Laundry Room Psychos

I have decided that no matter where I go, no matter how hard I try, the laundry psychos will find me. Let me start by giving you a brief history, my first completely off campus, out of home experience, Brandon and I had an apt together in Brookings, it was great, it was big and nice, huge rooms, close to school and work etc. Well about 3 months after moving in I had my first experience with the laundry psychos. I was doing 3 loads of laundry and I had put them all in the dryer, later that night I sent Brandon to get the laundry and I folded it in the morning, and I noticed something strange, I wasn’t folding any of my underwear, and I know for darn sure I had been wearing some the week before. Turns out som psycho freak dug through all of my dryers and stole every single pair of my undies, my bras and my camisoles, etc (if you wear it under your clothes they took it). It sucked because not only did some psycho perv freak have my undies, but they were all nice Victorias secret stuff, and that stuff isn’t cheap!!!! Ok next home…. Brandon and I move into a nice apt in Sioux Falls, close to work etc etc… after about 2 months of living there some psycho chick used to go in right after I put my stuff in the dryers and pull it out while it was tumbling to dry her stuff, granted she only stole about 75 cents, but still!?!?!?!?!? come on how lame do you have to be. So I decided to confront her, I sat on the floor behind the dryer with my laptop (wireless internet is so great!!!) and waited, about 15 min later she came, opened up my dryer and started pulling my stuff out, and lo and behold, there I was. I asked her what she was doing, gave me a blank look and said, “Oh, is this stuff yours?” SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!! What the HELL is wrong with people?!?!?!? Yeah, it’s mine you psycho. Needless to say she quit taking my stuff out. Like 2 weeks later someone stole my really nice pier one imports laundry basket though. I put up a nasty note and got it back a week later. OK next apt (still in Sioux Falls) this time Brandon and I had our own washer and dryer (HALLELUJAH) So no problems there. Well as you all know Brandon and I are now living in Los Angeles, and so far so good on the laundry situation, until today…. I was getting ready to do some laundry (Aiden was asleep it was the perfect time) so I walk down with my stuff (luckily we live next to the laundry room) and I saw someone walk out just before I went in. (Little did I know she was a laundry room psycho) so I started my loads. She came back about 5 minutes later and gave me a really dirty look, snapped at me for having my landry basket on the floor (where else should I put it?) and then tried to steal my fabric softner, I looked at her and told her it was mine, and she looked at me and was like, “oh, really?” No, dumbass, I’m just saying that to piss you off, of course it’s mine and why on earth are you trying to take it? She was in a bad mood, or maybe has permanent PMS but she was obviously upset that I caught her. SO she left in a huff, and I saved my downy. I have a feeling she wanted to do another load of laundry, but I am not sure, I guess I would have been upset too I suppose. But she does not own the laundry room, and her stuff wasn’t in there, I didn’t move anything of hers she had no right to steal my downy. So that’s the saga of the laundry room psychos who follow me wherever I go. Anyone else have a laundry room horror story?

Will & Grace

So last night was the finale, I loved that show, it was a good close to a great show though, for those of you who saw it I am sure you liked it, and for those of you who didn’t I won’t spoil it for you. I taped it on TIVO because Aiden was asleep and I didn’t want to disturb him. I watched it this morning while I ran on my EFX. I am trying to get better about working out at least 4 days a week, and so far I am doing well. I am still breastfeeding, so I can’t diet, so I am working on getting my body looking how it used to look pre-Aiden. After I finished running I decided to do some sit-ups so I was laying on the floor and Aiden was standing up next to me watching to see what I was doing, and as soon as I started pulling myself up he started laughing. He giggled and laughed though all of my sit-ups. I didn’t get it, why was it so funny? Maybe it’s because he knows he did all that to my stomach, and he is laughing about how hard I am going to have to work to get it back.

I am having carpet cleaners come on Wednesday, our carpet is SOOO bad. They should have cleaned it before we moved in, but they didn’t. But I noticed yesterday when Aiden was crawling around that his little socks were all dirty, and it was from our carpet!! How gross is that? So now he only wears dark socks until the carpet cleaners come. We vaccuum all the time, but apparently vacuuming doesn’t get the grime left from the last tenant. Maybe I just need to have Brandon wipe his feet when he comes in.

You’re Cancelled!

I was supposed to go to work this morning, but the hospital called me at 4:30am to let me know that there were not very many patients, and they didn’t need me. I was actually relieved, it was nice to have a day off. Tomorrow I have to be at a fetal heart monitoring class all day, it was great because I spent the day with Aiden and catching up on stuff. Poor Aiden is teething so bad, his upper gums are SOOOOO swollen and red, but he still manages to keep a smile on his face. When my wisdom teeth came in they hurt so bad I thought I was going to DIE, so I really feel for him.

I am watching an old episode of Friends on TBS, it really is a funny show. Brandon ruined part of it for me last week when he told me that it was filmed in LA. I thought they did it in NYC, does anyone know if Will & Grace is filmed in NYC? I hope it is, I know they did Sex and the City there. Oh, Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry came to the hospital last week, they were there visiting a patient who had a baby. That’s something I am allowed to say (they weren’t patients themselves so it doesn’t violate and privacy stuff). I still get a bit star struck (as soon as I figure out who someone is) but I feel that in my position it is unprofessional to say anything, so I never do.

Mullets and Mothers Day

So today was my first mother’s day, it was OK I guess, I am not sure what I was expecting. I have never been a mother on monther’s day before, so it was all very new. My MIL sent me a beautiful vase of flowers, it arrived while I was at work last night. And I got to spend the day with Brandon and Aiden which was nice, I enjoyed that. brandon made me breakfast this morning, and helped out with dishes and laundry etc, he’s usually pretty good at helping out with household stuff. There are a few things he won’t do, but for the most part he pitches in and helps (at least since we have moved to LA and I work more). It’s nice, especially since we both work full-time and have a child, that we share household duties.

Tonight, while washing my son’s hair in the bathtub I realised that his hair has gotton quite long in the back, while the front is not growing as fast. In a few weeks if I let this continue my son will have a mullet, you know “business in the front, party in the back” I have always vowed never to date, marry or have a child with a mullet, so it looks like Aiden might be getting a haircut here pretty soon. I thinking a mo-hawk, not the real thing where the sides are shaved, but maybe a faux-hawk, where they sides are just shorter and he has a long stripe down the middle. I think it’ll be cute, think Maddox Jolie-Pitt, except Aiden’s hair is a bit curlier. Aiden doesn’t want to go to bed tonight, he cried when we try to put him in bed, usually he is so good at bedtime. I think his teeth are bugging him. He is getting his top two in right now, and that can’t feel good, so we give him some baby motrin, hopefully it kicks in. Too bad they don’t make baby sleeping pills.

Bath Time

Aiden adores his bath, I worked all day today and then came home and he got a bath. Aiden discovered that he could find his reflection in that shiney metal circle under the bath tub spout. This was like the best bath ever. He has always loved the bath, but tonight more than usual, he definiely loves to look at himself. He also loves to stand in the tub (a big no-no) and to crawl around and chase his rubber Ducky (Thanks Katie S, he loves it!!!) It’s sonn funny to watch because as he is crawling the ducky “swims” away, so he tries crawling even faster, and tries to be really stealthy, and he eventually hunts the duck down, and procedes to put the duck in his mouth. It must taste pretty good because he sure seems to enjoy it. Aiden also learned how to control the TV, he found the power button, and he enjoys pushing it, waiting a few seconds and pushing it again, and repeating over and over and over.

Aiden’s Grandma Judy sent a box of toys and all sorts of other goodies for him today. We opened it together and I showed him all his new stuff, and his favorite thing? The box…. it’s pretty funny when a kid likes the packaging more than the gift itself. He was quite enjoying himself until he noticed he got a new sippy cup, (he loves cups) and he tried to drink from it, of course not knowing it was empty, he looked at me like “mommy, what’s wrong with this cup? There isn’t any juice!!!”

Sleep tight, and don’t let the bed bugs bite

Stairs

Aiden is very smart, he also learns stuff, fast!!! Last night Brandon taught him how to go up the stairs, It’s completely adorable, but the thing Aiden neglected to learn was how to go down them safely. We tried to show him, but he likes to face the directions he is going, which is understandable, just not alwasy safe. He is getting good about getting off the sofa and the rocking chair, he is learning to go feet first, although I am not sure how long it’s going to take him to go down the stairs. He really has developed a bit fast for his age, so we have to worry about more stuff then we should. It’s nice to have an advanced kid, but with advancement come more danger. He learned which cupboard in the kitchen has the soap (etc) so we got some of those door locks, but they have yet to be installed.

I went to visit my friend Leah down on Coronado Island a few weeks ago, our little guys played and went swimming together. One thing Leah and I discovered we have in common? Poor Parallel parking skills. In bigger cities it is so important to know how to parallel park, back in old SD there is so much space you can park anywhere, it’s a big wild open country out there, so neither Leah or I got much practice or experience with parallel parking. Everywhere in LA you need to parallel park, it’s terrible I have to take like three or four swipes at it, and to top it off, seems every driver on the road in LA is pissed about something, they love to honk and yell at you. Anytime really, when you park, when you stop at a red light or stop sign, when you sneeze, when you pass them, and my favorite when you honk at them because they are about to hit your car. All the drivers here seem to need anger management classes. I think it’s because the average LA driver has to spend at least an hour in traffic. Luckily Brandon and I live near where we work and we don’t usually have to drive in any traffic, I go to work at 6:30am and Brandon takes a drive down the coast, needless to say we are much happier drivers than most, But we still have to endure all the mad ones.

Dad’s are great

I am off yet again, it’s so great only working 3 days a week, I am considering getting a second job at a “medical spa” basically I will zap varicose veins and laser off hair and stuff like that, it sounds really fun actually, I will work one day a week and they pay really well, I think I am going to wait until I am done breastfeeding because the less days I have to pump the better!!!

It’s nice when Brandon and I have a day off together, Aiden slept in this morning too which was great. I love that my husband is such a great dad, since we both work full time Brandon gets a nice share of caring for Aiden. When I was growing up my dad worked full time and my mother stayed home with all of us, so naturally she did all the housework and most of the childrearing. I don’t have the luxury of staying home, so I am fortunate enough to have a very supportive husband who does a lot for me and really cares about our son. I know that Aiden and I are very lucky to have Brandon, he is a great husband and a wonderful father.

Today Brandon and I worked on getting all our mother’s day cards written and addressed, it was fun:) Brandon told me that before we were married he would have never thought to get mother’s day cards for his mom and Grandmothers (I think it’s a girl thing). All that reminded me that this is my first “real” mother’s day, I think becoming a mother came really naturally to me (luckily since my life was very chaotic when he was born) I don’t feel that much different being a mother, except thoughts of my son’s well-being consume me 24 hours a day, but that’s ok, thinking about him is fun:) I am glad I have mother’s day off, it will be a big deal on the floor where I work. Instead I will be at home with my the two people who I love most, which is exactly how it should be (I hate trying to go out to eat on days like mother’s day, and V-day, it’s nuts!!!)

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Good Morning

It’s 6am, and I am getting ready for work, it’s no longer a chore to get up early, I am pretty muc used to it now. I just have to make sure all my stuff is together, and at 5:15 I always go and get Aiden and put him in bed with Brandon. It’s so adorable. I’ll lay Aiden there before I take a shower and when I come out he usually tries to get closer and cuddle up with his daddy. Luckily Brandon is a deep sleeper and nothing really wakes him up. It never worked to have Aiden in bed when I was there, I was always too paranoid about rolling over him, and then once he got bigger he would try to get closer and closer and closer, until basically he would kick you off the bed. But with Brandon it works perfect, that way Brandon doesn’t have to run upstairs early in the morning and get him, and he usually will sleep later if he is there. It’s so nice to have a baby that sleeps all the way through the night, in fact it’s pretty amazing, I have friends who have babies that are 1 and up that still wake up several times in the night, it’s INSANE!!!! I can’t imagine having to do that.

Well I am about to get out the door and go to work, you all have a great day.

Huntington

Today Aiden and I went up to Pasadena, I have never been up there, but it was a nice drive and we went to Huntington gardens/museum/library we really just went to the garden part, and we hung out thee and walked aroundfor quite a while, Aiden enjoyed it, he liked the flowers, and watching all the people, and the Koi in the ponds. I got some cute photos of him as well. Like I have said before I like having a beautiful child, but today I had several strangers asking to take photo’s of him. I have alwasy heard that Japanese tourists like to take lots of photos (it’s true) but today while I was getting a couple shots of him, I had several people come up and ask me if it was ok to take photo’s of him because they thought he was so cute!!! I was totally flattered, it’s funny but it’s a total boost for my ego when people admire my child. I mean yeah he’s got my genetics, but I didn’t pick the way he looked, they are complimenting me on something completely out of my control, and the compliments aren’t even about me, they are about my son, but… it still makes me feel good.

Later in the day I had a long conversation with an old friend, it’s always nice to hear from an old friend, it’s like getting a personal letter in a pile of bills. We chatted about life, and marriage and kids, it’s so funny how once you have a child your life is no longer your own. My entire life, everything I do is for or about my son (at least I feel like it is).

Sweet Dreams

Just a Chip

I had the day off, so I spent it running errands, including stopping in at work to say Hi, and pick up my paycheck. I discovered that my son not only loves women, but he is a HUGE flirt. I mean big time, he smiles and bats his eyelashes and then when he thinks someone is flirting back he throws his little face into my shoulder. That’s right… I am raising a ladies man. It doesn’t help that he’s extremely cute, girls (and sometimes guys) just fawn all over him, I can’t take him anywhere without having women stop and touch him, and comment on his long eyelashes, his dimples, or his Big Blue eyes. It’s great, I love having a beautiful child, no one wants an ugly baby. I think that’s why he’s such a flirt, because he gets so much attention. Or maybe it’s genetic? Anybody who knew me when knows that I was quite the flirt in my day, I still use my charm to get things I want/need (like, you know…get out of a speeding ticket) I definitely don’t think he got it from Brandon (no explanations nessessary

Life is going pretty well, work has been good, this week I have taken care of two “celebrity wives” (for the slower people reading this…. I mean women married to Hollywood guru’s) one of them was really nice, and the other? Well…. she’s another story, I would love to blab who, but I can’t, I am held to the laws of HIPPA. I wouldn’t want someone talking about my medical problems on their blog. We get lots of celebrity clients, because of where we are located, I haven’t personally taken care of a big celeb just yet, but I probably will sometime in the near future, it’s going to kill me to keep it in. Brooke sheilds and Katie Holmes had they babies a couple weeks ago, but they were at St. Johns (it’s about 3 blocks away from us) I was surprised neither of them came to us, but oh well. The paparazzi like to hang out in front of the hospital because we do have a lot of famous people that come here, so watch for a picture of someone famous with me in the background It’s kind of odd how many famous people live in this area, I have seen a few, but I usually can’t figure out who they are until it’s too late, they don’t look the same as they do on the big screen. For instance David Spade is the size of a 10 year old girl, he is like 5 feet and 90 pounds, my little sister could beat him up, but I never would have known how little he was until I saw him in person.

Ok gtg my kid is getting tired and crabby.