Day 1397: Hang in there, Kitty

[nagi_schwarz]

I had plans to update like a week ago, and maybe even the week before that, but life just kind of...got away from me.

I am hanging in there. Olivia had a couple of nights' sleep regression, but those two nights were enough to ruin me for about the week that followed. We've had storms, so I've had migraines. Cody threw out his back hauling heavy wood in preparation for us getting a fence put in. Just in time, too, as Dingo has staged three escapes from the house in the last couple of weeks.

I am hanging in there with my calling, too. Taught my first lesson. Missed two activities but neither of them were really conducive to be bringing Olivia, and one of them was the evening after the day I'd spent taking care of injured Cody, and I was not in the mood for a pool party by then.

I am finding words, and I am more or less keeping the house clean, although getting behind one day just kind of snow-balls and everything starts to look hopeless, but I'm hanging in there. K-drama, K-pop, and my cute daughter help me make it through the day. My friends from home and my virtual friends online help keep me sane, as do phone calls with my mom.

We had a really sweet baby shower for Olivia at Cody's work last week, and also a fun company picnic. It was nice to get out and see people and also get some good food. Watching people smile when they see Olivia and get to hold her or pet her hair is heartwarming, if sometimes a bit weird.

I tried to stay up late to watch a livestream of a Monsta X concert but fell asleep halfway through the encore. Granted, I've fallen asleep during MMA fights too, so there's that.

I am watching so many K-dramas that I am seriously wondering about how Olivia's language development is going to go. Also the other day I was out and about with Cody and we split up and when I went to track him down again I almost called him Oppa! to get his attention.

Wrong language. On the other hand, between studying Korean on an app on my phone and watching K-dramas, I am figuring out the language decently fast. Also I figured a Korean pun out on my own (okay, it took like a week, but I did it, okay?). So...progress! At something.

Olivia is doing better at sleeping through the night. After that one lousy sleep regression, she has gone back to waking up once in the middle of the night, if at all, which is kinda nice for me. Although sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and worry because she hasn't woken up. I did rearrange the baby cam in her room so I can make sure she's breathing without actually going in there, which is kind of stalkerish, but whatever helps me sleep at night, right?

Life is good. I am hanging in there. Some days better than others. On the whole, though, I have more good days than bad, and I know I am blessed, and I am grateful for the wonderful people in my life.

Hang in there, kitty.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Hey, you sound like a mom! It's such a major adjustment and you can't appreciate how big a life change having a baby is until it happens. And once it does you don't have the time or energy to do so. And then you forget and do it all again. All of which is to say you're doing fine.

[nagi_schwarz]

Thank you! I appreciate your kind words. It’s nice to know I’m not actually losing my mind.

[aome]

Sounds like life: the good and the bad, but with a great team of people on your side, it makes everything more bearable. And Olivia's hair *begs* to be petted. :-D

[nagi_schwarz]

Yes indeed it does.

Olivia's hair is fun to pet, no lies. Sometimes when I have her on my shoulder rocking her to sleep though it tickles and I can't laugh or she'll wake up mad.