Lack of updates
Reason for the lack of updates: I claimed 111.5 hours on this pay period. ‘Nuff said.
Milestone
*dusts off the cobwebs*
Sorry it’s been so long since we posted. We’ve just been busy doing the same old grind and I’ve worked like 14 hours overtime this week. Jack threw his back out too so it’s just been a strange couple weeks.
Since we upgraded our computers we’ve started dabbling in some EQ again. It’s much nicer to log on and not be so lagged out all the time. I actually *want* to play some now.
Now for the milestone. Drum roll please….
Cody hasn’t worn a diaper for three days and two nights and has not had one single accident. Not even at night. He’s even gone pooh on the potty… which was the big hurdle he needed to jump. That was pretty much the only thing holding him back. His fear of the toilet.
Yeah I know.. kind of a gross milestone to brag about but ya know what? It’s a big deal! I’m elated to not have to change diapers anymore. I’m done. Jack is a bit more melancholy about it because Cody is our last baby… But I’m thinking there are a ton of other things to miss about taking care of a baby. Poopy diapers is just not one of them for me. Go figure! And after all, Cody did turn 3 last MARCH so it’s not like he did this ahead of schedule or anything. In fact, he gave us the “opportunity” of changing his diaper for much longer than any of the other kids. Heh
Anyway… I don’t know if the dry nights will last but since he’s gone two nights with no issues, I’m not gonna start the pullup thing with him just yet. We’ll see how it goes.
Funny thing to note. After his first day of no accidents, I told Jack, “I think he’s ready”. The next day when Cody was trying to go pooh, he said, “Mom. Please don’t say I’m ready. I’m not ready”. Then he hopped down and said, “I love my underwear”. What a kid!
Moral Dilemma
I’m asking for opinions. What would you do?
Recently, some people I had once admired at work have started doing nothing but complain about the job and the people. I almost immediately distanced myself from it. Not that I want to pull the wool over my eyes. Some of their complaints are valid and I realize that. But, I searched too long and hard for a good job I can do at home and would like to remain looking at the bright side, and their constant complaining was bringing me down.
But, they came up with the idea to start their own web hosting company. I laughed it off at first but I found out they are taking more and more steps towards doing this, while talking about how much they don’t like their current job and about quitting.
My bosses have no clue about this, obviously, as they gave two of these people promotions and raises recently. And these people accepted them. They apparently still have their business plans though because now they are trying to recruit another employee. This employee has confided a lot of concerns to me about it… he faces the same moral dilemma.
Here’s where I’m torn.
1. The owner of the company gave me this job as a favor. I asked for it. He gave it to me. I feel quite loyal to him and feel he should know what’s going on behind scenes. After all, the people involved in this “new business talk” are getting free training and extra wages but will probably turn around and leave, possibly taking other employees with them.
2. More than likely they are going off half-cocked and will fall flat on their face because I don’t think they really have any clue what they are doing and are just mad about some things.
3. Even if they do fall on their face, it will still hurt the company because they just got promoted into possitions that badly needed to be filled. And it is a waste of time to train these people if they don’t plan on staying.
4. I could just keep my nose to the ground and not worry about it and let whatever happens, happen.
5. If they leave and the company is hurt by this, I’d feel bad for doing nothing.
6. If I said something and it caused an uproar and hurt the company, I’d feel bad.
7. What if I did say something and they denied and it I couldn’t adequately back it up. I could put my job in jeopardy. This is a very real possibility because I don’t have a whole lot to back it up. And these people are well-respected as far as I know… but I am too. I too got a promotion recently.
I could actually keep on listing things that contradict each other. I’ve looked at this from every angle I could think of. I’ve talked to Jack in great length, and today I even confided in another employee without naming names. I just basically said “what would you do if….” and they said it was a tough call.
It IS a tough call but it’s driving me crazy. I advised the other employee who confided in me that I felt it was a very bad idea for him to get involved, and that I wish I knew nothing about it at all. I told him I was very bothered by it and that I felt what they were doing was very un-ethical. He agreed and I think he’ll stay out of it. I hope he does. He’s a great guy.
Anyway, I needed to get this off my chest… I wish I knew what to do! What would you do??
Magic.. to a 6 Year Old?
It seems as though Casey has a strong belief in magic. He perceives things just happen for no apparent reason and concludes that it has to be magic. He tries to convince us of these magical happenings as an excuse for things he either neglected or forgot to do. For example, this morning, there were no socks folded and put away in his sock drawer. So he chose to wear his shoes without socks. I told him there were clean socks in the laundry basket and to put on socks. He said, “but mom, I put socks on this morning and now they are just gone!” with an impish look on his face. Perhaps he intended to put on socks, and thought he already did. Perhaps he just forgot to put them on. So I explained that such things simply cannot happen and if he had put socks on, he must have taken them off. Or, he never put socks on to begin with. With reluctance he got socks out of the basket and put them on.
It’s hard to explain to a 6 year old that magic doesn’t happen in the way he thinks it does. And it doesn’t help when something like this occurs:
The other day he came home from school, carrying his Spiderman lunch bag and very excitedly showed me a package of strawberry gummybears. He said, “Mom! Look! My ice pack melted into these gummybears!” (His ice pack is round and looks like a basketball, orange with black stripes, that you put into the freezer, and it goes into his lunch bag every morning to keep his lunch cold.) I took his lunch bag and looked inside to see the ice pack missing. Kevin was nearby and whispered to me: “I bet he traded his basketball ice pack to another kid for those gummybears…” That seemed a logical explanation so I asked Casey if this was true.
Now Casey was thoroughly and 100% convinced that his ice pack melted and turned into gummybears. There was no convincing him otherwise. He was adament that he did not trade it and that it just magically happened. His eyes were huge and he was almost in tears when I wouldn’t believe him.
Then I noticed that the lunch bag looked different. I realized his name wasn’t printed on the inside and Kevin noticed the handle had a tear. Casey’s lunch bag is brand new. Ah ha! Casey brought home the wrong lunch bag. *giggle*
So I explained this to Casey… he was perplexed and not really convinced at first. I showed him the lack of his name on the inside and the fact that the bottom compartment was missing the tupperware container that fits inside. He says, “well, I really thought it melted because there are orange and black stains inside”. And sure enough, there was. I can totally see how he’d think this magic happened!
I called his teacher and she had his lunch bag in the class so we made arrangements for Casey to trade them back. And I told her the story, which she loved. She explained it was partially her fault because she had forgotten to tell the kids to grab their lunch bags/boxes from their storage area till the last minute so Casey just grabbed the first one that looked like his.
He got his own bag back the next day and now has his name written on the outside as well to help him identify it.
The “socks magic” this morning reminded me of the “lunch bag magic” that happened the other day so I thought I’d share. 
Cody going to School?
 | Cody woke up this morning to Jack and I packing the kids’ lunches and announced that he was going to school too. And that he was going to ride the bus and all. He went and got his backpack full of disney movies, rocks, grass, and hotwheels, (Casey’s old one that Casey gave to Cody) and then he got himself dressed (shoes backwards and all), put Melissa’s coat on and said he was ready. Now he’s asking me to pack him a lunch.
I’ve told him several times this morning that he cannot go with Casey and Melissa. He just says “Yes I can”. I told him no, he can’t go. He simply refuses to believe me. If he would just learn to use the potty full time, we might find a pre-school for him. But he hasn’t put those two together yet. This isn’t the first time we’ve gone through this. I think I even posted a picture last year of him in Casey’s boots (backwards) and shorts on (backwards) where he announced he was going to school. Poor kid. And he’s so darn cute, yet it’s sad at the same time. I had to take a picture again though. Too priceless. Update: |
