Saturday Fun

This past weekend was Amanda's first Saturday back to work so Amelia had almost a whole day of daddy time. I was pretty nervous. I hadn't been all alone with her for that long. Lately she has been a big-time mummy's girl. When she would get upset it seemed that Mom was the only one who could calm her down.

The day went great. There were only a few tears, and that's because she woke up hungry and I wasn't getting her bottle warmed up fast enough. Other than that she was so good for me. When she got fussy I just put her in the baby Bjorne and went about my business. She loves riding in that thing. It usually puts her to sleep. I would have loved to take her out for a walk in the stroller with the dogs, but it was really cold out. When it gets warmer that will be an activity I'll be looking forward to every Saturday.

Pizza Hut Balls

Last night we ordered some takeout from Pizza Hut and brought it home to eat and watch some basketball. As I sat there eating pizza and watching the NCAA tournament I remembered how Pizza Hut would have the crappy rubber basketball promotion around this time of year. It must have been in the early 90's, I'm not sure exactly. I just remember I HAD to have the annual Pizza Hut basketball. I searched online for a while, but nary a trace of these pizza inspired b-balls could I find. The only image of these balls I could find was on someone's blog. I am going to repost that picture here with a link to the site.

Stressed Out

I hate to say it, but the last year has not been a good one for me.  That is obviously generalizing. I had tons of great moments and created some of the most wonderful memories I will ever ever have. I mean, HOLY CRAP, I had a kid! Said child is healthy and beautiful, so I really have nothing to complain about. All those who know me know I am a worrier. I always have been. I worry about everything, I just can't help it.  The months leading up to the birth were filled with all kinds of thoughts that created that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. Worry is one thing that I've always had to deal with, and I think I cope with it pretty well.  However add on top of all that worry the most stressful job I have ever had, and it made for some rough times.

I own an iPad 2. I think that means Im better than you.

On Friday, for the first time ever in my life I waited in line to buy something on launch day. Yes, I was one of the losers in line for the iPad 2. The iPad went on sale at 5 pm. I didn't get off work until 5:30, but I decided to stop by Best Buy on my way home. I went in and was surprised to see there weren't that many people there. I went back to the "Apple area"... just a few workers standing around, no iPad 2's in sight. I asked them if they had sold out and he said I had to go to the front of the store and check if they had any tickets left. I had totally missed this magic ticket man when I walked in before.

Sleeping Beauties

It was a great weekend. I got some good bonding time with my baby girl yesterday. Amanda ran to the store and I kept her for a while on my own. I did all the feeding and changing. It went well, but I am still going to be nervous when I am truly on my own when Amanda goes back to work. Today we had another good day. Amelia was in a pretty good mood all day. The weather was great outside so we went to the mall and walked around for a couple hours. It was a nice, relaxing time. I'm sad the weekend is over and it is time to go back to work so soon. Hopefully the week goes by fast. I am looking forward to next weeend already.

Apple Fanboi

I don't think you can truly
appreciate the size of this
thing from the pic.

In college I decided I wanted to buy my first mp3 player. I of course knew lots of people with iPods. I even did a class project for human factors and ergonomics on the usability and learning curve associated with the (then revolutionary) click-wheel iPod.  However, the one thing I knew about my first mp3 player is that it would not be made by Apple. For some reason I loathed the thought of using Apple products. They were over-priced ways that people could buy a little piece of "cool" they could carry around and show everybody. I refused to use iTunes. I used Winamp, and loved it.  I ended up buying a Creative Jukebox Zen Xtra mp3 player that a friend nicknamed the largePod. I struggled to sync my music over to it for years. It was literally a giant pain, but I endured it with my head held high.