Happy New Year
Jan. 1st, 2010 07:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musingaloudWe've been at the coast for a week now. I had 2 stories I wanted to finish -- 1 for a sub, and 1 for a crit group -- and I did! Yay! So I've actually been working very hard.
My son and d-i-l and grandtoddler are on their way over. I'm so excited I can't stand it, cause I miss the little guy desperately. I talked to him on the phone yesterday, and he's just so darn cute. (No prejudice there!) So big changes afoot in that area. On Monday, he starts a new daycare. It's a smaller preschool setting, only 6 kids, and only 3 houses from their own, so it'll be very convenient. He went yesterday for just a few hours and was so excited about it. He painted a picture! And went "camping", which is what they call their naptime. And he actually slept during said naptime. It'll be a great environment for him, he needs to be around other kids more and in a more disciplined structure so he starts learning better behaviors, especially around other kids.
The bad news for me is that I really wanted him to go 2 days a week to the daycare, giving me 2 days a week with him. But alas, the daycare only accepts part-timers at 3 days a week. That leaves me only 1 day a week (his momma works 4 day weeks). I've been pretty despressed about it, to tell the truth, from a purely selfish point of view. I just don't want the one day a week to be "new" to him. I liked it that it was routine and he was happy with me and not missing his parents and all that. He's so young yet that he'll adjust fairly rapidly. I'm just afraid I'll hear "I don't wanna go to grandma's!" now, and that would break my heart.
On the bright side, look at all the writing time I'll have. I'm sure I'll get over the sadness and be enjoying it immensely. And then the new baby comes in April, so by June/July I'll be back at it again, so this will probably only be a temporary situation. I don't think they can afford to pay two daycares at the moment anyway, and I really don't want the baby to have to go to daycare yet. He'll have to go one day a week because I have to have my Wednesdays free.
Ok, I'll shut up now, over and out. I did some stats yesterday and was pretty pleased, but I don't have time to post them yet.
Happy New Year, one and all. ((Consider yourself hugged.))
My son and d-i-l and grandtoddler are on their way over. I'm so excited I can't stand it, cause I miss the little guy desperately. I talked to him on the phone yesterday, and he's just so darn cute. (No prejudice there!) So big changes afoot in that area. On Monday, he starts a new daycare. It's a smaller preschool setting, only 6 kids, and only 3 houses from their own, so it'll be very convenient. He went yesterday for just a few hours and was so excited about it. He painted a picture! And went "camping", which is what they call their naptime. And he actually slept during said naptime. It'll be a great environment for him, he needs to be around other kids more and in a more disciplined structure so he starts learning better behaviors, especially around other kids.
The bad news for me is that I really wanted him to go 2 days a week to the daycare, giving me 2 days a week with him. But alas, the daycare only accepts part-timers at 3 days a week. That leaves me only 1 day a week (his momma works 4 day weeks). I've been pretty despressed about it, to tell the truth, from a purely selfish point of view. I just don't want the one day a week to be "new" to him. I liked it that it was routine and he was happy with me and not missing his parents and all that. He's so young yet that he'll adjust fairly rapidly. I'm just afraid I'll hear "I don't wanna go to grandma's!" now, and that would break my heart.
On the bright side, look at all the writing time I'll have. I'm sure I'll get over the sadness and be enjoying it immensely. And then the new baby comes in April, so by June/July I'll be back at it again, so this will probably only be a temporary situation. I don't think they can afford to pay two daycares at the moment anyway, and I really don't want the baby to have to go to daycare yet. He'll have to go one day a week because I have to have my Wednesdays free.
Ok, I'll shut up now, over and out. I did some stats yesterday and was pretty pleased, but I don't have time to post them yet.
Happy New Year, one and all. ((Consider yourself hugged.))
