Work From Home Wednesday-A Bust

Usually I sing the praises of productivity related to my self proclaimed "Work From Home Wednesday." Today, not so much. Here's the recap and it's not even 2pm yet (and I haven't had lunch!).

Nice things...
I was able to lay in bed an extra 15 minutes today. Then get up and get Miller up, fed, clothed, and some play time. I started a load of his laundry.

Not so nice things...
When I went to get dressed I noticed the ceiling in our closet looked wet and moldy. I decided to investigate and yep, the plumbing is leaking. :( I called Ryan and he had to come home and fix it. Since that required shutting off the laundry, I had to rewash the load I started.

On the work front, I had a great list of actionable and completable tasks to do this morning before my meetings kicked in. Well, that got shot to hell before 9:15 because we launched a pilot today that had issues. The worst part is after several hours of intensive investigation, it went right back to what I was preaching 7 weeks ago before we started it. Same problems I identified up front plagued us all the way through. It sucks to be right.

So, now my day is technically over half way over but the reality is it's no where near being over. I can't wait for this long weekend to arrive. Oh and tomorrow, everyone is going to bail early at work but I have back to back calls until 5pm and most are with vendors so I can't cancel them. What a bummer.

Walking Machine

Miller is turning into a walking machine. He's unsteady but doing more and more on his own now. I can't believe how less than a week ago, he had no desire to walk on his own without his truck. Now he only uses it to haul stuff or run laps in the house. What a crazy kid. Looks like we will have more bruises and cuts coming up.

More Steps

Miller took 4-5 steps tonight without assistance. He's such a foodie. I was eating dinner and he was on the other side of the table. He traveled along the chairs and then he just took a few steps away on his way to get to me and my food. Now I have a begging dog and a begging child waiting for me to give them handouts while I eat.

Also, I had gone in the kitchen to clean up. I gave him his sippy cup. I heard a noise, looked over and there he was; standing in the doorway to the kitchen and he took a few more steps towards me. Then he sat down, put his water bottle/sippy cup into the pack of real water bottles. What a goof.

Resolved!

I called the bank this morning to make sure my transfers happened this morning as planned. The lady took care of it within 5 minutes from when I called and confirmed all was set. Then I called the online banking number and the first try was unsuccessful. The second attempt, unsuccessful. Tonight I got home, cleared my cache and tried one last time. No love. I called a third time and to my sneaking suspicion, they had typed in the wrong letter for my username. They got me in, I reset everything, and double checked my account. All is golden. I am just waiting for a new check card so I can access my moola and some new checks so I can pay some bills and order cute checks (that's right, I still write out checks and guess what, it's the reason they caught the online bill pay fraud-so there!).

Now if only my speeding ticket stuff goes this smoothly...

Oh, and Miller received another haircut via Master Stylist Ryan Froyd. It looks pretty good although it's a little short for me. I won't admit this to Ryan but he did a good job and it was nice to not have to pay money or wait to have it done. ;) I love you honey!

Rough Weekend

Although Miller can be an angel 95% of the time, this weekend has been a tough one for him. He has some new teeth coming in, it's been 10 days since his shots and I think he is experiencing a little side effect like we were warned, and he is just plain ol' worn out from all the fun stuff he did this week. He smucked his head on the tile yesterday and tonight he fell on top of Ryan and they both had big, fat, bloody lips. He tossed his cookies twice this weekend and had some icky poos. Good thing tomorrow is back to daycare for him and work for us. Weekends are too much!

First Swimming Lesson

Miller had his first swimming lesson yesterday. He did really well for the first 15 minutes and then the second half was touch and go. He was tired and over having water in his ears but he did leave with a smile.

The school we went to has an indoor saltwater pool. The teacher was in the water with Miller and Ryan (one other mom and her baby). Ryan and I are going to take turns being in the water with Miller. They teach the babies to float up to the top of the water and float on their backs. I will let you know how it goes. He loves playing in the water and doesn't seem to have a fear of getting his face wet. This could be a blessing or a curse...time will tell.

If the weather holds out, we might get some practice in at the Polich pool. :)