So glad the weekend is almost here!

Posted on Apr 17 in 2008 pregnancy, Life in Evansville, personal storiesby TalinaPrint

Well, we’ve officially spent the first week in our new place. We are much happier here, obviously and are so glad that the bulk of the moving process is behind us now. We’ve still got cleaning to do at the old place and we are trying to nail down a walk though appointment time with the slumloards but all in all the craziest part is over now.

During the week N had a meeting with some higher ups about his future at the station. Remember how this job was supposed to be an anchoring/ reporting gig? Since moving here his anchor time has been minimal (it’s happen once) so he was eager to hear what they had planned for him and his future.

It looks like they are hoping to have him around and are grooming him to fill some big shoes in about 3-5 years. This means buying a home was absolutely the right decision to make and that we truly will be able to stay here for a good amount of time. Yay for following the gut instinct.

Knowing you can truly settle in and build a life for yourself is amazing. We’ve got our “bun in the oven”, a home of our own and his career going in the right direction so we are super fortunate and are so grateful to have arrived at this stage in life. It’s been a long and grueling journey and it will continue to have up’s and downs I am sure but what more could you ask for? We are pleased with everything, obviously.

I’ve been getting bursts of energy and then major spells of fatigue so I am gardening and unpacking when I’ve got the energy. The weather is warming up and the plants are springing to life, I am enjoying this very much.

Also, the animals are adjusting much better these days it seems. They still act up now and then and need to be reminded of the rules but the overly obnoxious stuff in the middle of the night has stopped. This is a relief.

Other random musings:

I just saw a commercial about birth defects and Paxil so I googled it for more info and am just floored. “Babies exposed to Paxil early in pregnancy may have a higher risk of major birth defects, according to a new study.”

I already don’t have much faith in our drug saftey testing process here in the USA. This is why I’ve refused the RhoGam shot during pregnancy and am doing my research on vaccinations right now.

This whole Paxil development is just added proof that we approve and distribute way too many drugs to people before we fully understand the effects and risks of the drug. It’s irresponsible and scary. We really can’t trust that all approved drugs and procedures are safe for us.

I need a washer bad!! We are doing laundry at the old place till the end of the month because our new place doesn’t have a washer in it already. Ideally we would love an energy star, front loading washer but there is no way we can afford one right now. Shoot we can barely scrap $100 together to go towards the purchase of a used one.

Not having a washer is stressing me out a bit and I don’t really know when and if we’ll get one. I’ve been looking at craigslist for them but am so worried that I’ll end up with one that is crap and our money will have been wasted.

Also, the external hard drive we used to back up all the PC files and financial stuff (a Seagate Free Agent External Drive) is now dead.. Or at least the USB portion of the drive is acting wonky.It worked at the old place but somehow in moving the computer it’s become damaged and is not longer recognized by the computer.

I am stressing because I need to balance the accounts and work the budget before this weekend so I know how much money we have for groceries but all the data is on that drive that I can’t access.

I am going to go work in the garden a bit now to counter all the things I currently have to stress about, LOL. Hopefully you have a pleasant weekend in your neck of the woods. We are so ready to chill and get some slow progress made on the new place.

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5 Comments

• Krystal McCarthy says:

  April 18, 2009 at 2:41 am

  The Pixil is why Liam is a little shit… I took it for a few months after I found out I was pregnant with him… Its one nasty drug. But man does it work wonders for me.
• Donna B. says:

  April 18, 2009 at 9:02 am

  According to that article there are two antidepressants out there that reduced the incidence of birth defects by the same amount that Paxil increased them (in that study, at least.)

  If either finding is significant (1%??) then shouldn’t the reduction be reported with the same emphasis?

  Donna B.s last blog post..Alert The Media
• N says:

  April 18, 2009 at 10:45 am

  Woohoo, the weekend is here! I’m so glad I’ve got a couple days to wind down now and I don’t have to travel to Chicago for that silly story. Now I can work on my honey-do list

  Ns last blog post..Lawn before gasoline
• witchypoo says:

  April 18, 2009 at 4:33 pm

  Gardening is the perfect grounding meditation to de-stress. Enjoy! Glad the critters are settling in, too.

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• teeni says:

  April 20, 2009 at 3:19 pm

  Gardening is great for stress – I hope it worked for you!

  teenis last blog post..The Bird Magnet

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