I missed posting in October.
October with the vibrant leaves and blustery winds. Indian summers and apple picking. Most importantly both my children have birthdays in October. The month of Libra, of equilibrium. I love Autumn in New England. Walking through the woods, waiting for the corn fields to be cut down so the dogs can run. Pumpkin picking and hay rides as we wait for Halloween.
Ive missed blogging too.
The challenge for me is that I am someone who loves quiet and solitary surroundings when I write. This was fine when I wasn't waking up 1-4 times a night depending on Kai's ability to sleep. Now it is quite difficult to find the energy and squirrel away the time to write.
Life has changed dramatically since Kai Misikir has been home with us.
First of all he is amazing, just a fantastic kiddo. He is a speed crawler and stair climber and is hours away from walking with confidence. I think I have counted nine steps altogether just yesterday. Earlier today I was wrangling something out of his mouth when I discovered the arrival of a third tooth on top adding to the two on the bottom! He is quickly moving away from baby food.
I resigned my position as guest services manager at the hotel where I have worked for the past six years. I now work there only on Sundays from 3pm-11pm. This is actually a nice break for me and a chance for Fred to take on bed time for the kids and all that entails. It was difficult to move out of my office and take down my things. Its been a bit hard to let go. But in the end it wasn't a career for me, it was a job. And parenting is a priority right now.
Within two weeks of leaving full time work at the hotel I was contacted by a new family in town that was seeking a nanny for their 21 month old. Same amount of pay I was making after six years! So now I work at their house with Kai four days during the week. Caring for two children under two is far more difficult than working at the hotel almost any day! But the little girl is a sweetheart and adopted from South America which is a nice bonus. The parents are super, both doctors, very liberal and straight forward. So far, so good.
In our quest to save money and allow me to care for Kai full time, Lenea has moved in and is paying rent. Unfortunately her two cats came with her. Its been a bumpy start and perhaps not incredibly well thought out on my part. Kai has moved into our "room" (half of the finished basement) and Lenea has taken his room next to Kiana's. For us this equals zero privacy and zero ability to ever ignore any of Kai's possible nighttime complaints :)
But we ended up with a nicer sofa and lamps (which are Lenea's) and its only planned for a year. Lets see if we make it that long...
We have three digital cameras between all of us in this house. All three need repairs or adjustment's to work properly. I was very bummed to not get pictures of Kai Misikir as a puppy dog tonight on Halloween and Kiana as a devil-fairy-chic (don't get me started on how hard it is to find girls costumes that don't appear prostitute-ish!). We are truly a sorry bunch!
I'm afraid no decent pictures of Kiana's or Kai's birthdays either. You HAVE to see Kiana on her dirt bike, she is something else!
I will work on that.
It's two in the morning and I am beyond tired. I have recently been "tagged" to write seven (?) random things about myself. I did this a while back but I will try to think of a few more things. Not that I think I'm all that interesting though...
I hope to blog soon...at least before another month gets away from me...
New-er pictures to come...
