Leaving is bittersweet

I have been at Side Pockets for almost 7 years now and I put my two weeks in last Friday. I cried when I told both of my bosses that I was leaving. My reasons for leaving are simple, I have a 3 month old baby who I would like to be able to spend more time with and I also don't want to get sick from the hundreds of people I come into contact with and bring something home to her. Last night we had a mandatory meeting where they discussed the holiday shifts and I can honestly say that I was so glad I had already put in my two weeks notice. You can imagine that working with a bunch of mostly female staff members can make things dramaful at times and no more so than when it comes down to who has to work the holiday shifts. I can't believe how mean they are to each other about it. Last year they tried to force me to work Christmas night when my family lives 4 hours away so that two workers could have off the same shift together and both of their families are in the area. It brought back memories of a time when I wanted to leave and reminded me why. So I would still say that I am going to be sad leaving a place that I have been a part of for so long, but I am glad to be going too.

Advice???

I don't mind when people give me advice on parenting, actually I welcome the advice. Obviously I am new at the whole mom thing and I don't mind hearing the different ways of doing things. What irritates me is when I listen to their advice but choose not to follow it, and they take it as a personal insult!! Or even worse, if they are not giving me the advice or asking my opinion and when they are around my daughter they just do their own thing as if they were raising her like she were theirs. I am trying not to come off as too harsh to these people, but this is my choice and I feel like they are trying to take that away from me. And if I have to hear one more time about how many kids they raised or how "fine" their kids are I am going to scream!! I don't mind the advice but I still want the final say of what is actually going to take place to be my decision as I am the one who had to get fat and swollen and carry her around for nine months!!

Monster In Law

I used to love that my husband was such a momma's boy because I thought that if he treated his mom so great that would mean he would treat me great as well. I have come to find, however, that it is a double edged sword. His mother is watching our 3 month old daughter one day a week and has repeatedly done things "her way" even after I have asked her to follow my schedule or do this my way and then she will just act like she didn't think it was that big of a deal or that she didn't know or forgot. And my husband takes her side on things every time!! I was happy that he was a momma's boy but I kind of thought that at some point he would let go enough to ensure the well-being of his child and his relationship with his wife.

Growing Up

At some point I have to wonder if we all come to a place in our lives where we think wow I sound, act and think "old". I hit that point over the last couple weeks. I feel like I am even older than I am. It does make it rough to hang out with people my own age and sometimes even years older than me b/c I feel like I just don't fit. I don't know if I am feeling this way because I am pregnant or if this would have happened anyway. Everything seems to be changing so quickly that my brain seems to have a hard time keeping up with it. Well as far as wedding news goes I just need to save another couple hundred to have everything paid for!! I am so excited I can't wait for it to just be that day already!! My mom is working on my dress, which I think will be gorgeous!! Everything seems to be coming together well.

Twitter

So I had been toying around with the idea of having a twitter account and finally decided one day when I was bored to just do it!! I now think that I am addicted to it. I LOVE that I can do it from my phone and I almost want to open my own business just so that I can do it under there too!! I have found some very helpful information on it here http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com/blog/twitter-guide-4-twitter-tools-platform/. I suggest anyone who wants an easy way to keep updated with friends, family, and the rest of the world join twitter too!! :)

Mood Booster

Ever have one of those days where it feels like everything is falling down around you? So I thought that today I might look for things on the web that boost my mood and share them with you. Well I ran across this today and thought the ideas here were absolutly adorable.

http://bridalcheek.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/a-picnic-wedding/

This website has some of the cutest ideas for weddings and some great inspiration!! I think it might just be my new favorite!!

http://junebugweddings.com/blogs/what_junebug_loves/

That is all for now more to come next week!!

Crunch Time

Well it is just under 4 months to go until the big day and I am definately feeling the crunch as they say!! I have gone over and over everything a million times and it seems like I just have a few things left to cover but I am still feeling very stressed about it. I would LOVE to say that I was done with it all and could not have to worry about a thing, but I would think that even if I had everything done I would still be worrying about it now anyway!! Well, wish me luck!!