I'm not posting nearly enough! Part of me thinks since there is only five weeks left that the deployment is basically over and in no time my husband will be back home! Plus my work has been keeping me crazy busy so that last thing I want to do when I get home is log onto the computer and think!

Since my husband has been away so long I find myself doing nothing but what I need to do to have my daughter and I survive. I get up, get dressed, get daughter dressed, give her a big glass of milk then put on our outer wear, grab my lunch and snacks then walk to daycare and work. Then I eat my breakfast at work, work out on my lunch hour, eat my lunch at work then head to daycare, pick my daughter up, walk home (picking up milk on the way if need be) then home to scrounge together supper. Supper is not always nutricious but it's food. When my husband gets home I will concentrate on normal healthy meals, but for now it's sheer survival.

God, I will be so thankful when this deployment is over.

Storytime on Saturday didn't go very well. I had a overly excited two year old who quickly turned into a very tired, cranky two year old who's mother had to carry her to the bus stop... not fun! Luckily she had a four hour nap when she got home.

My new job is going well, a bit slow but good. I don't mind work being slow at first because it gives me a chance to orientate myself. Hopefully it will pick up in about a week or two, otherwise, I will have to bring a book to work with me! :(

My husband has the MONTH he is coming back, now if only we knew the week or the day. Unfortunately I won't most likely find out until a day or two prior, which makes it tough to take a few days off work in advance. Luckily my work is pretty good about time off and I'm fairly certain there won't be any issues with some last minute days off, especially considering the circumstances.

Respite tomorrow evening, joy oh joy! I have a meeting to attend and have a few errands to run, so it will be nice to not have a toddler in tow for a few hours.

New Job

My first week of my new job is nearly done. It has been a busy week with learning new things reviewing other things and helping facilitate an annual all-day meeting on capital specialized equipment. Heavy duty stuff! I'm exhausted and ready for a relaxing weekend.

Tonight I plan to go home, have a quick supper, catch up on Coronation Street then off to bed early for both my daughter and I.

Saturday morning I plan to take my daughter to the library where they have family story time. This week is on Penguins, one of my daughter's newest obsessions, so she should enjoy it immensely.

I'm baaaack!

After three weeks of beautiful HTLA! It was a mixed bag, I admit, having dh around. He did stuff with our daughter which was great, and my daughter really enjoyed her time with her daddy. Dh would take her swimming or downtown to see the Olympic venues while I stayed home and read or took a nice loooong bath or just hopped a bus and rode around for a while, people watching or did some serious SHOPPING!! :) But then it was difficult getting used to his parenting style which is different enough from mine to drive me nuts!

On Monday I start my new job, so I bought a bunch of beautiful clothes at consignment shops, plus a bunch of new shoes. I think I'm set for a while now!

This week I have off to myself, so I take my daughter to daycare and enjoy the days - it's heavenly! I have been catching up on my not-so-secret addiction (Coronation Street) and eating lots of snacks on the couch!

Doing the happy dance!

Only a few more days left before my daughter and I head out for a three week trip to see daddy/hubby! Very exciting! Now if only I could concentrate on getting packed... thats one of the two things I dislike about trips. I am a list maker thankfully, so that helps, but the actual gathering stuff up and packing I really do not like.

This trip is going to be extra exciting because we will be travelling to two of my favourite cities. We' have a luxurious suite in a very nice mansion-like B&B. I see lots of R&R, good food and good company over the next few weeks! :)

My last day of work is tomorrow - yipee! I'm starting to think about packing for the trip. Today I wanted to book Amtrak but they need our passport numbers, and my husband locked them in the fire proof safe.... only I have NO clue where he put the keys!! I hope I can find them before long, other wise not only will I be unable to book our train ride to our destination, we won't be able to cross the border to go on our trip!

Lots of stress on my plate, some good, some bad. Trip is good, work is good except a temp was given a half hours notice that her temp job was done with, which I find highly unfair considering she was a decent worker. Unfairness always cheeses me off, but since I only have one more day left it's hard to get too involved. Plus I figure something better will come up for her, then she will be happy that she was forced to look for what will make her happy.

We had our first book club meeting this evening at the local library; I've been part of a book club for almost a year now, and we have decided to combine forces with the library and hopefully bring in a few new members. I'm very excited about it and hope it is very successful.

I'm not sure if I will be posting before we leave for our trip, I intend to, but if not, then I shall continue my little rant-blog around the end of February!

Only a week until I see my honey! Work was so hectic today, I wasn't even able to check all my email let alone get all my work done. I have four days left at my current position and I want to get things as tidied up as much as possible while at the same time not stressing myself out crazy! I'm exhausted right now and it's only 9:30 pm. I think I'll finish watching Coronation Street. I'm trying to get myself addicted to something and for some reason I picked Coronation Street. I've never been much for watching television shows.