Ch-ch-ch-changes

Well, now that I have the blog all spiffed up for autumn, I suppose it's time to spill my guts. In a month, we're moving to New York.

Jack landed a job with an organization he's been trying to get into for awhile. For a year, he will be working at JFK airport. After that, who knows?

We're headed up there this weekend to scope out the area and decide if we want to go urban and get an apartment in Queens or opt for more space and fewer public transit options on Long Island. Decisions, decisions.

We're nervous about all the upheaval but pleased as punch that we will be residing so much nearer to New England and all the family and friends we love there. And of course we are psyched to be moving so close to our illustrious New York intimates.

Her Last Day of Babyhood

The hours in which my sweet sweet Petal can be called a baby are rapidly dwindling. Tomorrow she will be a toddler. I usually eagerly embrace each of Petal's new stages and milestones without shedding a tear of remembrance for the previous phase, but the loss of the descriptor "Baby" is really bringing out my melodramatic side. Oh how I love my girl.

Only Boring People Get Bored...

...so I guess we are a dull lot. We have nothing to do!  It's been raining for days (the remnants of Hurricane Lee are here,) and I've heard the roads are terrible. So no unnecessary driving today. That also means we can't go for a walk. No Moms Club activities for Petal's age group today. I really wanted to go to the gym this morning, but I've been the past 2 days and Petal has had a difficult time going to daycare there. Her stranger anxiety improved soooo much over the summer, I had high hopes that she would be able to separate from me long enough to take my classes, but she's been as weepy as ever.

My stay at home job has been driving me bonkers too. I participate in conference calls, usually lasting from 20-60 minutes. The problem is the calls can be scheduled at any time, often with little notice. Since my beloved babysitter has started student teaching, I've been scrambling for care. Last week I had to take a call while Petal hung out with me, and I had to mute my end for almost the entire conversation because she was screaming so much. And yesterday I thought I was in luck because the call was scheduled while Petal was supposed to be napping, but she had a hard time falling asleep and I wasn't able to go in and help her get resettled, which I felt terrible about.

I lined up a sitter with a glowing recommendation for today's call, but I received an email from my boss at the last minute that the call has been moved to tomorrow. And the sitter can't make it tomorrow. I'm waiting to hear back from another sitter, but it looks like I may in yet another tight spot.

Not to mention the fact that I didn't save the notes I made on the document I was working on during yesterday's call, so I had to try to recreate the information last night and I know I missed a lot.

I knew that there would be an adjustment period as we resettled back into our "real life," and I feel like I can't really get on a proper schedule until Petal's nap schedule restabilizes (she's been all over the place since we got back.) At least it's Thursday already!

Time for one of those annoyingly vague blog posts

Good things are in the works for us. Nothing is definite yet but hopefully we will know soon. It's hard to focus on anything else!