it a fitful sleep, i spent most of my sleeping time trying to think of and old friend's name. it came to me shortly before i got up, after looking at a computer screen and typing it in in my dream. weird. appropriate, but weird.
my first friends at loyola were lee and brian fitzpatrick. they worked in the admissions office where i started working the summer before i started classes. for the life of me, i could not remember lee's name. i could remember his face, the fact that we dated for a little while, even where they used to live. i'm not sure why it was so important to remember this, but now that i have, i'm writing it here so i can shut my brain off for a little while.
i think this was inspired by the loyola gossip update i had at the show on saturday, learning all the latest scoop on the bio department. and learning about some of the changes being made to the lakeshore campus. it's been a while since i've been there, i'm considering signing myself up for a tour. funny to think i used to give those tours when i was a student. hmmm, did i give tours before i started? that would have been funny, i think i would have remembered that. again. stupid brain.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
bump in the night
after being away far too long yet again, i'm compelled to jot some thoughts down here. work and home life have been hectic, but satisfying. looking forward to a break, but not all the work i need to complete before taking that break. oh well.
so yesterday, while changing nissa's sheets, i decided to take one of the rails off of her crib and let her try out sleeping in a "bed" instead of a crib. i've been considering this for months now, but adam had resisted. nissa never tried to climb out, so we never had that as a motivator. though last weekend nissa climbed from her crib onto her dresser, giving both of us heart failure. with that as a motivator, i figured it was time to change the sleeping dynamic. she napped well there, getting up a couple times to get some toys at the start, but always returning to bed to play with them. she went to bed without a diaper, but also without a potty check, so she woke up wet. i'm still hoping that'll change soon. anyways, with the nap a success, we went to bed that way too. nissa didn't like her bed being apart and asked for me to put it back together, but adam and i insisted she try out this new "big girl" sleeping situation. she's not really into the "big girl" thing, but i always like to toss it out. it's the lazy, go to move, i know, but when it's what you grew up with, it's hard to shake and comes out almost automatically. all went well (even slept through a loud thunderstorm) until just after my alarm went off this morning at 5:15. i laid in bed collecting my thoughts and i heard a thud, then crying. not hysterical crying, but crying enough that i knew it wouldn't subside quickly. i scooped her up, soothed her and tucked her back in. all in all, not bad. i'll have to wait for adam's report later.
so yesterday, while changing nissa's sheets, i decided to take one of the rails off of her crib and let her try out sleeping in a "bed" instead of a crib. i've been considering this for months now, but adam had resisted. nissa never tried to climb out, so we never had that as a motivator. though last weekend nissa climbed from her crib onto her dresser, giving both of us heart failure. with that as a motivator, i figured it was time to change the sleeping dynamic. she napped well there, getting up a couple times to get some toys at the start, but always returning to bed to play with them. she went to bed without a diaper, but also without a potty check, so she woke up wet. i'm still hoping that'll change soon. anyways, with the nap a success, we went to bed that way too. nissa didn't like her bed being apart and asked for me to put it back together, but adam and i insisted she try out this new "big girl" sleeping situation. she's not really into the "big girl" thing, but i always like to toss it out. it's the lazy, go to move, i know, but when it's what you grew up with, it's hard to shake and comes out almost automatically. all went well (even slept through a loud thunderstorm) until just after my alarm went off this morning at 5:15. i laid in bed collecting my thoughts and i heard a thud, then crying. not hysterical crying, but crying enough that i knew it wouldn't subside quickly. i scooped her up, soothed her and tucked her back in. all in all, not bad. i'll have to wait for adam's report later.
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