I haven't been sleeping well lately. Last night was particularly bad. I slept for two hours, was awake for two hours, then slept for another three hours. And that was it for the night. I put it down to the fact that I drank a bottle of V yesterday to help me cope with the fact that I hadn't slept very well the night before that either.
So today I have been pretty tired. As well I've been cranky, forgetful and found it hard to concentrate.
This morning Peter and I had a meeting at our lawyers so the girls and I went up to Palmerston North for the day. When we were finished at the laywers we still had some time left on our parking meter so we went for a walk around the block, Kathleen walking and Victoria in the stroller. When we got back to the car I loaded the girls into the car and off we went to a cafe in the country for lunch.
It was an hour or two later when I was sick of carrying Victoria around and wanting to put her into the stroller, when I realised that I didn't remember putting it back into the car after our walk around the block. A quick check confirmed that, yup, it wasn't there. Damn.
We finished up our lunch and went back to our lawyers, just on the off-chance that it was still there sitting by the side of the road. It wasn't.
I asked at the laywers if they'd seen anything. No, nothing. I resigned myself to the fact that it was gone. Best case scenario I figured a parking warden may have taken it away. Worst case someone pinched it.
There was a bank next door to the lawyers so I decided to ask in there anyway. And, lo and behold, there was our stroller sitting in their foyer.
I confessed to the teller what an idiot I was and she said that she'd noticed the stroller sitting by the side of the road when she went to lunch at 1 o'clock, and it was still there when she came back at 2 o'clock. She guessed what had happened and brought it inside.
Now it had actually been sitting there since 12 o'clock! Two hours!
The honesty of small town people really does surprise and hearten me.
-Megz
19 February 2009
03 February 2009
Walking
Victoria took her first steps at Christmas time. Since then she's been practising and getting better at it. Now, as of a couple of days ago, she's suddenly got the hang of it and is walking everywhere. Not all the time but a good 50% of the time. And she can now walk from one side of the room to the other without falling down.
I have enrolled both girls in a local daycare centre for one day a week. They had their second time there today. I think they're both enjoying it. The first week I stayed with them for an hour or two, today I stayed for half an hour to make sure they were settled in. Kathleen has had drop offs at Playcentre before so she was absolutely fine. Victoria is a lot younger so hasn't had drop offs before, but she handled it well. In fact the first week she cried when I tried to take her home and reached out for the teacher so she could stay there! Today though I got the biggest hugs from her when I came to pick them up.
Having them in daycare has been good because it has enabled me to get some work done around the farm. Both weeks I've spent the time weeding the lavender field (which you can read about in my other blog). I've got the next several weeks drop off days all mapped out too. There is so much work to do around the farm and it is difficult because I can't really leave the girls alone. Nor can I take them with me, with the amount of deadly nightshade springing up all over the place. So I've gotten into the habit of when Victoria has a nap after lunch, putting the television on for Kathleen to have quiet time, and then I go outside and work close to the house. I don't like her watching so much television, but at least I know she is safe and pretty much won't leave the couch while it's on so won't get into trouble. I always stay within sight of the house so that if she needs me I'm nearby.
Victoria is now settling into a fairly regular schedule of waking up at 8am, having lunch at 12, a nap at 1, dinner at 6pm and bed at 8pm. Kathleen's schedule is pretty similar except she doesn't have a nap and wakes up at 7. Compared to other country dwellers we're pretty late risers I think. But I just can't get up any earlier than that. Even 7am is pretty difficult.
-Megz
I have enrolled both girls in a local daycare centre for one day a week. They had their second time there today. I think they're both enjoying it. The first week I stayed with them for an hour or two, today I stayed for half an hour to make sure they were settled in. Kathleen has had drop offs at Playcentre before so she was absolutely fine. Victoria is a lot younger so hasn't had drop offs before, but she handled it well. In fact the first week she cried when I tried to take her home and reached out for the teacher so she could stay there! Today though I got the biggest hugs from her when I came to pick them up.
Having them in daycare has been good because it has enabled me to get some work done around the farm. Both weeks I've spent the time weeding the lavender field (which you can read about in my other blog). I've got the next several weeks drop off days all mapped out too. There is so much work to do around the farm and it is difficult because I can't really leave the girls alone. Nor can I take them with me, with the amount of deadly nightshade springing up all over the place. So I've gotten into the habit of when Victoria has a nap after lunch, putting the television on for Kathleen to have quiet time, and then I go outside and work close to the house. I don't like her watching so much television, but at least I know she is safe and pretty much won't leave the couch while it's on so won't get into trouble. I always stay within sight of the house so that if she needs me I'm nearby.
Victoria is now settling into a fairly regular schedule of waking up at 8am, having lunch at 12, a nap at 1, dinner at 6pm and bed at 8pm. Kathleen's schedule is pretty similar except she doesn't have a nap and wakes up at 7. Compared to other country dwellers we're pretty late risers I think. But I just can't get up any earlier than that. Even 7am is pretty difficult.
-Megz
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