I mentioned yesterday that LB had come down with a cold. Which is true- he has a runny nose and is stuffy and cranky. But I didn't think he'd also come down with a stomach virus!
All day yesterday, LB went through diaper after diaper. There was one point where I had changed him three times in less than 30 minutes. And no matter what I did, he still got a nasty diaper rash, poor kid. But I wasn't truly prepared for last night.
LB woke up crying at around 11:45pm. I was already asleep and when I woke up, I thought I'd give him a few minutes to see if he'd cry it out. He didn't, and then I smelled the nasty diaper smell that assaulted my olfactory glands earlier that day. I really didn't want to get him out of bed, but I had to change him, so I did.
My parents were on their way to bed, so thankfully he didn't wake them up, but they came to check on us to see if everything was okay. Being hugely pregnant and standing around in a tank top (sans bra) and underwear was rather embarassing, but I wasn't expecting to see my parents during the night.
Anyway, I was glad they were up. My mom went downstairs to get him a bottle of Pedialyte, since we thought he might be getting dehydrated. I sat in the rocker in our room and tried to give him some. Then, it happened.
LB threw up all over the place. It was on me, him, the chair, the carpet, everywhere. If I was by myself, I wouldn't know where to start, but my dad quickly got a towel, my mom helped me get him into the bathtub, and my dad started scrubbing the carpet. I called the doc and they said to give him some Pedialyte and try putting him back to sleep. Luckily, he fell right asleep- he must have needed to get that out! But it was gross and stressful and surprising to have him puke on me!
So that was our first sick experience. LB was freaking out right before he puked- it must have been scary for him, since he hardly ever even spit up as an infant. This morning, he seemed much better, but we're still just feeding him applesauce and rice puffs. No milk or yogurt until Saturday.
Whew.
4/30/09
4/29/09
One week left
Booooooo! I have only one more week left here in NH before I head back to HI.
HI's not bad. I miss Puppy, and I miss all the ladies there from the boat (minus the Parenting Genius). I like that the weather is consistent, even if it is hot all the time. And it will be nice to go back to my OB there, since the one I saw here SUCKED. PS- her name was Sandra Nagler... steer clear!
But I will definitely miss seeing my family and friends here, the food, the way I feel like I can take a deep breath outside, the smells of the Atlantic, the people, watching the seasons change, etc. There are just a lot of things here that are familiar to me.
I don't think I have too much planned for the remaining week. I'm going up to see Grace Adler tomorrow and her new house (YAY!), probably sans LB since he caught a little bit of a cold. This weekend, I'll be going out on my dad's boat with the fam. This will be LB's first time on a boat! We bought him a cute little infant life jacket- so adorable. :)
The only thing I'm concerned about going back to HI is this swine flu stuff. And is it just me, or is "swine" a nasty sounding word? Why couldn't they have named it "piggy" flu or "oink" flu? Anyway, we're laying over in a state with a bunch of cases of the flu, so I'm freaking out a little bit, especially since a toddler in the US just died from it. *sigh* Maybe the worst will have blown over by next week? Let's hope so.
This may be my last entry until I get back. Who knows. It depends on how exciting my last week is! :)
HI's not bad. I miss Puppy, and I miss all the ladies there from the boat (minus the Parenting Genius). I like that the weather is consistent, even if it is hot all the time. And it will be nice to go back to my OB there, since the one I saw here SUCKED. PS- her name was Sandra Nagler... steer clear!
But I will definitely miss seeing my family and friends here, the food, the way I feel like I can take a deep breath outside, the smells of the Atlantic, the people, watching the seasons change, etc. There are just a lot of things here that are familiar to me.
I don't think I have too much planned for the remaining week. I'm going up to see Grace Adler tomorrow and her new house (YAY!), probably sans LB since he caught a little bit of a cold. This weekend, I'll be going out on my dad's boat with the fam. This will be LB's first time on a boat! We bought him a cute little infant life jacket- so adorable. :)
The only thing I'm concerned about going back to HI is this swine flu stuff. And is it just me, or is "swine" a nasty sounding word? Why couldn't they have named it "piggy" flu or "oink" flu? Anyway, we're laying over in a state with a bunch of cases of the flu, so I'm freaking out a little bit, especially since a toddler in the US just died from it. *sigh* Maybe the worst will have blown over by next week? Let's hope so.
This may be my last entry until I get back. Who knows. It depends on how exciting my last week is! :)
4/21/09
20A Coventry Rd. Atkinson, NH
Well well, tonight was the hearing regarding renumbering my parents' street. The residents of 20A are citing issues with emergency response and mail and delivery. On the Eagle Tribune's website, there was an article about the meeting, and several responses have posted, including Dave Hammond, the resident of 20A.
He says that he is scared that having a letter will cause confusion. I think the real issue is that the guy is a dickhead and doesn't want a letter part of his address. Here is why:
Mr. Hammond purchased 20 Coventry dirt cheap from a woman whose husband dropped dead and left her with four kids (hello, the poor woman didn't realize he was robbing her). After buying the house, he split the property, increasing the value by $200K. Yeah, it's a money thing, but I feel like he first cheated the previous owner, then increased the value. And the way he did it was a little sleazy, too.
The town requires 200 ft of street frontage to build on a lot. Mr. Hammond used a cul de sac that previously existed to get the 200 ft, and needed a variance just to get it passed. Once the lot was split and the cul de sac taken out, that left much less than the necessary 200 ft street frontage, leaving it a flag lot. But Mr. Hammond still built a new house on the new lot and sold the existing house on the old lot.
Mr. Hammond claims the town of Atkinson is responsible for the "confusion", when it is in fact his own doing. He lived on the land before it was subdivided. He split the land. He built the new house. Of course he knew that his house would be labeled 20A, and if he had a problem with it, then he didn't need to build on that flag lot.
Now he is asking the town to renumber the rest of the street, so that he's not the only one with a letter after his number. This affects nearly 50 houses. My parents have been here for 16 years, way longer than Mr. Hammond. I think it is so selfish to ask everyone to change their addresses, when this "confusion" really only affects him. He doesn't want things delivered to the wrong house, but think about all that goes into changing addresses for the whole street. There will be wrong deliveries for a long time! Plus, no one is perfect, and there are already wrong deliveries.
The emergency issue shouldn't be relevent. Recently a girl broke her femur right in front of my mom's house. When she called 911, the dispatcher stayed on the line the whole time until the ambulance showed up. If the ambulance was lost, she could have given directions. Plus, if they're calling 911, I'd think that they'd be out the house, waiting for the ambulance, like my mom's neighbor did.
Oh man, I'm actually so fired up, I can't really talk straight. Plus, I'm a little distracted by the tv right now.
He says that he is scared that having a letter will cause confusion. I think the real issue is that the guy is a dickhead and doesn't want a letter part of his address. Here is why:
Mr. Hammond purchased 20 Coventry dirt cheap from a woman whose husband dropped dead and left her with four kids (hello, the poor woman didn't realize he was robbing her). After buying the house, he split the property, increasing the value by $200K. Yeah, it's a money thing, but I feel like he first cheated the previous owner, then increased the value. And the way he did it was a little sleazy, too.
The town requires 200 ft of street frontage to build on a lot. Mr. Hammond used a cul de sac that previously existed to get the 200 ft, and needed a variance just to get it passed. Once the lot was split and the cul de sac taken out, that left much less than the necessary 200 ft street frontage, leaving it a flag lot. But Mr. Hammond still built a new house on the new lot and sold the existing house on the old lot.
Mr. Hammond claims the town of Atkinson is responsible for the "confusion", when it is in fact his own doing. He lived on the land before it was subdivided. He split the land. He built the new house. Of course he knew that his house would be labeled 20A, and if he had a problem with it, then he didn't need to build on that flag lot.
Now he is asking the town to renumber the rest of the street, so that he's not the only one with a letter after his number. This affects nearly 50 houses. My parents have been here for 16 years, way longer than Mr. Hammond. I think it is so selfish to ask everyone to change their addresses, when this "confusion" really only affects him. He doesn't want things delivered to the wrong house, but think about all that goes into changing addresses for the whole street. There will be wrong deliveries for a long time! Plus, no one is perfect, and there are already wrong deliveries.
The emergency issue shouldn't be relevent. Recently a girl broke her femur right in front of my mom's house. When she called 911, the dispatcher stayed on the line the whole time until the ambulance showed up. If the ambulance was lost, she could have given directions. Plus, if they're calling 911, I'd think that they'd be out the house, waiting for the ambulance, like my mom's neighbor did.
Oh man, I'm actually so fired up, I can't really talk straight. Plus, I'm a little distracted by the tv right now.
4/16/09
Byte me, Microsoft
Well, they say anything bad that will happen, happens on deployment. That's the truth. While here in NH, my computer's hard drive crashed! I took it to Geek Squad, who said I lost everything and wanted to charge me a butt ton. I said no thanks, and took it to my friend D. He's a whiz with computers and has fixed them for my fam before.
Turns out, the hard drive really was busted, so I had to buy a new one. Luckily he managed to save all my documents. I called up Norton and they remotely reinstalled the antivirus stuff we had. Super easy. So I thought I'd call up Microsoft and see if they could do the same with Office. After all, we'd paid for it and it would be nice to be able to use it.
The website was so confusing. There weren't any answers that were applicable, so I clicked on the link to contact them to ask them a question. One simple question. Over email. Do you know what the website told me?
"That'll be $49.00, please."
Are they out of their freaking minds??? They wanted to charge nearly $50 just so I could ask one question over email (same charge is for calling, too)! Ridiculous!!! So obviously, I didn't complete the email or make the call. I'll just have to suck it up until I get back to HI to reinstall the applications.
Wow. What the hell happened to Microsoft?? They used to have customer service, albeit not very good, but at least it was there. For free. Unbelievable.....
Turns out, the hard drive really was busted, so I had to buy a new one. Luckily he managed to save all my documents. I called up Norton and they remotely reinstalled the antivirus stuff we had. Super easy. So I thought I'd call up Microsoft and see if they could do the same with Office. After all, we'd paid for it and it would be nice to be able to use it.
The website was so confusing. There weren't any answers that were applicable, so I clicked on the link to contact them to ask them a question. One simple question. Over email. Do you know what the website told me?
"That'll be $49.00, please."
Are they out of their freaking minds??? They wanted to charge nearly $50 just so I could ask one question over email (same charge is for calling, too)! Ridiculous!!! So obviously, I didn't complete the email or make the call. I'll just have to suck it up until I get back to HI to reinstall the applications.
Wow. What the hell happened to Microsoft?? They used to have customer service, albeit not very good, but at least it was there. For free. Unbelievable.....
3/25/09
Stuff
Blah. I just wanted to say that. :)
The "out of sight, out of mind" person has been frustrating me to no end. She will send me a stupid facebook photo comment, but won't return my calls or my direct communication. I'm starting to think that it's not worth it, which is too bad, because I didn't think she'd be so difficult to have a friendship with. I'll see what happens on my bday- if it's nothing, then I'm done.
In other news, my Grace Adler has made a gigantic purchase- a house!!! I'm so excited for her!! And, I've seen it online, it's really cute. I'm envisioning their furniture and things in the house. :) Can't wait to see it all done up with their stuff!
LB now has molars. He cut them earlier this month, and that was a terror. I think they still give him a little bit of pain, because he hasn't been sleeping well lately. But he's walking so much, although he still crawls, just because it's faster, haha. I can't wait for Hubby to see him again! I sent him an SD card with pictures and videos, so hopefully he'll get it soon.
I'm planning on getting together next month with some friends from high school that just had babies. We're all going to be in NH at the same time! One of them has a girl, one has a boy, and the pictures of them both are soooo cute! Can't wait to see them in person!
That's all for now. Just living my life one day at a time... get up, feed baby, change baby, play with baby, put baby down for nap, feed baby, play with baby, feed baby dinner, put baby to bed. And repeat. :)
The "out of sight, out of mind" person has been frustrating me to no end. She will send me a stupid facebook photo comment, but won't return my calls or my direct communication. I'm starting to think that it's not worth it, which is too bad, because I didn't think she'd be so difficult to have a friendship with. I'll see what happens on my bday- if it's nothing, then I'm done.
In other news, my Grace Adler has made a gigantic purchase- a house!!! I'm so excited for her!! And, I've seen it online, it's really cute. I'm envisioning their furniture and things in the house. :) Can't wait to see it all done up with their stuff!
LB now has molars. He cut them earlier this month, and that was a terror. I think they still give him a little bit of pain, because he hasn't been sleeping well lately. But he's walking so much, although he still crawls, just because it's faster, haha. I can't wait for Hubby to see him again! I sent him an SD card with pictures and videos, so hopefully he'll get it soon.
I'm planning on getting together next month with some friends from high school that just had babies. We're all going to be in NH at the same time! One of them has a girl, one has a boy, and the pictures of them both are soooo cute! Can't wait to see them in person!
That's all for now. Just living my life one day at a time... get up, feed baby, change baby, play with baby, put baby down for nap, feed baby, play with baby, feed baby dinner, put baby to bed. And repeat. :)
3/8/09
Oh the drama
Whatever had been bugging me is back. Damn. I thought I'd be able to put it behind me, but oh well. I'll just have to keep it in check and make sure it doesn't get any worse.
In other news, I'm finding myself involved in chick drama. I don't really know how that happens. I think it's because I try to be nice to everyone, unless they give me a reason to be a bitch. There's something in particular that is bothering me. It seems like once you have kids, people expect you to do family-oriented things all the time. So not true. I'd love to make plans, get a sitter, and do something sans LB (like the Boyz II Men concert). But it feels like I'm expected to play this role of stay-at-home-mommy, don't-have-any-more-fun person.
I just feel a little dismissed by a particular person. It's a little annoying to see the kid-less ladies doing their thing and knowing that the only reason I'm not invited is because I have kids. Motherhood has definitely changed me- I have a huge responsibility now. But that doesn't change my interests or my personality. Frustrating.
It's also frustrating to be involved with people that are so different. I feel like sometimes I'm caught in the middle and both sides want my opinion, but I'd rather just shut up and not get caught up in the drama. I guess my motto is "can't we all just get along??... unless you're a mega-bitch??" Wish more people lived by that.
In particular, I wish another person lived by that. I know it's really easy to live "out of sight, out of mind", but I'm not like that, and it's a little insulting to be on the receiving end. I know that it's hard to keep up friendships over the miles, but it's not that hard. A call every once in awhile would be nice. And c'mon, facebook is probably the easiest way to keep in touch with people- just a quick comment would suffice. I know I rant about the excess of communication these days, but that makes it all the more baffling why someone isn't able to just say "thinking of you" or something. If we were really close friends like I thought we were, then it wouldn't be this hard.
Ugh. This is why I'm extremely picky about my girl friends. I just don't like the drama. Life's hard enough as it is without adding on cattiness.
In other news, I'm finding myself involved in chick drama. I don't really know how that happens. I think it's because I try to be nice to everyone, unless they give me a reason to be a bitch. There's something in particular that is bothering me. It seems like once you have kids, people expect you to do family-oriented things all the time. So not true. I'd love to make plans, get a sitter, and do something sans LB (like the Boyz II Men concert). But it feels like I'm expected to play this role of stay-at-home-mommy, don't-have-any-more-fun person.
I just feel a little dismissed by a particular person. It's a little annoying to see the kid-less ladies doing their thing and knowing that the only reason I'm not invited is because I have kids. Motherhood has definitely changed me- I have a huge responsibility now. But that doesn't change my interests or my personality. Frustrating.
It's also frustrating to be involved with people that are so different. I feel like sometimes I'm caught in the middle and both sides want my opinion, but I'd rather just shut up and not get caught up in the drama. I guess my motto is "can't we all just get along??... unless you're a mega-bitch??" Wish more people lived by that.
In particular, I wish another person lived by that. I know it's really easy to live "out of sight, out of mind", but I'm not like that, and it's a little insulting to be on the receiving end. I know that it's hard to keep up friendships over the miles, but it's not that hard. A call every once in awhile would be nice. And c'mon, facebook is probably the easiest way to keep in touch with people- just a quick comment would suffice. I know I rant about the excess of communication these days, but that makes it all the more baffling why someone isn't able to just say "thinking of you" or something. If we were really close friends like I thought we were, then it wouldn't be this hard.
Ugh. This is why I'm extremely picky about my girl friends. I just don't like the drama. Life's hard enough as it is without adding on cattiness.
3/3/09
Feeling better
The things that have been bothering me lately have passed, thank god. It still sucks to not be able to talk to Hubby about any of this, but at least it's resolved. And now I can put this past week and half behind me.
LB has been so great. He's such an easy-going kid (he has his moments, but most of the time he's wonderful). He's walking much more now- he'll even walk to a toy, pick it up (without falling over), then walk with it! I feel so proud. :) It's funny to see him learn things, like when he studies my mouth as I talk. So cute. I feel really lucky to have a kid that seems to love to learn.
Overall, this deployment has been okay. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to communicate as much as I'd like, but I like to think about what Hubby does on a day-to-day basis and what he does on his down time. And when I really miss him, I check out real estate in NH, imagining what it will be like when we actually start house hunting and settling down.
LB has been so great. He's such an easy-going kid (he has his moments, but most of the time he's wonderful). He's walking much more now- he'll even walk to a toy, pick it up (without falling over), then walk with it! I feel so proud. :) It's funny to see him learn things, like when he studies my mouth as I talk. So cute. I feel really lucky to have a kid that seems to love to learn.
Overall, this deployment has been okay. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to communicate as much as I'd like, but I like to think about what Hubby does on a day-to-day basis and what he does on his down time. And when I really miss him, I check out real estate in NH, imagining what it will be like when we actually start house hunting and settling down.
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