This past weekend was really hard. Derryk went up north to go hunting so I got to see what it is like to be a single, working mom. I'm sure it wasn't even close to the same as an actual single, working mom, but it was hard...
Friday (Nov. 18)
Bryden learned how to crawl up stairs today. In this house there are sunken in living rooms, so before this he would be stuck in one room, which was fine with me! Now that he has figured out how to get up stairs he is all over the place. And he doesn't know how to go back down stairs so he has fallen down them a few times. (only 2 steps) Bryden hates when Derryk leaves, he loves his daddy so much. I decided that this weekend would be a good weekend to get Bryden to sleep through the night. He did pretty good. Cried for an hour and a half then went to sleep, then woke up at 6 and I let him cry for 20 minutes, then I grabbed him and put him in Derryk's spot and he went right back to sleep. Pretty good....
Saturday (Nov. 19)
Today I had to work. I got up got ready, got Bryden ready, we had breakfast, and we still had plenty of time to get to the babysitters and to work. So I went out to start my car, and it wouldn't start.... This made me very mad! I don't have a block heater on my car so I couldn't plug it in, and it dropped down to -30! It was freezing!! I called Monica and she came and got me. I dropped Bryden off at Derryk's Aunts house and then Monica dropped me off at work. Work was pointless for me today because it was so cold that no one wanted to leave their house so it was dead!! It wasn't even worth going to work because I had to pay my babysitter and I ended up only making a little bit of money. After work Brittanie (Brock's girlfriend) was kind enough to let me use her car for the rest of the night. I went to Bekah's to get Bryden and hung out there for a little while. Bryden did really well there so that made me happy. Then we came home and did our normal routine. Bryden didn't take a nap today which made him super grumpy at the end of the day, and I was tired and not having the best day so I didn't have a lot of patience. Normally Derryk is home and he deals with Bryden when I am not wanting to. Lets just say I was glad when Bryden was finally in bed. I cleaned the house a little bit then crashed. Bryden slept really well tonight. He woke up and fussed for about 20 minutes then he fell back asleep and didn't wake up again.
Sunday (Nov. 20)
Since I was stranded I didn't go to church. Derryk was going to be home tonight so I wanted to have the house nice and clean and dinner ready and all that.. Trying to be a good wife. It is very hard trying to clean when you have a baby crawling around getting into everything!! Since he only started crawling a few weeks ago I haven't baby proofed the house, so there was a lot he was getting into that he shouldn't be getting in to. We have a play pen for him but he didn't want to sit and play in there, he wanted to crawl around and go exploring. It took me a lot longer to clean than what it usually does. I was able to make cup cakes, get dinner in the oven, shower, get ready, and have the house clean all before Derryk got home. I am very glad to have Derryk back. Bryden is such a good baby, but he has his moments when he is a little turd and it drives me insane. I am so grateful to have Derryk to help me out when I need it. He is an amazing Dad and husband. Bryden was very excited to have his Daddy home too. When Derryk pulled up I lifted him up and said, "Look! Daddy's home!!" He started waving his arms and kicking his legs like crazy, smiling and babbling. I let him down and he crawled toward the door saying, "Dada dada dada" When Derryk walked in he got a huge smile on his face and crawled as fast as he could over to him. Bryden didn't wake up until about 6 this morning and fussed for a while then went back to sleep.. so he is basically sleeping all night.. YAY!
On top of all of this I had a little 'thing' with my boss. It made me extremely frustrated and mad. I had decided to go back to work while Derryk was on afternoon shift so I could finish my hours and get my license. I had only worked one week and this was going to be my next week. Anyway, after my conversation with her Friday night I decided I was not going to work again until my maternity leave was over. When I told her this she was very immature and has been since. I asked her today (Monday) if I could color Monica's hair on the 29th, and her response was, "No. From now on you can do hair at home. When you come back to work you can do it." I am FURIOUS with her! I would LOVE to go up to her and tell her off. I am working very hard at restraining myself from doing this.
We also have a massive hydro bill that has to be paid by December 5th and we aren't sure how we are going to do that... but oh well! I guess we'll figure it out.. This doesn't put me on a very good track for my birthday tomorrow. Well, hopefully it doesn't suck too bad.... doesn't look good with how things are going so far.
That is my little rant.. Hopefully things are better very quickly.
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