Trying not to be ticked to be getting more responsibility with the same pay, but somehow it keeps coming up in my head. Sure, when push comes to shove, QA's role in the process is minimal compared to the designers; but we're still talking 3 software tools (Dreamweaver, Site Builder, and Photoshop), and 3 other tools for recordkeeping that will now be part of my daily regimen on top of what I call regular work. Obviously, the money thoughts are spurring from my preconception planning, the concern about the added costs of a kid, combined with the knowledge that even with breastfeeding and cloth diapering, it's going to be a financial undertaking that will leave us winded...rest assured, Husby's getting nudged a lot more about part-time work. He's weaning off one med so that they can play with the others, in the hopes of managing his pain better; but man, the waiting game gets to me. Gotta remind myself that any waiting sucks a lot more from his end, since he's still dealing with almost-daily pain...
Husby badly needs a haircut and has been trying to grow a beard....he's been wearing a ball cap out of doors to manage the hair and this morning, he looked like he belongs behind the wheel of a big rig :) Cute! Oh, I meant manly! He swears the beard isn't a symptom of depression; he just wants to see how it fills out. Surprised to find I don't hate it, but then again, I'm going on 11 years of being delightfully, wonderfully, sappily, puppy-dogs-rolling-in-the-clover in love with him, so there could be a pinch of bias...
Training sched still 9 to 6...had to vote and pay a bill downtown last night, which sucked away my evening time. I may never complain about my regular schedule again. How do working moms do it? It's so good I'm recognizing these issues now...I know there will be plenty of times when schedule management gets away from us; I don't aspire to perfection. But at least now, seeing how important it is for my mental health and our organization and success as a family to be prepared, to have the little things like dinner on the table at night and laundry done on the weekends...recognizing how vital that preparedness is...I'm learning about myself. And seeing where I need to lean on Husby and when. Learning to read when I'm being too soft or enabling him...
Worked the soaker last night...and it JUST dawned on me I may have some frogging ahead of me for tonight...crap! I started the pattern on smaller needles, but I'm pretty sure I decreased the cast-on as well, because I was trying for a considerably smaller soaker than the 12 months size on the pattern...so naturally, I then put it down for a week to knock off the spiral scarf, picked it up again and completely forgot that I'd decreased the actual size, and followed the pattern as normal...explains why it looked like it was getting big; IT WAS! Sonofa...I'm going to have to rip it back to practically the ribbing...and I don't enjoy that. I have enough faith in my skill, but it's a painstaking process. Wah. Probably won't touch it tonight then, other than to make notes for myself on what the pattern's supposed to be under my desired parameters, cuz I have laundry duty tonight.
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