I’ve been on “maternity leave” the past few weeks. I put it in quotes because while I only work 10-15 hours a week, if I don’t work, I don’t get paid. No real vacations is the downside of freelancing. Don’t worry, the flexibility and being able to work from home certainly make up for it though. So, maternity leave. I’ve baked brownies during nap time, dusted and vacuumed the entire house (although it doesn’t look like it now), scrubbed the kitchen floor, set up my office again (after the room rearranging), watched a few episodes of Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix (guilty pleasure) and mowed the lawn. Sometimes Cassidy naps during Ben’s nap and other times I’ll just be holding or nursing her (NOT while mowing the lawn). I feel like I’ve been living it up and enjoying nap time the past few weeks!
I have been going slightly batty without morning workouts. Cassidy is too little to take to Y babysitting (she needs to be 6 weeks) and I’m technically still not supposed to do any strenuous activity. Last week we headed to the Y though and I dropped Ben off to play with his friends in childwatch and wore Cassidy in the babycarrier while walking the treadmill. It.was.so.boring. I enjoyed showing her off to all the Y ladies and Ben needed to play with other kids, but my goodness, there is a reason I don’t do the treadmill. And I only burned like 100 calories, which were negated by the two oreos I had with lunch. Oh well, we’ll get back to sweatin’ to the oldies soon ;-)
New neighbors moved in behind us. We’ve been creeping on them and gathering intelligence. We are so lame. I did introduce myself to the son (who is 10-12ish) one night and I think I scared the crap out of him. He was wandering around the treeline that separates our properties and I think he thought I was coming out to yell at him ;-) He jumped and started to scurry away before he realized I was just saying hello. Haven’t met the parents though.
With all the bedroom rearranging I’ve been organizing like crazy and selling things on craigslist. The house finally turned a corner and I think there are more finished/livable spaces than not, so it feels really good to evaluate “Have I used this? Will I use this? Do I even have a spot for this?”
I’ve been loving the cooler weather we’ve been having. Windows open, no AC, lots of walks and playing outside (in jeans!)
Ben can reach the pedals in his Powerwheels now and it’s hysterical to watch him zoom around the back yard. We actually have two that Andy fixed, one is the hacked up remote control jeep that Andy can power and the other is a gator/tractor type one that Ben can drive. Too cute!
Our garden is mass producing cucumbers this year but nothing else really seems to be growing. All the tomatoes are still green and the peas gave us a few pods but nothing spectacular. Strawberries did really well in June, but other than that it’s been kind of disappointing. I don’t even like pickles, so I’ve just started giving cucumbers to people.
