First Day

It's my first day after being laid off.

I've always been one to make a "To Do List" but since being informed of my impending lay off, I think I might have taken the "To Do List" methodology to an entirely different level.

I wouldn't be surprised if my list isn't completed by the time I'm forced back to work, but a girl can dream!!

I promised myself that my first day off I'd sit down and formulate a plan of action. I'd determine how long I want to be home for before I begin to look for a job with 100% dedication. I need to decide in the event I can't find something close to home would I be willing to travel to NYC once again. That commute would kill me I swear and the lack of time spent with my little one would break my heart.

Today I was able to put Baby C on the school bus AND take her off, usually I'm not home early enough to do the latter. When she got home she swam through her home work and we were able to do some extra curricular work, followed by 2 games of "Candy Land" with her winning both games and finished it off with a game of "Memory", which thank the lord gave me a chance to redeem myself and win.

I sadly and honestly don't remember the last time I sat on the floor and played a board game with her and didn't spend the entire time thinking about all the things I need to do or could be doing.

After she won "Candy Land" she proudly proclaimed "Mommy at least I won fair and square!" (She's quite away of her cheating ways when her Nanny was here!). But as for the "Memory" game that loss left her in tears and she wasn't entertaining my proclamation that I'd won "Fair and Square".... she reminded me that she was indeed only 5 years old and apparently needs work on accepting that if someone wins then someone unfortunately has to loose. I'm just so thankful that now I have the time and energy to work on it with her.

I've told myself that I HAVE to get at least 4 productive things accomplished each day...today I was very proud of myself. I woke up, attempted the Zumba 2 for Wii that I'd begged Big C for for Christmas, made myself a glass of fresh carrot, apple and celery juice, pulled all the Christmas decorations down, wrestled the Christmas tree out the door onto the porch, even called my car insurance to reduce the premiums since it won't be in much use for an undetermined amount of time AND wait for it....planned meals for the ENTIRE month of January and accompanied it with a shopping list of items needed for said dinners. I HEART pinterest it made my planning super, duper easy.

I even got to play a little Lego with Baby C she's been begging to play with MY Lego for months, bless her.

She helped me with dinner "BBQ Turkey Quesadillas" and I was still able to get her bathed, bed time story, and bath cleaned AFTER her bath all by 8pm...UNHEARD of my house.

The entire day felt like a tiny slice of heaven and I even started to watch the movie "The Help" while waiting for her school bus.

Everything seems so mundane, so normal and yet the ability to perform the days events at such a leisurely pace was something I never knew could feel SO GOOD!