This has been one of those mornings where things have just kept mounting up. For starters, my gas light came on in conjunction with my tire pressure light. Elliot was a complete pill this morning: crying like the world was ending when he finished his yogurt. Oh god, feed me more – I’m STARVING, he seemed to say in his sobs. And yet, when he got to daycare, he was happy boy again.
I stopped at Starbucks before getting to work, where I spent about 40 minutes talking about these new incoming grad students. Some of these people… I don’t know. I guess I shouldn’t say anything as they could – had they the fortitude – find my blog and hold it against me.
My carpal tunnel is flaring up again and lawdy, how I am in PAIN. My mom is mailing me her brace but until then, everything I do in relation to my job and driving and well, just about everything… hurts.
At 10, I am meeting with another in home daycare. Elliot’s current place stops at 1 year and about two weeks ago, I was on the ball and calling all these places. And then I stopped. Because it was overwhelming and none of them were what we needed (too far away, bad hours, etc…). This woman is right up the street from our current place and charges the same amount. Let’s hope she’s the one!
In accomplishment news, my published article is out now! I just got my subscription issue so it might be on newsstands now. Here’s a pdf of it; the picture turned out all grainy and weird but you’ll get the gist!
And there you have my morning so far. I know it’s not all that exciting but I’m a busy woman these days, you know?
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Congratulations on the publication!
And I know how you feel about incoming grad students. I don’t think we were that annoying when we were new grad students. But there is a new incoming MA student here I had the displeasure of meeting the other day. . . . well, let’s put it this way. I’m an easy-going guy who can get along with everyone, really. Ergo, my list of people in my department for whom I harbor ill will is only two persons long: incoming MA is the second person on the list.
The article was great. Congrats on getting it published.