cyber Monday

I shopped for more Christmas presents. FYI, PayPal has a sweet promotion that starts today. They are giving up to 20% cash back for purchases made with PayPal. Not sure how long it lasts, or if all merchants participate, but it is a potentially good deal.

I spent the morning satisfying a required Introduction to Online Learning course (online, of course) for school. In order to take online classes for my program, you have to prove that you can do things like post to a bulletin board and use Adobe Acrobat. Turns out I am computer savvy enough. There is another section I have to do on Thursday, but the majority of the training is out of the way. Yay, the first thing for school. So exciting. I also found out that I am NOT required to take a class on campus during the two week session of Jan 5-16. The cub will be only 2 weeks old at that point (depending) and I would prefer not to be on campus, even though it is only a few hours in the morning. It is just so soon to plan on giving him a bottle or to assume nursing will be going well yet. I will have to go to orientation on Jan 3-4, which is on campus and will be a bit of a juggle, but it is just orientation and I'll do my best. If I need to duck out of a talk on how to set up my email, so be it. Actually, we will do our best. Donavon is going to be superdad that weekend while I try to stay awake. Ok, he is going to be superdad all the time but he will earn some stripes.

As usual, the cat won't get off of me without engaging in some type of claw or tooth warfare. The dog has ramped up his efforts to stick with me and Donavon, climbing the stairs much more often than he used to if it means being near us.

Here are the latest pair of baby socks - technically I finished them up yesterday. I love them so much you can expect another pair of the same color scheme but inverted. Yes, it is the same pattern again. I have it memorized and it goes so fast, I'm not ready to branch out to another.



I had ordered this really cool baby organizer and it came today. It's got a form or a checklist for everything I want to write down or reference. Ever. They had one for pregnancy, too, that seemed equally cool but by the time I was confident about being and staying pregnant, it seemed a waste. This one seems very useful.

I had a small crying spell tonight - it seems about that time. I desperately wanted all of the things on my list done and they weren't happening fast enough. Luckily, my sweetheart reminded me that if the dog doesn't get washed, well, he will be stinky, but life will go on. And more importantly, we are ready enough to have a kid soon whether that stuff gets done. I still really wish the dog were washed and the tree were up and the presents were wrapped, because there could be a kid anyday, but I'm done crying about it. I'm just thinking about the kid now.

We ventured out to buy nursing bras. Ok, I bought nursing bras while Donavon ate free samples at the See's candy stand. I've been putting this off but it finally seemed like the time to get it done. I'm a 36D. Hah! That's funny. Well, that is with room for milk, according to the expert. We'll see.

Yet again, Donavon fed me well with his yummy pork dish and sweet potatoes. He's been amazing at taking care of dinner almost every night now. Thanks, honey.