The first week of work- and A's first week of daycare- have come and gone in the blink of an eye and man, they were successful! Audrey adapted to daycare incredibly fast- by the third day she was taking a 2 hour nap and bouncing in my arms with excitement at the site of her teacher, Ms. Amy. I should've been happy- but it broke my heart because I'm a sad sap of a mommy, lol. We've gotten really good reports; BUT I will say that I could do without the snot river she's had. Everyday, it's so gross- just snot snot snot running down her nose. She also a developed a really mean cough. It doesn't seem to bother her in a painful way, but I can tell it just annoys her. I suppose it's better to have her sick now then to have her be one of those dainty kids down the road who gets sick when someone opens a window!
Work has been interesting. When I'm alone- or along side folks who have worked at the company for awhile (or even a couple weeks), I feel really good about the job. But when I am in my orientation / training class; I'm a little confused as to how we all got hired...if you catch my drift, lol. I feel like such an awful person saying or thinking that- but I'm a general upbeat and optimistic person; these other folks seem to be searching for 'problems' then they just roll with it and try to get other on board. I think everyone thought I would be an easy girl to get behind them.... WRONG! It's just entirely petty. It will be interesting to see who actually lasts throughout this entire thing. We've already lost 2-it sounds awful, doesn't it?? I come home thinking I'm missing something, I suppose only time will tell.
The other slightly overwhelming aspect is that I've been placed on that 'fast track', which will allow me a MUCH shorter time with my training group, but is requiring a lot more time from me than I was looking to give for a job. I know it sounds bad- but after the hotel life, and having A, I'm not looking to exhaust myself during the day. A simple/easy and happy job that I can clock in/clock out and get home to my baby girl is all I want. Selfish and delusional right? Who doesn't want that? The difference is, I'm OK with not making the big bucks. I want to work- for my sanity as a mother and wife. It's hard staying at home. Even harder in a new city where you don't know anyone or anything. RMG (my new company) is paying for me to get my insurance license so that I can get over to Sales ASAP. It's awesome honestly! But the test is Friday. And I'm studying material that is basically written in Japanese to me! It's incredibly frustrating as I'm reading the info- and Auds is crawling around- without a mommy on the floor to play with. Isn't this exactly what I didn't want? I just keep telling myself that once I pass, it will change. In a couple weeks, I'll get into my groove and it will all change. Oh heavens I hope that is true.
We were so excited for this weekend- we had our first date in lord knows how long!! We joined Care.com in the hopes of finding a babysitter for 11/11- when the Sabres are in town to play the Blues; since they will be responsible for making/feeding Audrey dinner, bath time, bed time and play time- we figured we would take an opportunity to pre-meet a couple girls and enjoy a couple random nights out for a little bit. Our first one was incredible, but I thought she was a good start. Sweet girl, but very quiet.... and the poor thing didn't realize that A can sleep with her bedroom light off? Silly me for not being more clear- I just assumed that was a given, lol. But we had a nice time together- and really enjoyed Gone Girl. Having read the book- I have to say that I thought it was incredibly well done and very much like the book! Kudos, David Fincher, Kudos.
Then Saturday came and, well, it was the worst day we've experienced in STL thus- which I actually think is pretty good! I raced out early to get my hair done at little salon I read about. WRONG! I've never had the feeling I had there. I had a huge anxiety breakdown. It was the sleaziest place I've ever been in. Everyone looked dirty- everyone's hair looked awful, they couldn't even figure out who was supposed to be doing my hair because they don't have a scheduling book? What the heck?!? When they figured it out, the told me the girl was running late- until I saw her get out of a truck with another client- both throwing back red solo cups. Classy ladies, let me tell ya (oh, also- it was 10am). This woman had blonde hair with a HUGE chunk of red right down the middle on top. The minute I saw that, I freaked. As a person, I bet she's awesome. But there was no way I could trust her with my hair if she thought her decision on her own was a wise one. So, I played the mommy card for the first time ever. I text Rob to call me, and made a big scene that there was an emergency with my daughter and I had to leave. Don't judge me, I feel bad enough-- but I would feel just as bad and have awful hair had I stayed!
Next, the big O'Fallon Fall Fest (again, we LOVE fests!!). I had read up about it and it seemed it had everything we would love- crisp fall air, adult beverages, over 70 craft vendors (I specifically read that), even a moo-gician! WRONG! Talk about false advertisement. Maybe 15 craft vendors? They were spread out so badly over this beautiful and big park that it was almost sad. A+ for the adult beverages- but I could have paid less, stayed home and walked A around our development. We only ended up staying maybe 45 minutes because we just kept walking in circles, then goofed around with A on the play ground.
We ended the night with dinner. It was delicious- granted, it was just a standard juicy burger, but it was exactly what I was craving. We took a chance and tried out a 'non-chain' restaurant. Well, sort of. It's a tiny chain- but only in STL. Either way, the atmosphere was outdated (think teal and purple décor. yuck) and the service was SOOOOOO awful. Again, thank heaven the food was delicious.
I'm sure it goes without saying that the Dolphins loss today didn't add any extra smiles to our weekend. I've got to hand it to them though, it was a really great game; it just would've been better had they won, obviously.
So, wish me luck- it's going to be another crazy week; but I have a feeling we're going to have a great weekend next week and I'll be itching to share it with ya'll!!
XOXO
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