Sunday Post with Berls | The one with the nap confusion

The one with the nap confusion

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News at Home

The short version

This week I binged Buffy, was more confused than ever about Dante’s naps, interviewed my replacement at work even though I haven’t actually been promoted, met my Goodreads reading goal, finished cataloging ALL my books into Goodreads, had mom drama, found out my step-son and family have COVD, and generally started 2021 on the wrong foot. Read below for the full details. Items that made the short version are in bold.

Sunday

Today was busy and lazy all in one. I started the day relaxing with Dante, doing breakfast and continuing my binge watching of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Then I picked up groceries – which is my weekly break. It’s about 1 hour of sitting in the car, listening to an audiobook and worrying about nothing while I stop and get loaded up with groceries. After getting home and putting groceries away, I did some work adding books from Audible to my Goodreads. I’m trying really hard to get that done so I can start with everything organized for 2021. And some more Buffy watching.

Dante napped for about 1.5 hours today, continuing to keep me confused about his sleep patterns. I did some work in my Panda planner today too – getting it set with my goals for 2021, the first quarter and just next week. There’s some good exercises in there to really help you think through your goals. And that’s about it – besides dreading going back to real life tomorrow. Kiko is off, so it should be better. But I think he and I have different ideas of what his watching Dante while I work will look like. So we’ll see.

Monday

Today went really well. I woke up and did my workout and miracle morning routine (meditation, gratitude, visualizing, self-improvement reading, and affirmations). Dante slept until almost 8 and hung out happily in his crib until about 8:10 when I was done with what I had to get done for work. After some quick morning cuddles and a story (he now wants a morning story every day and bookworm that I am, I love him loving books), I went back to work and he played. By time I was starting to get breakfast going Kiko was up and took over. I grabbed my breakfast and disappeared into the bedroom where I worked all day while Kiko took care of Dante. I did leave the door open when I wasn’t in meetings so Dante could wander in, but if he started getting demanding Kiko grabbed him and closed the door. I’m getting spoiled again… going back to working AND watching Dante next week is going to be hard. But one day at a time.

Dante did not nap today, which surprised me since he woke up earlier than normal. I’m mystified. *sigh* I do’t know if I’ll be figuring this out any time soon. After work I had my therapy session – went so well, despite it being several weeks that I decided I’m ready to go to every two weeks now, instead of every week. I’ve come a long way this year, despite the stressors of 2020. After therapy Dante and I danced (I found some great baby wearing dances on YouTube), then it was time for some Buffy, dinner, playtime, clean up and bedtime. Just grabbed a shower and going to do some blogging before bed. Hoping to get some visiting in – I’ve been seriously slacking on that (sorry!).

Tuesday

Today was pretty much like yesterday. I did go to bed too late last night, though, so waking up this morning was hard. I’m trying to wrap up earlier tonight. My boss has already posted my position, had the person she’d been talking to apply for it, and we had a team interview today (all this happened in the past 24 hours!). It kind of freaked me out when I saw that we were doing a team interview already — I don’t have the promotion yet. We haven’t talked salary at all. So I did some salary research and made a plan for talking about it. I also need to bring up the coming to work 1 time a week thing – we haven’t been able to talk about it and it’s supposedly starting in 2021 (aka, next week). So I’m a little anxious with all these things to talk about with my boss!

I chatted with my brother for about an hour today which was really nice. He had lots of advice on the salary negotiation front which was very helpful. I mean, honestly, I’m going to take any raise – but I want to get myself up with a good raise, since it’ll be at least 6 months before I can hope for more. Dante napped for 2 hours today, continuing to befuddle me. He has doctor next Tuesday, I’m looking forward to asking them about his erratic napping behavior. I also got in some more of my audible books – I’m through page 12 of 17 of my audible library (20 books per page), so I think I’ll get finished by the end of the year. Fingers crossed!

Wednesday

Today was an easy day – two of my bosses were off so I had no meetings, plus Kiko is still off and helping with Dante. I got a lot of work done and was super productive, which felt great. Dante woke up later than normal – almost 9! And then he also took a 2.5 hour nap… so yeah, I also continue to be perplexed about his sleep. Nothing makes sense (you’d think the day he sleeps in would be the day he doesn’t nap, right?).

I emailed my boss asking her about expectations for me to come to the office since we never managed to talk about it and expressed that my concern is finding safe childcare for Dante that one day. With the way cases are rising around here (at one of the hospitals we support, the ICU is at capacity) I’m anxious about finding someone to watch him that won’t bring COVID into our home. She messaged me that we’d talk about it, but that she’s also been watching the numbers. So I think maybe I’ll get a little more time, until things improve.

I finished adding all my Audible books to Goodreads today! Which means I can do the books on my physical shelves tomorrow and finish by the end of the year! Yay! And I met my Goodreads reading goal for the year today – finishing my 100th book.

Thursday

Today was a short work day because I had a bit of OT. Plus, half the team was off, so I didn’t have a lot of work coming at me. Just took care of some projects that had been sitting on the back burner. Plus, Kiko was still off, so I wasn’t on Dante duty. Speaking of Dante, he woke up about 8 am (so normal time) and didn’t nap today. We put him down, but he hung out in his crib for about an hour playing and then started fussing… so yeah, continue to be perplexed. By dinner time though he was tired. At dinner he alternatively ate and cried. It was kind of funny actually. He be crying as he scooped up some rice and then stuff it in his mouth. The crying would stop until he chewed and swallowed. He kind of picked at his food, but ate enough. He’s going to bed a wee bit early tonight – we’ll see how long it takes him to fall asleep.

And – I DID IT! Every single book I own (at least that I know of) is on Goodreads. What a project! I rediscovered a lot of books and series through this process and am going to try really hard to not buy too many this year – focus on the books I have (she says as she picked up 4 books already this week and joined Scribd lol). But seriously, books I own will be a focus. I may stop my Scribd subsription after the free trial – not sure. I feel like I can really use it for COYER book club picks though, so IDK.

I don’t plan on being up until midnight, I think my sleep is more valuable than a count down. So I’ll be having a glass or 2 of wine and then calling it a night. And a year. Whew and what a year it was!

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Friday

Well, my new year is not off to the best start. I’m determined to not let it be a pattern for 2021, but whew what a day. Started off with my mom calling, which is rarely a good sign. I can’t remember if I’ve share the mid-life crisis that turned my problematic, but okay mom into an absolute disaster. Very long story short, a few years ago (when she was living with me) she got involved with a low life and ended up moving out into a place with him. It’s been up and down over the years with her saying she’s done with him because he’s abusive to saying we’re unreasonable for not accepting that she loves him and he is a good guy. Flash forward to 2019, after my brother and I have come to her aid numerous times only for her to run back to the abusive loser and I’m pregnant with Dante. Now it’s not about me anymore, it’s about protecting my then unborn son. So when I tell her I’m pregnant, I also tell her that until she untangles her life from this guy, our relationship will be phone calls only. Because he’s too dangerous. Basically, through a lot of fucked up twists and turns, she chose him. I’ve talked to her a handful of times since Dante was born and she met him at the hospital – a place I considered safe – and has really only seen him virtually since.

The background to explain why her calling is rarely a good thing. I don’t know why I still answer. Hope springs eternal or some shit. Well she said she’s trying to escape this guy. He’s taken all her money, beats her, she’s afraid of him, etc. I want to believe her. I want to help her. But we’ve been down this path before. And this guy is seriously dangerous – we’re talking drugs, guns, gangs, etc. I can’t put Dante at that risk. So I spent January 1st hemming and hawing over what I could do to help her if she’s serious this time vs how to keep my family safe. I ended with ultimately reminding her of the domestic abuse hotline and offering to pay for transportation (uber, lyft, etc) if she needed it. Anything else just puts us at too much risk. I can’t have her knowing where I live, for fear that he would find out or in one of her moments of trusting him, she told him.

Just as I made my peace with that, we got a phone call from Franky’s mom. Franky (my step-son) is positive for COVID. He’s feeling okay, but his brother-in-law (a severe asthmatic) and his step-dad (a diabetic), who both live with him are really sick. They haven’t actually tested positive, but it doesn’t take a genius to know they’re sick. Thankfully we were with them last 12 days ago now, so we’re in the clear, but doesn’t lessen the anxiety for them.

And then Kiko’s phone broke. We were able to get an old phone from Zach (my brother’s boyfriend), so that’s a relief. Honestly, in turned out to be a non-issue thanks to them having the old phone. But on a day like this, it just feels like it won’t stop. Oh and my Facebook got hacked. I’m pretty sure it was from a friend sending me a message that had a YouTube link, which I didn’t click because it looked suspicious. But then I think Dante clicked it because he LOVED YouTube. Also not a huge deal, but was annoying. And I’m getting to bed after midnight. Drowning myself in a glass of wine and going to sleep. Oh and Dante did not nap today. 

Saturday

I was actually semi productive today. Picked up groceries, cleaned up the Christmas tree and decorations, and cleaned out our closet (9 bags of clothes to donate!). I’m still reeling from yesterday’s activities a bit and I feel it reflected in how emotionally drained I’m feeling. I spent  good part of the afternoon (while Dante napped 2 hours… still baffled) watch some more Buffy. Trying to shake it off and get ready for next week and focus on making 2021 a better year.

Blog News

Last week on Because Reading

• [28 Dec] Out with the Old, In with the New ~ Life and Blogging…well that didn’t go as planned.
• [28 Dec] #Review ~ Mistletoe Montana Books 14, 15, 16 17
• [28 Dec] Nic's Candy (Mistletoe, Montana #14) by Aria Cole, Mila Crawford ★★★
• [28 Dec] Christmas Carol (Mistletoe Montana #15) by Jordan Marie DNF
• [28 Dec] His Holiday Dare (Mistletoe Montana #16) by Amelia Wilde ★★★★
• [28 Dec] Cold Killjoy (Mistletoe Montana #17) by Esther E. Schmidt ★★★★
• [29 Dec] Out with the Old, In with the New ~ Reading
• [30 Dec] Out with the Old, In with the New ~ Reading/Review – Let’s try this again.
• [31 Dec] Out with the Old, In with the New ~ COYER

• [1 Jan] Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh ★★★★
• [2 Jan] My TBR List Choices: January 2021  PLEASE VOTE
• [2 Jan] #MyTBRL ~ January 2021 ~ A New Year, New Logo, New Books
• [3 Jan] The Sunday Post ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR! ~ Week in READview! 2021

Challenge update

I’m participating in 4 reading challenges this year. Here’s how I’m doing:

Backlist Reader: None this week

Library Love: None this week

New Release: None this week

COYER (Fall): None this week

FitReaders (hosted by Jen @ That’s What I’m Talking About & Felicia The Geeky Blogger)

I’m keeping a scorecard to track my fitness goals. It’s something my nutritionist suggested to help me move past my perfectionism. My current goal is to get to 60 points a week – something I can do without doing perfect every day. I’ll share my scorecard with you below.

My big goal for 2021 is to get down to my goal weight. It means losing 70 pounds this year. It’s a lot, but I’ve done more in the past and if I just focus I know I can at least get close. My day-to-day goals will fluctuate and appear in the scorecard below. I will comment on my goals (where relevant) in the my weekly update above.

I didn’t quite make my goal of 60 points (53 points two weeks running) and I’m up 4 pounds from where I started the week. Despite a decent start to the week, my ending kinda sucked.

 

 

Added to My Shelf

I’m trying to be more responsible about keeping track of the books I acquire, so I’m going to start sharing them again. If I share them here, surely I’ll remember to add them to Goodreads, right?

How was your week? What are you Reading?

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