A Dedicated Follower of Fashion

Went home for lunch at the usual time yesterday, even though baby was already in bed for her nap so there wasn't anything for me to do. Spent my entire break listening to M catastrophize about...well...everything. His boss comes back from maternity leave next Monday and he's wary of that, he has a new skip-level boss who is making them all appear on camera now during meetings, and he's spiraling over having to wrangle Kate during meetings, he's worried about his upcoming review, and the mid-year review after that, and if this thing and that thing go wrong it means we can't get a house next year and the new baby is going to have a rough start in life, and on and on and on and on. I hate when he gets into these doom cycles.

Thankfully, doom cycle was broken by the time I got home. He had spoken to his friend on the team he's interviewing for, and there was some drama, and there may be another opening as one of the only remaining guys is considering moving over to Product instead, and if that happens, M is practically guaranteed a spot. So he was in a much better mood after hearing that.

Baby had only napped for an hour and a half, and early in the morning, too, so she was completely zonked by the time I came home. Of course, she wants nothing to do with bed until it is exactly her bedtime, so she went down at her normal time. But, she passed out right away, no fighting, and she slept all through the night without a peep, which let M and I catch up on sleep, too.

Finished making the beef stew for dinner, and it was a great success. Having everything already chopped made things easy, and while it was simmering, M made a trip to the store to pick up a few things for the rest of the week. He came home with an abundance of fun foods like muffins, croissants, chocolates, and other splurge items. It was nice! We've been so utilitarian lately trying to stick to our house budget, it was really nice to have some fun foods again. 

Weekend was fine, if unproductive. Friday night we had a small miracle, as the baby put herself to bed, grabbing her blankets and pacifier and just going to her pack and play to go to sleep. Amazing! She went early, too, which meant I got to enjoy my evening a bit for once.

But, of course, that meant that she was up equally early, and between me staying up too late and her 6AM wakeup, I was dead tired. After our regular morning routine and a plate of breakfast, I was able to get her down for a nap around 9:30, but I was too tired to do much of anything while she slept, so I just became one with the couch and watched some TV. 

I'd hoped she'd nap again in the afternoon since she'd napped so early, but nope, she was not interested at all. M took pity on me and picked us up some In-n-Out for dinner. The baby went down for bed at her normal time, and without much fuss. I went to bed early-ish to try and catch up on sleep.

Baby slept to normal time, so I managed a decent amount of sleep, but somehow I felt even more tired than I did the day before. I struggled with figuring out food stuffs for the day, so it was mostly grilled cheeses and fruit for the whole house. I managed to rustle up some pan-fried chicken and roasted sweet potatoes for dinner, and it just about did me in.

M left in the late afternoon to finally get all our laundry taken care of. He was gone the rest of the evening, so I actually got to put the baby to bed in her own room, take a shower, and enjoy relaxing in bed for a change, rather than our current routine of putting the baby to bed in the pack and play and then sneaking in a couple of hours later, trying not to wake her up, and crawling silently into bed to fall asleep immediately. I missed lounging in my own bed!

No real plans for the week except to attempt to catch up on chores. Every time I think I'm going to have the opportunity to sew, it ends up not happening, so I'm not even going to put it on my list for the week. No appointments, interviews, or other tertiary nonsense to deal with this week, either, and it will be nice to actually have a normal ass week for once. 

Between the three of us, one of us being a tiny tornado, the house is feeling very small lately. I am very much looking forward to moving out next year, and into our own house. This apartment was great when it was just the two of us, but by the time we move out there will be four! 

Yesterday was long and very busy. 

I made the mistake of staying up later than I should the night before, figuring that I'd be able to sleep in a bit until the baby's usual wakeup time of 8:30. Well, NOPE, baby had other plans, and got up at 6AM, the little terrorist. She ate breakfast and then tore around the house chasing the cats, and was completely feral. She went back down at 9-ish, which gave me just enough time to dress and get ready for my appointment. M stayed home this time since he needed to work and this was just a checkup, which is good because the baby does not do well sitting in doctor's offices.

Ultrasound went well. They were able to get all the last anatomy measurements they needed and she's right on track, due date of Dec. 13th. 

Went across the street afterward to get my blood drawn. My OB lowered the dose of my thyroid meds, and he wanted to see what the new levels looked like. Got the results today and, surprise, my levels are on the high side, which means my old dose was correct. I hope he corrects it back. 

Final stop was at the Albertson's by the hospital to pick up some kale to put in the Toscana for dinner. When I got home, the baby was up and was wild, and M said she'd been "having big emotions" ever since she woke up. Since it had been a few hours, I tried to put her down for a nap again, but she was having none of it. By mid-afternoon, she was very obviously tired, walking around with her blankets on her shoulders like she does and making the sign for "nap", but every time I tried to put her down she didn't sleep. I finally gave up around 4, since any nap after then would interfere with her bedtime. 

M laid down for a nap after he finished work and didn't wake up again until 8:30.

Between wrangling the baby, making her dinner, wrangling the cats, and my own exhaustion and hunger, making dinner was a slow process. I guess that worked to my advantage, though, because once M was up he said the soup tasted especially good this time. I generally don't eat until the baby is in bed since she always gets in my face to steal my food, so M and I actually ate dinner together for once. He was all chipper after his long nap, so we stayed up a bit chatting on the couch, but by 10 I was fighting hard to keep my eyes open, so I crawled into bed and passed out. 

So glad today is Friday and the weekend is upon us, because this week has been a lot and I am tired. I hope the baby lets me sleep in tomorrow!

Yesterday was overall a pretty good day. I got home in plenty of time to feed the baby lunch and get her out of the way while M got ready for his interview. I put her down for a nap at 12:30 (interview was at 1), and thought that she had gone to sleep, but as soon as M's interview started she was screaming every 10 minutes.  I basically stood outside her door like the queen's guard for the entire hour of the interview so that whenever she made a noise, I could pounce and get her back down.

M's interview went really well. The panel was engaged and seemed very positive and he had a lot of good feedback. His friend on the inside said that if he hears back by the end of the week, then he's basically in, so hopefully we'll hear something soon.

As much as I tried, the baby didn't actually go down for her nap until 3pm. But, when she was finally down, I actually had time to make a trip to the storage unit and dig up some fabric for the non-embroidered/wearable mockup of the cassock. Took me a good hour of rooting around through various boxes and bins, but I came back with a bolt of black-on-black poly brocade that will do nicely. It's reeeeeally pretty, and I'm hoping there's enough to make something more with it because pretty. I did come across a neat c.1605 portrait of a lady wearing a black on black waistcoat with a plain black skirt and black gown in a different brocaded fabric, which YES. 

Anyway, it's very slinky, so I'll probably have to interface all the pieces to give it a bit of body, but that's okay because pretty. 

Rummaging through storage completely wiped me out, I totally hit an energy wall. Then I remembered that the baby had had one of her rare nights where she was up a half-dozen times, so I'd actually lost quite a bit of sleep the night before. Ah, yes, that is why it is now impossible to move. 

Thankfully, dinner was easy since there was still leftover spaghetti sauce. Made some fresh noodles and we finished off the sauce, and we got four good dinners out of that pot, which was a nice break from having to think of dinners every night. I'll make a soup tonight that will hopefully last a couple of days, too. 

Baby went down at her normal bedtime without any fight at all, which was such a relief. I spent about an hour on the couch, looking through my various books at the construction of loose jackets and cassocks, and it seems they were all pretty basic, just outer fabric and lining, with some stiffening in the collar and cuffs and that's it. Should be easy enough! 

Taking tomorrow off work since I have a morning OB appointment. Since I have the afternoon free, I'm hoping that I can get the alterations to the cassock pattern finished, and if there's time, cut out the fabrics. Here's hoping.