I’m a Mommy Too!

the power cord for my computer hasn’t been working — i’ve been borrowing d’s, but for some reason i just prefer to blog on my own computer.  finally got a new cord and now i’m back with my little guy.

the holidays were pretty uneventful, i guess.  i worked christmas eve and christmas day, as well as the 26th.  they were just totally normal workdays, which was weird.  we went out for fondue xmas eve, to keep up my dad’s family tradition, and d spoiled me a little bit not with gifts (there were those too), just taking care of me and making it a little christmas-y around here.

we went to r.i. on the 27th to see family — then sunday i went to nyc with my mom to see cymbeline, which was so fun!  it’s a strange play, one of shakespeare’s last.  but the production was just beautiful and there’s something magical about lincoln center (nyc in general) during the holidays.  ooh, and d and i saw juno.  it’s excellent!

and now i’m back to work!  we’re going away again next week, to d’s parents’ beach house while they’re in the city.  looking forward to that, although it means a bunch of days in a row beforehand.

baby boy bodenheimer is due 4 months from today!  as any pregnant woman will tell you, pregnancy is much closer to 10 months than it is to 9… which means that although d is in her 6th month, we still have 4 more to go.

yesterday was my first day working completely on my own.  i’ve had a six month orientation, which is standard fare for a new grad in any kind of intensive care unit.  for the most part, there’s good news: i’m learning every day, my co-workers are fantastic, the work is challenging, the cafeteria food is decent, the commute is easy, i feel good about what i do every day.  on the down side: the mornings are early, the days are long, the clothes (scrubs) are boring, god only knows what’s on the clogs (they get left on the front porch), i’ve had two cold sores in the last month (after not having one for probably two years), my hands are very dry (from washing my hands dozens of times every day).  relatively minor gripes, no?  and here i am now…

 
uncanny resemblance, no?

just got back from a lovely, lazy trip to d’s parents’ beach house.  they generously stayed away so that we could have the place to ourselves, and we took advantage!  not an exciting vacation by any means, but it was perfect.  spent hours upon hours doing nothing but reading, talking, playing with the dog, watching tv.  went out for dinner, went back home.  took the dog for walks, went back home.  it was rainy for part of the time, which only added to the coziness!  two bright, sunny days, and one fantastic trip to the beach:

 
can you get the feel of the pic?  enormous waves, endless gray ocean, lovely breeze.

and me at my happiest:
beach, coffee, d, dog (running around, refusing to pose)!

we did NOT want to come back, but duty calls.