Well. Guess I'm getting an F in Blogging 101 these days. I don't really even have an excuse. Well, I could probably make up a ton or turn some of the itty bitty ones into exaggerated claims of busyness, but I'd only be lying. My summer started out busy but lately I've just been lazy.
At the end of May I quit my job at Barnes & Noble after 7 years of pure awesomeness. Okay, it wasn't ALL awesome, it's retail after all, but it was pretty darn close. It was just time to move on. Grant was finishing up school and we were faced with the prospect of having to either find a day care center--after last year's experience, no thank you--or hiring a nanny but our beloved sitter from last year had the audacity to try to further her career prospects by accepting an internship. I know, right? I was finding myself putting in more and more hours for my sister and getting increasingly burned out with the bookstore, the commute to Madison, not having enough hours in the day to get things done etc etc. So, the logical option was to quit.
Admittedly, I spent the first month post B&N pretty depressed, finding it much harder to leave my bookseller identity behind than I thought it would be. In the midst of that, I turned 36 which has oddly enough, proven to be a number I'm not that happy with. More on that in another blog.
Anyway, there seems to be only rambling going on with this post and that just goes to show how out of practice I am. I am loving my new truck, (picture it in silver, please, with tinted windows) mostly because I almost never have to drive it thereby almost never having to fill it with gas. And the times that I do have to drive it, the extra space has been much appreciated (camping, heading up north with dog and kid in tow). I am finally adjusting to being a stay at home mommy, which has actually been going smoothly thanks in large part to my sister graciously employing me to use my brain several hours a week and in part to my couldn't-function-without-her-neighbor, JK , who keeps me company so I don't go insane and in part to the Edgerton Pool which is only half a block away and only $35 for a season pass. Fantastic way to kill two hours a day and wear a kid out.
Oh, and our microwave died (well, just the heating element. You know, only the reason you have a microwave in the first place) and so in interest of eating healthier, we've decided to not replace and/or fix it. We're on day three and I'll admit I've tripped up a few times and tried to use it (we really need to get it off the kitchen counter already!) to melt cheese or reheat leftovers. But for the most part it has not been a problem. It's going to be interesting to see how we shop the next time. Will we automatically reach for prepackaged meals or will we remember we are now forced to construct our own?
Basically that's my summer so far. Grant and I have been getting along much better since I'm not constantly stressed, I feel a little more like I can breathe, I'm still contributing to the financial status of our household, (just from home and w/o the constant temptation of magazines, new releases and lattes begging for me to purchase them) and in addition, finding myself having more time to cook, read, and relax.
And...ummm...blog more? I'll try.
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