There still are not enough hours in the day to get everything done, but I've become partially reconciled to that sad fact of life. I've also learned what can and cannot be done with a baby in-tow. Cooking, dishes, laundry, vacuuming, picking up, shopping - yes. Moping, cleaning the bathroom, anything with chemicals, blogging - no. Take advantage of the baby's naps for the things you can't do with her, and hope she naps for a goodly amount of time.
Work is busy at this time of year, so I'm doing overtime as possible to to help out there and pay off a couple of things. It's nice to be back in the technology field. Very nice. I didn't quite realize how much I missed it. I have tried a couple of different fields since I left college - Customer Service, Marketing, Property Management - but I realize now that I really prefer technology. Which is not to say that I am spectacular at it - I am no Hacker's Anonymous, and my husband is better than me, but I really do enjoy fixing things.
The housework and I have come to an agreement: I will pay it attention as I can and it will.. well... it will continue to amass. Not just that, but we agree (it's somewhat of a coercion agreement) that if I ignore it, instead of amassing at a rate of 1x day it will amass somewhere in the vicinity of 7x day. I'm not really sure how that's fair, but who said life was fair, right? That's what my mom told me growing up.
This has been a year filled with the joy of watching my daughter grow up and the sadness of losing a couple of family members and friends. It's been a year full of blessings and craziness. Through it all I'm just happy for my life and my family.
