Ramblings

Well, I'm in my last week of maternity leave. Hard to believe that it's already been three months since my baby boy came into the world. I have to admit, I think I'm going to miss the little guy as I go back to work. But with that said, I am so thankful that family will be watching him. If you have to have someone watch your child, nothing beats family.

Since this is my last week at home, my friend Christine and I "tried" to go out to lunch today, but low and behold, Liam wasn't having it. As soon as we got to Chili's and were seated, he decided he wanted to throw a fit. So, like the good mommy that I am, I took him out and walked around with him. He became happy. So, thinking that he would now be happy, I went back to the table where he immediately threw a fit again! So, like the good mommy that I am, I took him to the car to see if he wanted his bottle. He had some sips and then decided that he wanted to chat and smile at me. So, we did that for a bit and thinking that he would now be happy, I once again went back to the table where he once again threw a fit! At that point, I looked at my friend and said, "I need to go home." Thankfully, she has three kids of her own and completely understands! With that, I also told her, please get me a LARGE Coke-I'm going to need it!! So, we ended up coming back to my house to eat and of course, Liam decided to sleep! Oh, the joys of motherhood!

Well, tonight I am attending my first Boot Camp Class. I've decided it's time-I need to get this extra baby weight off of me and the reality is, I REALLY want to get back to the weight I was when I got married! So, my hope is that taking this class will help out some. I'm taking the class through Body Transformations which is like a gym, but it's not. It's much smaller and it looks like you get much more one-on-one attention. So, I'm looking forward to attending the class three times a week! I really wish I could have found a partner to work out with me-but as we all know, it's hard to do that! So, I will just do this on my own! Besides, I have a speaking engagement in April that I want to look decent for and I have the U2 concert in July that I want to look good for! So, I'm going to try my hardest!

Lastly, I'm really hoping to hear from my dissertation chair soon! I'm hoping that my proposal looks good and that the IRB will accept it! Keeping my fingers crossed! With that, I have to admit, I'm looking at another degree. Go ahead, tell me I'm crazy. I can just hear all of you now. But as many of you know, I am REALLY interested in career counseling. I have had the opportunity to do career "counseling" with a variety of people and I just really like the field. So, right now, I 'm just looking to see what's out there. I will say this, only 8 schools in the nation offer the degree, with two of the schools being in Florida. So, we will see-maybe something for the future-but not now. I just want to get through this stinkin doctorate! And yeah, I won't go back to school unless I get a full-scholarship.

So, there you have it! That's the latest!