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[losingitinjersey]

After a crappy night sleep my morning/afternoon was thwarted by not feeling well due to an upset stomach. It hit after breakfast so I’m wondering if I ate too much fat? I always eat a lot of fat so not sure what happened.  

I decided my body needed to lay down and to eat some carbs so I grabbed a low carb tortilla, a Gatorade Zero, erp, and tried to nap.  Wasn’t being an A+ employee due to sleeping on the job but there’s gotta be some benefits to quarantine life, right? I had my work phone next to me with the volume up so I checked it every time I got a ping but nothing was urgent so it all waited.  

Thankfully I started feeling better around 1:30 p.m. which was a welcome relief. Plugged away for the rest of the work day including an awful hour and a half meeting in which erp was being especially fussy during. A woman on the video call messaged right after I was called out to answer something and I had to ask the speaker to repeat the question and blundered my way through my response. Whoops.  I copied the exchange below: 

From Super Nice Lady to Me:  (Privately) 04:08 PM

You are doing an amazing job balancing work and being Mum of the year.  Your little one is so sweet.  Hang in there!

From Me to Super Nice Lady:  (Privately) 04:14 PM

Oh my goodness, thank you so much!!  I feel so unprofessional during calls when she's awake so your words are singing to me. Thank you <3 <3

From Super Nice Lady to Me:  (Privately) 04:16 PM

I have been there and know what you are saying, but believe me it is all the more impressive that you are able to multi task that way!

Super Mum!!!

Women are such treasures.

[losingitinjersey]

What’s new with erp these days? Any favorite foods?

How convenient you should ask this on her EIGHT MONTH birthday!  

She is a fervent eater and hasn’t shown a disinterest in anything (except eggs - though I expect that’s a texture thing). The only thing she seems to go crazy for is this pouch that has Apple, Oatmeal, Raisin and Cinnamon. 

Otherwise, she has gotten the hang of opening her mouth to accept food and does it well :) Although, tonight she was being extra playful and kept moving her face all around so I kept missing her mouth. 

So fun to see her personality blossom :)

[losingitinjersey]

Yesterday I was fiending for a walk but thunderstorms were predicted within the next hour.  Kevin was cool to let the sleeping erp stay at home with him while I popped out for a walk and I got to almost four miles before it started down-pouring on me. It’s been awhile since I got caught in the rain since I now have to be much more careful when I walk due to always walking with erp.  While I’m sure she’s waterproof, I don’t want to test it. 

I had to be extra careful of my ankle as well as my footing thanks to all the water on the road especially since my shoes are completely worn down with no traction and a large hole in the left heel that sticks with every step. I decided I was worth the investment to buy new shoes so a pair of Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 36 will be arriving next week.  Exciting!  Normally, I’d try them on in the store but, you know, covid.  

Today was drive number four in five months!   It was fun/weird to drive again, too bad it was such a short trip.  My work is getting new (to us) furniture so I popped into the office to grab a few chairs for the house before everything gets donated on Wednesday. While I was there I also snagged my computer and two monitors (but forgot my keyboard and mouse, whoops).  So now I’ve got my desk at home actually set up to use as a desk (before and after pictures above).  I’ve been MISSING my second monitor badly since leaving the office but now that I have it, it’ll be weird transitioning back.  

Erp has been eating purees now for almost two months so we wanted to try to give her some actual solids.  From her expression, you can clearly see she was not a fan of the scrambled eggs.  Almost every bite ended getting slowly tongued back out of her mouth, though she did enjoy playing with the eggs on the table before they ended up on the floor.  Which prompted me to buy a tarp type thing that will be arriving Tuesday.  

And now, I’m off to bake a cake because Kevin is currently not keto and requested one.  We’ll see how that goes!  I expect my will power will remain strong and I’ll get enough satisfaction in minimal taste testing.