TessyMessy

1.  Successes/Celebrations:

This week has been extra crazy but I made it to Friday!! I have a lot of big projects converging at once at work, DH has been MIA at home (work is crazy for him too), LO has been extra clingy lately which means I need to grow an extra pair of arms to take care of everything/everyone.

2. Challenges:

See above.

3. Weekend plans:

This is the first weekend in a what feels like a months that DH and I will be home together without any big commitments! It is supposed to be a beautiful weekend so I hope to spend some time outside in the sunshine (probably raking up leaves) and snuggling my babies.

4. Vents, stories, anything else you want to share:

I stuck to my meal plan for this week! I have chicken breasts in the fridge to cook for tonight but I really don't feel like cooking. Maybe I'll order a pizza

 

Bonus: Yes, it was me that suggested this and sadly I don't have much to report except my bubble bath on Saturday night. It was only 30 minutes but it was heavenly. I even painted my nails  ;;)

ramfan05

@dnmolakides, sounds like a fun weekend!

@Penguin173, isn't this such a fun age?! I hope you have a great time at the wedding this weekend!

@TessyMessy, I love weekends without any big plans, although they are few and far between. Enjoy it!

@cara5565 @golfergirl08, sorry you are dealing with illness! I hope you both are feeling better soon

@greenbunny79, I'm glad to hear that you only have one week left of this crazy work marathon! I completely understand how you feel about missing LO's milestones. Lately, DD has been sleeping until it's time to go in the mornings, and when we get home I make dinner, feed and bathe everyone, and put them to bed. I hate that I only have two hours in the evening with the kids, and that most of that is spent doing things that are not playing/snuggling/etc. I say if you are able to make it work, it's definitely worth thinking about. 

ramfan05

@adinashoshana‌ that co-worker sounds like a peach Sorry you have to deal with her!

ramfan05

I am on my nook now, which doesn't allow for proper formatting. I'll share mine tomorrow

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Successes: I'm going to be a total AW. One of my clinical teams received an award Friday for excellence in clinical outcomes, meaning that our treatment (non exposure based treatment for complex PTSD) has really helped people who were previously unable to do traditional exposure treatment. It was a fun day and a break from the norm, and it was really cool to know we're doing something other professionals find innovative. Plus now I get to say I'm an award winning therapist... sort of great PR. ;-)

I've also been pretty much completely MIA from F14 because I've training another agency in my clinical specialty. It was a great confidence boost to have people listen to me like I knew what I was talking about. 

And LO has taken the insane schedule we've had in stride. We're lucky she's so easy going!

Challenges: We've just been OFF THE WALL busy as a family for the last two weeks. Hopefully it should wrap up when MH gets back from CA tomorrow, but it's been go go go since last Monday, I'm ready to drop. And my house is in desperate need of a deep cleaning, which will happen exactly never in the near future. I haven't been able to keep up with everything, and that's the ball I've squarely dropped.

Weekend plans: It's long since passed now ;-), but we went to visit my ILs on Saturday (MH's birthday was Tues so they wanted to take us out to lunch to celebrate that and my award), and then Sunday was the usual church and laundry fest before packing up LO and I to go stay with my parents for the last few days while I was driving to the edge of nowhere to train and MH was in CA, and then working for a few hours to get everything prepped for yesterday.

Vents, stories, ect: My boss told me today that she's going to have a baby in April! I am BEYOND excited for her, but also completely terrified of her going out on leave. We have more work in our dept than the two of us can do, and I'll be flying solo for 3 months. She totally covered my ass while I was out so I clearly owe her ;-), but this spring is going to be rough!

Bonus: I didn't get much "me" time (unless drinking wine in my sweats last night while ranting to my mom about political ads counts ;-)) so far, BUT I'm taking Friday off to get my hair done and use a massage GC before picking LO up early to get home in time for ToT. Daycare FTW! ;-)