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Birdy's Big Girl Cousins

Birdy's First Dip in the Pool, July 4th

Birdy and Cousin Frog

"One meeellion dollars!"

Exhaustion Sets In

It's 11:07 p.m. as I sit down to write this with a bowl of oatmeal and a glass of water. I got home from work about a half hour ago and did dishes, made bottles, and made lunches for tomorrow. The loonies were out again tonight and they all shopped at the store. Every time I've closed since coming back to work, something totally cooky has happened. Tonight a child left a trail of spit-up from customer service to the exit door and the parent didn't bother to clean it up or mention it to an employee for that matter. I noticed it when I almost wiped out in it. There were lots of guest issues. I'm so ready to move out of the Selling Manager position -- which was supposed to happen August 1st -- and now the company has decided to postpone the "Rotation." I'm going to rotate right out of there if something doesn't change soon.

It's been an emotionally exhausting week for me, too. After having three beautiful days off and getting to spend lots of time with my family, it's been very hard to leave my kids every day. Birdy smiles and laughs and talks so much now, and she's such a good snuggly-buggly-boo. Toad still amazes me every day with his cuteness and powers of observation. He's into the Critter books these days, thanks to Auntie Mary. Just Me and My Kids....

I'll post a photo from the Fourth later....

Sling-A-Ding-Ding

Birdy has really taken to her sling in the last week or so. She just woke up from an hour-long nap in it, during which time I washed dishes and got caught up on some emails. I wish I'd had it when she was a newborn. www.hotslings.com

Work has been busy and it's hard to be away for so long every day. After my co-workers wanted to switch some shifts, I now have the next three weekends off. It's going to be hard to work weekends after that.

Today I made reservations for our anniversary trip to the North Shore. G & G A will be taking care of Bird and Toad and the Puppy. I'm so excited to go -- Hammer Guy and I have been staying at the same resort for the last eight years -- but it's still months away. Good thing there's a Duluth reunion planned with the UMD Ladies before that. www.superiorshores.com

Oh, and more exciting news -- the Connecticut Cousins arrived in their RV late last week and will be camping out for three weeks. Hopefully there is a sleepover in Toad's future. There's a pool party planned for the 4th -- should be fun with lots of great food!