Settled In...Kind Of

The sleep cycle continues. I have gotten a small handle on it and I am pretty sure most of the moms in my circle of trust are tired of hearing me about such a silly concern. I have exhausted the topic...no pun intended!!! Hahahahaha

When I was a classroom teacher, I would give myself until the Columbus Day holiday to get settled into my new school year. The same rule of thumb rang true for this school year. I had hoped by this weekend that we would all have found our new groove! And I have to say, we are almost there!! Everyone is settling into their new lifestyle changes....I can say I was happy about mine until 12:10pm yesterday!

That is when ti-ti told me, after picking Sloane up from preschool, that she has a bus field trip on Wednesday. Now, lets review a bit. It was Friday when I was first hearing of this, I have Monday off from the college for the long weekend so I cant take Wednesday off as well, and this is Sloane's first bus ride and first field trip. ANNOYED isn't even the most accurate adjective to describe my mood. There is no part of this stay at home mom who wants to miss such a milestone, but there is a rational part of this working mom that says taking the day off for this may not be the best choice for a variety of reasons.

I decide to work through my mood before I saw Sloane, who is super super excited for this trip to the zoo. And I decide to spin this experience into a positive one. After explaining the issue to my hubby, he immediately says "I'll go!" Which is perfect because I know, given the choice Sloane would want her daddy to go with her. So what do I do to make myself feel better...I pull a jedi mind trick out of my bag! I decide to let Sloane pick who she wants to come with her knowing quite well it won't be me and then I won't have to feel like the worst mom because I am working instead of going on Sloane's first field trip. My plan goes exactly as I expected :) I will drag my feet to the college on Wednesday while Sloane and her daddy board the yellow bus bound for the elephant exhibit and to that I say...being a working mom sucks!!!

Now, Sloane had her first preschool friend birthday party this past weekend. I was unsure when the invitation arrived if we would be attending. Not because we had plans, not because the family wasn't super nice, not because Sloane would have had trouble enjoying herself.....but because I didn't want to go. It may be surprising to hear that this mommy blogger can be quite shy and reserved when in a social situation of people she does not know. I, basically, was breaking out in a sweat thinking about being a 3 year old's birthday party with a group of adults I did not know. My hubby and "the machine" confirmed that Sloane had to go so I responded yes on the premise that my hubby would accompany me for social support. LOL!! The Tinkerbell gymnastics party turned out to be super fun all around. We met many nice parents and Sloane loved her first "friend" party. It was clear when I went over to the table to check on Sloane as she ate her lunch that she doesn't (thank god) have trouble being with people she doesn't know...I said "Sloane, is everything ok?" She replied "Yes, momma, go stand over there with daddy." I was in shock!! Is it possible that at 3, my child already doesn't want my helicopter parenting!!

Over in laryngeal cleft world, there is some news. I have been waiting to put this in black and white print because once I do....it becomes real! Sloane's exploratory scope of her airway is scheduled for December 9th. More to come on that topic when I wrap my head around it!