Den and I were putting stuff in the attic. I had asked him 3 weeks ago if he had put the new mattress on Eddie’s bed. He said he had. I stuck my head inside the attic, and there in the plastic bag (opened) was the mattress I had so recently purchased. He thought I had put the new mattress on, and so hurled the new one up in the attic (apparently impressed that I had put the old one in the plastic bag). How he failed to notice the pristene condition of the new one versus the very used condition of the old one is beyond me. We had a good chuckle over improved communications after that one :)
Last night Den was writing a proposal till 11pm so they could hand it in the next day. Eddie and I brought he and his colleague dinner. At least he was not on a trip. Today he finds out the government is extending the deadline--for the second time.
The nanny I was scheduled to interview at 4 was lost in a 1 square mile area for over 40 minutes. I kept thinking she would find my house. I finally told her I would come and meet her. I come to find she not only didn't have a map, but hadn't bothered to look at one before trying to come to my house. She was great, but only had 2 references and one was either not a native English speaker, or just not an effusive type and so there was a bit of a language barrier combined with uncertainty on my part. Ugh. How can I hire someone who can only give me 2 references, and one of them I can't understand/tell how happy (or not) she was with the nanny? It'd be one thing if I knew the people recommending the nanny, but this was a random woman.
Then, the nanny I interviewed today was Phillipino. I was really excited about her, everything looked good on paper. Then we got to talking and playing with Eddie. Despite numerous opportunities and encouragement to play with Eddie (with me sitting on the floor), she never once sat down on the floor to play with Eddie, but instead stood bent over--similar to what i saw her to with the current children she watches. And she balked when I asked about watching 2 kids at once, something her current employer said was no problem. She didn't seem interested in the job. Plus she was, lets say great-grandmother potential, so 2 kids indeed may be too much for her.
Both nanny interviews, I unexpectedly found myself in 4:30/5pm rush hour traffic going down the hill to the subway station, in stop and go traffic. Ugh. Not fun. I knew I had a good nanny, but I definitely didn't know how good she was until now. Plus, I had total piece of mind, which is what I lack at the moment with the choices before me.
I'm worried about putting him in home-based daycare because one person is allowed to care for up to 5 kids and from my experience they often agree to take on more kids than that on a part time basis. That said, I do have one option, albeit a bit of a drive that might work in that regard. Eddie is on a waiting list for a daycare (which seems to be more strict with the caregiver/child ratio), so I can also hope something materializes by August. But in the meantime, I enrolled him in a pre-school on Tuesdays and Fridays during the school year, so at least I have 8 hours in the fall.
And, yesterday, I spent a bunch of time trying to sort through options to get Dennis to his 25th high school reunion in Wisc. on the same weekend a dear friend is getting married in Pennsylvania (fortunately on a Sunday). I think I got it figured out, but it involves a pit stop in Ohio to drop Eddie off with G'ma and G'pa Ohio. I'm tired just thinking about the trip, but know it will be a good time and definitely one of our more ambitious trips with Eddie and he'll get to see both sets of g'parents.
Those are just some highlights from the last 24 (now 48+) hours. And of course some more pictures from the visit with g'ma and g'pa Ohio.
Oh--and Eddie turned 15 months on Monday--I'll write one for that later. Look for it to post ont he 22nd.
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