Parent Life
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Always Learning
My daughter and I had a rough night last night. We’ve hit a sleep regression. The first real regression she’s ever had. She has always been an easy sleeper. She never needed us to stay in the room. She was always good at self soothing. It’s really been quite easy with few random night exceptions. Continue reading
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Fireworks for Independence Day
Neighbors all around me had illegal fireworks. It made it easy getting to watch them. We didn’t have to drive to the show and deal with traffic. We just sat on our back patio and watched them all around. My kid loved it. She sat in my lap for most the night watching them. She Continue reading
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Not of the Mickey Variety
Well, my husband saw a mouse. We haven’t had mice in our house for years. And never since we’ve had a kid. The last time we had mice was when I was keeping chickens in the backyard. As soon as we got rid of the chickens (they went to my mom’s farm), the mice went Continue reading
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Random Thoughts, Disneyland
Being a parent is such a trip. It’s like you’re constantly stuck in this battle of wanting your own space, but feeling like time is slipping away simultaneously. I want ever minute I get. As I plan my kid’s 5 and 6 trip to Disneyland, I had this realization that at some point, she will Continue reading
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Daily Prompt 8
Well isn’t this a slap in the face? I was going to literally just write about this. The entire reason I started my blog was an attempt to keep track of my journey to find myself again. As I started to commit to more and more people (my work, my husband and eventually my kid Continue reading
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Daily Prompt 7
How do you waste the most time every day? It depends on the day. Today I wasted the most amount of time right after I woke up. I started on WP reading other’s posts. then started the doom scroll on instagram. My kid wasn’t awake yet and I was still too tired to start moving. Continue reading
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More Improvement with a Random Review on the Side
Today, I progressed with cleaning up my house by cleaning out my dining area and the tops of my cabinets in my living room. I have found that when you have a toddler that can’t certain items for safety’s sake, it becomes very easy to let things pile up in high places. Such as those Continue reading
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Weekend Plans
My very short workweek is over. Which is good. I’m a Dispatcher for emergency first responders. I manage a radio channel and take 911 emergency calls simultaneously. When you take vacations from this job, like I did with my 12 days off, it’s a struggle to get back into the swing of things. It’s like Continue reading
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Daily Prompt 3
What’s your favorite thing about yourself? I love myself as a mom. I feel like I’m still a kid, mentally, but that I was forced to grow up in some aspects… Grow up in the best ways. I’m suddenly someone’s default role model and I have to try to forgive myself for not being perfect. Continue reading
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Dad’s Day: Just Another Day
My husband’s Father’s Day was rather uneventful. That’s what happens when you’re broke. That damned airfare really messed with our finances. I’m not used to purchasing for 3 people. Anyways, we ended up at In N Out. The entire meal was more mediocre than usual. I had what was supposed to be a chocolate milkshake. Continue reading
Ash Thoreau 