well it was a week of turmoil and emotional ups and downs, but i have decided to stay at my current job. after talking to my boss last week about my issues he has been working hard to make changes here. truthfully, i still wasn't really sure i was staying until i actually told him yesterday, but it feels like the right decision.
i do feel bad about not taking the other job. i know that i'm passionate about what they are doing, but i think that i just feel like i need to finish what i started here at epocrates. time will tell if i made the right decision, but for now, i feel like i'm doing the right thing.
also, i talked to my boss about phasing in a four day work week over time. he's open and we'll see how it goes.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
the transition is complete
as i mentioned in my last post, evie has been transitioning to a big girl bed. we started by moving her crib mattress to the floor and letting her sleep there for a week and a half. she was hooked after the first night, with no interest in returning to the crib.
as you'll see from the picture, she didn't always sleep on the mattress. on a couple of occasions, she got up and put her head under her tricycle and slept peacefully there. don't quite understand what that's all about, but it's all good.
last weekend we braved ikea on a sunday to pick out a bed. if you've ever been to an ikea on a weekend, you understand that this is a fairly crazy undertaking - especially with evie in tow. things went ok, though it took longer to pick out the bed than evie was really up for. we decided to divide and conquer. mike took evie to the play area, and i headed to the warehouse to pick up all the pieces. that's when i realized that we wouldn't be able to fit it all in the car with evie and the carseat.
oops. back home and another week of sleeping on the floor.
yesterday morning mike disassembled evie's crib to make room for the bed that he was going to pick up that day.
evie thought the rails made very fun "walking sticks".
then mike headed to ikea, and evie and i headed to a party. we definitely got the better end of the deal. when we got back evie and mike were both ready for a nap, so bed assembly would need to wait a few hours. mike and evie awoke well rested, and we let sponge bob babysit while we put the bed together.
evie's reaction when she saw it? "i love my big girl bed" (imagine that said in a high pitched squeal).
as you'll see from the picture, she didn't always sleep on the mattress. on a couple of occasions, she got up and put her head under her tricycle and slept peacefully there. don't quite understand what that's all about, but it's all good.
last weekend we braved ikea on a sunday to pick out a bed. if you've ever been to an ikea on a weekend, you understand that this is a fairly crazy undertaking - especially with evie in tow. things went ok, though it took longer to pick out the bed than evie was really up for. we decided to divide and conquer. mike took evie to the play area, and i headed to the warehouse to pick up all the pieces. that's when i realized that we wouldn't be able to fit it all in the car with evie and the carseat.
oops. back home and another week of sleeping on the floor.
yesterday morning mike disassembled evie's crib to make room for the bed that he was going to pick up that day.
evie thought the rails made very fun "walking sticks".
then mike headed to ikea, and evie and i headed to a party. we definitely got the better end of the deal. when we got back evie and mike were both ready for a nap, so bed assembly would need to wait a few hours. mike and evie awoke well rested, and we let sponge bob babysit while we put the bed together.
evie's reaction when she saw it? "i love my big girl bed" (imagine that said in a high pitched squeal).
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
we're still here!
sorry, bogged down in the work/life thing again these days, thus the radio silence. i've got some pics from uncle ray's visit over the 4th that i will try to post soon, as well as a milestone update - evie's moved on to the big girl bed. well, to be accurate, it's really just her crib mattress on the floor because i haven't gotten around to buying her a bed yet, but we are out of the crib!
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