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Holy cow Februrary is ENDING
Feb. 24th, 2016 06:43 pmOn my todo list is "make a todo list for what I still have to do pre-Baby Drop." I was supposed to do that ... last week. Oops?
Work Stuff, big to small:
- Finalize new website and new support website
- Get all the school and finances/payroll stuff squared away
- Have some concrete plan for Summer Homework and G5-7
- Make Teacher Handbook and send it to print so that we can start mailing it starting April
- Kindergarten white cards
- Figure out if we're actually making any money online
Baby Stuff, big to small:
- prep hospital bag
- buy some diapers, shampoos, and formula
- figure out parental leave date?!!
- set up the parent upstairs and also the carseat
- Finish tidying up Baby Corner in apt
- Deal with wooden blocks
- Send people appropriate thank-yous
Other stuff, big to small:
- Finish up some various in-process / promised fanstuff
- Get comics club set up, re: Anthology schedule and regular meetups
- sort through some clothes and donate so that this apartment is cleaner
- Give away giveaway stuff
So I was worried that I'd be physically out of commission by the beginning of March, but so far I'm... feeling all right?!! Sure, my hands and feet are a bit more swollen, and it's a little harder to sleep and sit, but I've figured out mostly workable coping mechanisms?!! So maybe I have a few more weeks than I thought I had. So the goal is to get all the work stuff squared away in the next 2 weeks (knock on wood), and then focus on the baby stuff. The doctor's like, "when are you starting maternity leave?" and I'm like ":]??? When I feel unable to work???" I'm a total hypocrite because I'm telling Hoosband he should take a solid 6 week block of time off -- that it's good to pause some time and not think about work and realize that work can go on without you.
I should stop being a hypocrite. Let's say March 4th? Or maybe March 11th?
(The thing is, I'm pretty sure my recovery is going to be pretty long -- my body doesn't deal well with major physical trauma, be it surgery or labor, so I'm gonna be giving myself AT LEAST 6 weeks post-baby drop to just be bedridden)
Work Stuff, big to small:
- Finalize new website and new support website
- Get all the school and finances/payroll stuff squared away
- Have some concrete plan for Summer Homework and G5-7
- Make Teacher Handbook and send it to print so that we can start mailing it starting April
- Kindergarten white cards
- Figure out if we're actually making any money online
Baby Stuff, big to small:
- prep hospital bag
- buy some diapers, shampoos, and formula
- figure out parental leave date?!!
- set up the parent upstairs and also the carseat
- Finish tidying up Baby Corner in apt
- Deal with wooden blocks
- Send people appropriate thank-yous
Other stuff, big to small:
- Finish up some various in-process / promised fanstuff
- Get comics club set up, re: Anthology schedule and regular meetups
- sort through some clothes and donate so that this apartment is cleaner
- Give away giveaway stuff
So I was worried that I'd be physically out of commission by the beginning of March, but so far I'm... feeling all right?!! Sure, my hands and feet are a bit more swollen, and it's a little harder to sleep and sit, but I've figured out mostly workable coping mechanisms?!! So maybe I have a few more weeks than I thought I had. So the goal is to get all the work stuff squared away in the next 2 weeks (knock on wood), and then focus on the baby stuff. The doctor's like, "when are you starting maternity leave?" and I'm like ":]??? When I feel unable to work???" I'm a total hypocrite because I'm telling Hoosband he should take a solid 6 week block of time off -- that it's good to pause some time and not think about work and realize that work can go on without you.
I should stop being a hypocrite. Let's say March 4th? Or maybe March 11th?
(The thing is, I'm pretty sure my recovery is going to be pretty long -- my body doesn't deal well with major physical trauma, be it surgery or labor, so I'm gonna be giving myself AT LEAST 6 weeks post-baby drop to just be bedridden)
