The Working Mom » work life balance http://theworkingmom.net Balancing health, home life and work as best I can Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:33:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sure Sign of Overtiredness http://theworkingmom.net/2010/08/05/sure-sign-of-overtiredness/ http://theworkingmom.net/2010/08/05/sure-sign-of-overtiredness/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:09:39 +0000 Jennifer http://theworkingmom.net/?p=1733 Related Posts
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]]> Zach was throwing up most of the night last night. When he wasn’t throwing up, I spent the time trying to fall back to sleep, a wasted effort. So I’m really short on energy today – and brain power. While I was driving Rachel to her day-camp, Sam stayed with Zach back at the house. In my head I was mentally listing off what I needed to do that day, how I would juggle it all with Zach staying home. On one mental item, I thought “we should feed him the BRAT diet today – I think that’s what they usually have you do with a kid that is recovering from vomiting, etc. Ok. BRAT diet… Bananas… Rice… Apples? No Applesauce, right…? And something starting with a “T”. What the hell is it. Tofu?….Turkey?…  Tepid water… How many foods could possibly start with the letter “T” – what the hell is it??

I kind of gave up thinking about it and figured I’d just look it up on Google when I got home. So I get home, Zach asks for some toast, I say sure. I’m making him the toast and while I’m getting it all together I start thinking again… What the hell is the “T” word??? GAH!! Why can’t I remember what it is?!

Yeah.

It wasn’t until I finished making it and handed it to him… TOAST!

Oy. It’s going to be a long day.

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]]> The Beach House we stayed at must have been a butterfly haven. I was once told that people like to plant for butterflies, but not enough people plant for the caterpillars (that turn into butterflies) – but this house must have had both types – since earlier in the week we saw that monarch caterpillar, and then later in the week we kept seeing monarch butterflies. (Obviously not the same creature, but it was funny the in order in which we saw them) I particularly like monarch butterflies – and according to wikipedia, they’re supposedly seen across the U.S. but I can’t remember the last one I saw that wasn’t in some kind of “butterfly zoo.”

Another unique-to-this-area insect: Lightening Bugs / Fireflies. We used to see them every summer when I was a kid in NY, but I haven’t seen one in so long. I don’t believe there are any in Utah at all. I was really psyched to have Rachel and Zachary see them and chase after and even catch a few. (We let them go after a few minutes of watching them up close).

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]]> http://theworkingmom.net/2010/07/15/beach-house-backyard/feed/ 0 Another reason for my weight gain from our vacation http://theworkingmom.net/2010/07/14/another-reason-for-my-weight-gain-from-our-vacation/ http://theworkingmom.net/2010/07/14/another-reason-for-my-weight-gain-from-our-vacation/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:00:52 +0000 Jennifer http://theworkingmom.net/?p=1563 Related Posts
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