I know this sounds crazy...

I know this sounds totally crazy.  But I really kind of miss the massive snow piles.  I was talking to a great friend today who told me that the snow is piled so high at her house that they have made a toboggan run off of there deck and into there yard for there little girl.  (this deck attaches to the house from the second story so it's BIG).  I know, like many others in the city) that we were running out of places to put the snow, it was hard to throw the snow that high when Dave shoveled. I don't shovel it's a "blue chore".  But it was kind of mystical and fun walking down the sidewalk to get the mail or whatever and having the snow piles higher than your head.  It really was a real life winter wonderland. Then the temperatures soared above 0, the snow piles got heavy, settled into themselves, and started to melt.  I miss watching my very big/little wuss of a dog having to clear a four foot snow bank to get to the part of the yard that she does her business in.  But now, the snow has settled, even melted a little bit and I am kind of sad to see it go.  I/we had great plans to make awesome snowmen.  But now it is gone. Well not gone, but, there is much less of it then there was a week and a half ago.  The good part is, it is only February.  There is a lot more winter left and I really have now where to go until April 11.  Snow I say Lamenia (don't know if I spelt that correctly) bring on the SNOW!!!!

Finding Child Care

I knew right from the beginning that I would want to return to work. Return to my career, my work structure, that thing that has made me tick for all of these years. I really do love my job. There are times when it is trying. But who has a job that isn't?!

But now embarking on this new adventure of parenthood has me completely confused. How do you know when you have found the right person to take care of your little one while you are away? Dayhomes? Daycares? Which one is right? At one point, I thought that I should just stay home and open my own dayhome service. But then quickly realized that this is not for me. Not right now anyways.

Interviewing people to take care of your children seems intimidating. And being a person that my judge before I get there thinks. What if they are just putting on a show because I have made an appointment and they know that I am coming? Why can't I just show up unannounced to see what day to day life is really like. Which is why I though daycare. But.....the daycare doesn't have the flexibility. What if my baby girl needs to nap in the morning? She can't do that at daycare. Uh. So here I am a week before I am "suppose" to start calling dayhome agencies and I wonder....should I go to the appointment that I have booked to talk to the women who was willing to hold my spot for three months? Is the spot still open as I spoke with her over a week ago? If the spot is still open why? I know why she will hold the spot...because she will want me to pay to hold it. I can't afford that. So today we will cancel with her. I have a daycare spot. An expensive daycare spot. So my search now includes dayhomes and ensuring that we find the best care (in our opinion) for our little girl.

Wish me luck!