Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday!!

I've had a few pretty shitty days this week. Here's a little review because I know you are all soooo interested in why my week has sucked just a little bit of dick!

Tuesday -
3am: Baby is awake and is kicking me in her attempts to practice crawling in her sleep. I get up and decide to put her back in crib. Am worried that she will soon (or can now) jump to her death from crib. Drag crib over by bed so if she does jump out it will be on the bed. Put baby back to sleep.

5am: LM is awake again and is (as I thought) trying to escape the crib to get into bed with me. Take baby out. Put baby on tit and thank the gods when she goes back to sleep without practicing her karate.

8:30am: Get a call from Supernanny which I immediately assume is her calling to say she can't come in (and start to panic a little), but then find out she is just calling to see if she left her wallet in LM's diaper bag. Locate wallet and hang up. Get baby ready for Supernanny.

9:30: At work, computer is being very slow and mouse button is sticking. Decide to restart computer. Restart computer and realize that computer is now completely useless. Gee, thanks for not f@ckin' me big time computer. Not only will it no longer recognize any program, it also won't let me save or copy any of my filed.

10:00am: Take computer to IT department. Dumb ass 19 year old tells me that "it, uh, might be a virus." Yah think? "So, like we are probably going to have to reformat it, yeah." GREAT. So remember how I can't save or copy anything...that means I can't back-up anything. Luckily I have all the REALLY important stuff on portable hard drive. If I lost all of my dissertation work I might seriously consider jumping off the roof.

1:30pm: Bring computer back at scheduled time to have it fixed. Dumb ass 19yr old #2 tells me I need all the start-up disks. Uh, coulda told me that before shit face. "Oh, yeah I forgot to mention that," adds dumb ass #1.

1:40pm: Run up 2 flights of stairs and rummage through desk/files for start-up disks. Can't find disks. Look through department disk binder for start-up disks. Can't find compatible disk....fantasize about smashing computer into teeny tiny bits.

2:00pm: Abandon search for back-up disks since I am already going to be late for dental appointment. Rush to dental appointment.

2:35pm: Arrive to dentist only a few minutes late. Have cavity filled (this in itself could ruin a day). Find out that stupid onlay I need done for broken tooth (apparently pregnancy softens the teeth...who knew) will not be done before the big move. This means I will either have to fly back to NYC sometime in September to have it done or pay to have it done at another dentist.

5:00pm: talk to out of state dentist. Find out it will probably be $1300 to fix tooth. Great! Now I have to come back to NYC less than a month before I move and find someone to watch LM while I am at the dentist.

Wednesday -

LM is teething and it feels like she is up every 20 minutes.
6:30am: LM and I wake up due to storm. Husband leaves for work.

8:00am: Get a call from Supernanny. She is stuck in Brooklyn due to flooded trains. She will try and make it in sometime this morning.

10:00am: Supernanny is still stuck. I tell her not to worry about it. Call work, tell them I won't be in today. Spend the day with LM (This was actually a good part of the week.).

Thursday -

9:00am: Search again for back-up disks so computer can be reformatted by the league of morons. Find nothing new.

10:00am: Take computer down. Get new dumb ass who is equally as brilliant. "Uh, maybe that will work. We'll have to see, I'm just not sure." If I said shit like that in my job all the time I would be fired. "Hi, this is my specialty....but I'm not confident that i have a good grasp on any of it....."

10:10am: Leave computer and go borrow department computer to attempt to do some work.

1:00pm: must stay for department meeting.

2:00pm: Department meeting starts.

2:05pm: Department meeting ends. I swear! Coulda probably sent that in an email don't you think.

4:00pm: Retrieve computer which has been partially fixed. But still needs drivers and utilities disk. Can download that from internet, but without the internet card driver I can't connect to the internet...who thought up that genius scheme?

4:30pm come home to whiny, teething baby (my favorite). Find out that Husband is going to be stuck at work till around 6 for some office event. Great! Whiny teething baby all to myself.

6:oopm: All attempts at getting LM to take her late afternoon nap have failed. Get ready to wait her out until bed time.

6:30pm: Husband is home and while he is supposed to be watching her she falls off the bed. Wailing ensues. Husband cannot console her. Mommy to the rescue after displaying obvious annoyance at Husband's baby-watching skills.

6:40pm: LM Passes out. So this means she is going to wake up at 8 all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed or she is out for the night. Out for the night would be good, but then you run the risk of her waking up at 5am.

LM wakes up continually. Feels like I have to get her back to sleep every half-hour. I am hating tonight. Why can't the girl just sleep? Grown-ups love sleep...how can we impart this knowledge onto the babies?

Friday -
7:00am: LM is up early.

8:00am: LM is whiny. I put some oral gel on her gums. Eats an entire jar of baby food (probably because she fell asleep without eating dinner last night).

8:30am: I love a cranky, tired baby.

8:45am: LM is back to sleep. Sometimes babies can be real assholes (not hate mail on that one please....I can call my baby an asshole if I want).

Ah, a week in the life. At least it is Friday! Happy Friday!