Didn't Work Out as Planned....
Well, there will be no baby and toddler in my immediate future. Got a message yesterday from the Mom saying that the daycare has agreed to work with them to accomodate her hours so no need for a sitter, but she did ask if I would be interested in occasional sitting. I replied, yes, and gave her my home and work numbers for future use.
Like I said in my previous post, it will be what God has intended for me and apparently it isn't a five day a week commitment after a full time 9-5 job. I will admit I was alittle worried about the days when I was totally stressed out at work and having to be "on" for a baby and toddler's needs - would I have the same patience and flexibility I use to have in my younger years when I did similiar sitting like this?
I will still keep my profile on the sitter website and look at the jobs that are posted daily to my e-mail and who knows there might be something else out there for me or not. Time will tell.
This past week, I have been fighting a nasty headcold so right now I am happy to just kick back and relax on my off time and concentrate on kicking this cold to the curb. Been taking NyQuil at night and have had the best nights sleep in a long time. Hot flashes and leg cramps are being kept at bay - which has been so awesome. Still no AF this month and I seriously doubt she will make an appearance before the month's end. I am still taking all my vitamins and drinking soy milk - wondering if this could be helping with the hot flashes and leg cramps as well - hard to know right now.
On a positive note...E and I went to one of our local Farmer's Market yesterday and got some great produce, homemade breads and a nice piece of salmon for me. Can't wait to grill it up tonight for dinner. Made up some salsa with the heirloom tomatoes we got and had lemon chicken with brown sugar carrots for dinner last night. Those carrots had such a rich orange color and the taste was awesome. There is definitely something to be said of locally grown produce versus the supermarket produce. We will miss the Farmer's Market when it ends in mid October, but we found a local organic market that is open all year round that we will frequent quite a bit during the upcoming Fall/Winter months. I can already smell the delicious soups like chicken and carrot we will be cookin' up soon. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year, when those cool temps start and the changing of the leaves on the trees and when I really feel the urge to cook more comfort type foods - get that crockpot out. We plan on going apple picking and getting our pumpkins at a local orchard in the next few weeks as well. I have a great recipe for apple pie that I am looking forward to making - did it last year and came out great.
So all in all, even though things didn't work out as I had hoped, going into my favorite time of the year makes it easier to just grin and bear it and enjoy all that Fall has to offer.
Like I said in my previous post, it will be what God has intended for me and apparently it isn't a five day a week commitment after a full time 9-5 job. I will admit I was alittle worried about the days when I was totally stressed out at work and having to be "on" for a baby and toddler's needs - would I have the same patience and flexibility I use to have in my younger years when I did similiar sitting like this?
I will still keep my profile on the sitter website and look at the jobs that are posted daily to my e-mail and who knows there might be something else out there for me or not. Time will tell.
This past week, I have been fighting a nasty headcold so right now I am happy to just kick back and relax on my off time and concentrate on kicking this cold to the curb. Been taking NyQuil at night and have had the best nights sleep in a long time. Hot flashes and leg cramps are being kept at bay - which has been so awesome. Still no AF this month and I seriously doubt she will make an appearance before the month's end. I am still taking all my vitamins and drinking soy milk - wondering if this could be helping with the hot flashes and leg cramps as well - hard to know right now.
On a positive note...E and I went to one of our local Farmer's Market yesterday and got some great produce, homemade breads and a nice piece of salmon for me. Can't wait to grill it up tonight for dinner. Made up some salsa with the heirloom tomatoes we got and had lemon chicken with brown sugar carrots for dinner last night. Those carrots had such a rich orange color and the taste was awesome. There is definitely something to be said of locally grown produce versus the supermarket produce. We will miss the Farmer's Market when it ends in mid October, but we found a local organic market that is open all year round that we will frequent quite a bit during the upcoming Fall/Winter months. I can already smell the delicious soups like chicken and carrot we will be cookin' up soon. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year, when those cool temps start and the changing of the leaves on the trees and when I really feel the urge to cook more comfort type foods - get that crockpot out. We plan on going apple picking and getting our pumpkins at a local orchard in the next few weeks as well. I have a great recipe for apple pie that I am looking forward to making - did it last year and came out great.
So all in all, even though things didn't work out as I had hoped, going into my favorite time of the year makes it easier to just grin and bear it and enjoy all that Fall has to offer.
Sorry it did not work... Hopefully you'll be able to help out once in a while and offer your expertise.
ReplyDeleteFrustrating when things don't work out the way we hope. Your trip to the farmers market sounds like a delicious success
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