Today started off pretty good. Driving to work was awesome. We hit almost no traffic. I arrived at my CBs house early and she told me to come in. I was able to see the inside of her house and her girls. I have to say that her house looks bigger inside then from the front. It really is deceiving. We left for work and driving went pretty smoothly. You learn a lot about someone when you are in the car with them every day for an hour to and from work. Since we arrived at work a half an hour early again we forgot to clock in. Not that it matters that much but it's just funny that when you are late or on time all you can think about is clocking in and when you're early it's not even on your mind. We got to see what we will actually be doing with all the steps and systems open. We made blind calls to a bunch of numbers. It was funny. My CB was able to understand a man with a heavy Spanish accent and I thought he was talking a completely different language. Guess I have to brush up on my accents a little.
Pumping went well today. I pumped 9 oz on my first break, 4 on lunch and 3 on my last break. We got an hour lunch today so while I was pumping, my friends went to McDonald's and bought me 2 McDoubles. It's still outrageous that they charge an extra $.29 for a piece of cheese. Wendy's gives you it all for $.99. Anyway I was happy that I got another 16 oz today. I think I pump more at the end of the week than at the beginning. I forgot to see if the pumping in the dark helps me pump more. I got more than yesterday when I was in the dark so maybe it has something to do with the end of the week and being more consistent with it. I might try it on Monday. On Fridays I am a little more run down so I don't have the energy to think about that kind of stuff.
Cole had an appointment today and he ended up weighing 22.3 oz and is 28.5 inches. He is growing very nicely and he has only been drinking breast milk. He just started eating rice cereal when I went back to work. The doctor says that we should put him on a veggie or fruit every week now. So he will be eating rice cereal, a fruit/veggie and breast milk every day. They also said he is ahead in his development so I am very proud of him.
Xyler weighs 29 lbs and is 34.8 inches. Of course he is a lot more active than Cole so he has gone down in weight a little. They said that he is very active for a two year old and way ahead of most toddlers his age physically. He is right on track for his communication skills.
My drive home from work was a nightmare. We were paid today so I went to deposit my check in my bank and I then drove to the gas station. My card was denied both at the pump and inside twice. I called my husband and asked him to call our bank. My CB said lets go to a 7-11 to cash her check and the one we went to didn't have that capability. While I was waiting for Anthony to get back to me I figured I would just try to pump at 7-11 and sure enough it worked. When I called him he said he hadn't even gotten a hold of a live person yet. By the time we left Highlands Ranch it was 5:30 and I didn't get home until 7:00 pm. I'm worn out from my long day. I hope my direct deposit kicks in soon so I don't have to worry about that crap anymore. :D
Have a good weekend and I will see y'all on Monday!
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
In The Dark
Yesterday was a day like any other. I pumped 13 oz. We learned a lot of information in class yesterday and my brain was fried. I wanted to just veg out and watch YouTube videos last night. About the only interesting part of my day yesterday was there was a firetruck and a tow truck in the HOV lane last night on my way home. Don't know why and don't care but it was interesting to see that.
Today was crazy. We got to work 30 minutes early and there was almost no traffic this morning. We didn't learn quite so much today. Plus it's Thursday which means tomorrow is payday and jeans day. I'm excited to dress down. :) I wonder if tomorrow is going to be as long as last Friday was... Hopefully not. I got the days off I want when I go to the night shift. Friday and Saturday. I think I am the only person in the class that got a weekend day and a weekday together. I'm excited for my schedule. I am also excited to make more money when I finally start my real shift.
Today was the scariest pumping day I've experienced. I get into the room on my first break and just as I got everything set up, dun dun dun..... the lights went out. Okay so it's not that scary but I am a little scared of the dark. This is a secret room inside of a bathroom, mind you, so they don't have back up generators or anything in this room. I felt like I was blind and I had to feel my way to my purse and feel around my purse to find my phone. When I finally pulled it out it barely lit the room up. I grabbed my purse and ran out of the room with the key and left my stuff behind. I ran out to the trainers who were smoking outside and had no idea what was happening. I told them what was happening and they said wait for the power to come back on. Well, the break gets over and still no power (except back up lights and computers). They let me have an extra break and the training manager gave me her iPhone with a flashlight app for lighting. I went in and got the 3 batteries out of my bag and put them in my pump. It required four. I was just about to go ask the front desk (which was a bazillion miles away) for batteries when I remembered they put a clock in the room for me. I took the clock off the wall and put the battery in my pump. Sure enough it worked. So I am basically sitting in the dark and I picked up the phone to see how much I had pumped after a few minutes and to my disbelief there was over 4 oz in each bottle. I think from now on maybe I should pump with the lights out! I have never in my entire pumping life got 8.5 oz in one sitting. That is just craziness. I put the battery back in the clock and set it by my manager's phone. Shortly after I got back to class, the lights popped back on. Then from lunch I pumped 4.5 oz and my second break I pumped 3. That makes for a grand total of 16 oz. That is awesome. I am going to turn off the lights in the room after I get set up tomorrow and see if I get the same results! I know it's crazy but I like to experiment with different methods to see what happens. Yes, I know. I am easily entertained. :D
Today was crazy. We got to work 30 minutes early and there was almost no traffic this morning. We didn't learn quite so much today. Plus it's Thursday which means tomorrow is payday and jeans day. I'm excited to dress down. :) I wonder if tomorrow is going to be as long as last Friday was... Hopefully not. I got the days off I want when I go to the night shift. Friday and Saturday. I think I am the only person in the class that got a weekend day and a weekday together. I'm excited for my schedule. I am also excited to make more money when I finally start my real shift.
Today was the scariest pumping day I've experienced. I get into the room on my first break and just as I got everything set up, dun dun dun..... the lights went out. Okay so it's not that scary but I am a little scared of the dark. This is a secret room inside of a bathroom, mind you, so they don't have back up generators or anything in this room. I felt like I was blind and I had to feel my way to my purse and feel around my purse to find my phone. When I finally pulled it out it barely lit the room up. I grabbed my purse and ran out of the room with the key and left my stuff behind. I ran out to the trainers who were smoking outside and had no idea what was happening. I told them what was happening and they said wait for the power to come back on. Well, the break gets over and still no power (except back up lights and computers). They let me have an extra break and the training manager gave me her iPhone with a flashlight app for lighting. I went in and got the 3 batteries out of my bag and put them in my pump. It required four. I was just about to go ask the front desk (which was a bazillion miles away) for batteries when I remembered they put a clock in the room for me. I took the clock off the wall and put the battery in my pump. Sure enough it worked. So I am basically sitting in the dark and I picked up the phone to see how much I had pumped after a few minutes and to my disbelief there was over 4 oz in each bottle. I think from now on maybe I should pump with the lights out! I have never in my entire pumping life got 8.5 oz in one sitting. That is just craziness. I put the battery back in the clock and set it by my manager's phone. Shortly after I got back to class, the lights popped back on. Then from lunch I pumped 4.5 oz and my second break I pumped 3. That makes for a grand total of 16 oz. That is awesome. I am going to turn off the lights in the room after I get set up tomorrow and see if I get the same results! I know it's crazy but I like to experiment with different methods to see what happens. Yes, I know. I am easily entertained. :D
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Just Another Day
Today was pretty basic. We learned more stuff. Work was work. I'm becoming to good of friends with my carpool buddy and the girl that sits next to me in class. They both picked the morning shift and I picked the evening shift because it's more money. When training is over we won't see each other as much. It will be a lot harder to get together. I really want them to switch to evenings with me but they need the day shift. If the day shift paid more, I would switch to it in a heartbeat. That's probably why the evening shift pays more, though.
Pumping was pretty much the same. I wore a dress that is pretty tight up top and doesn't allow me to it to the side to pump so I was in there with the other woman that pumps turned away from her with my dress up. That makes for an awkward situation. :D I apologized to her but she said she didn't care. I need to go buy some dresses that allow me to stay mostly dressed when pumping. Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot out there that caters to nursing women. They only have a few styles and only at select places. If more of the clothes had style for a good price there would probably be more women pumping. For those of you who like the numbers, I pumped 13 oz today. It all went into bottles at work and into the fridge when I got home. The bottles are so much easier and if they tip over 99% of the time they won't leak. That statistic might be a little off but so are a lot of statistics. 80% of statistics are made up so it really doesn't matter. :D
Ending on a good note: Traffic was awesome today. We made it home in under 45 minutes! I can't believe that. We didn't stop almost the entire way home! If only traffic could be like that every day. Do you think that half of the people in Denver could be persuaded to move to a different state?? A woman can dream can't she? Until tomorrow my friends. :)
Pumping was pretty much the same. I wore a dress that is pretty tight up top and doesn't allow me to it to the side to pump so I was in there with the other woman that pumps turned away from her with my dress up. That makes for an awkward situation. :D I apologized to her but she said she didn't care. I need to go buy some dresses that allow me to stay mostly dressed when pumping. Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot out there that caters to nursing women. They only have a few styles and only at select places. If more of the clothes had style for a good price there would probably be more women pumping. For those of you who like the numbers, I pumped 13 oz today. It all went into bottles at work and into the fridge when I got home. The bottles are so much easier and if they tip over 99% of the time they won't leak. That statistic might be a little off but so are a lot of statistics. 80% of statistics are made up so it really doesn't matter. :D
Ending on a good note: Traffic was awesome today. We made it home in under 45 minutes! I can't believe that. We didn't stop almost the entire way home! If only traffic could be like that every day. Do you think that half of the people in Denver could be persuaded to move to a different state?? A woman can dream can't she? Until tomorrow my friends. :)
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Thank Goodness Tommorrow's Friday
Work went pretty well today. Cole was crying when I was about to leave so I stopped to feed him for a minute to try and put him back to sleep. It made me a little late getting out of the house. I left here about 6:55 and I sat in traffic for a lot longer today. I didn't get to work until 7:50 today. I think I'm just always going to try to be out of here by 6:45 just in case. In total I pumped about 10 ounces today. For some reason I pumped an ounce less at lunch. I took a lot of food to work today and I just couldn't get full. I was hungry all day. Today was pretty good as far as learning goes. I have understood everything we have been taught about the systems that we are going to be using.
Tomorrow we get to wear jeans and I'm so excited. Being a stay at home mom, I got used to very comfortable clothing and dressing up this week has been a huge change for me. Not to mention, I'm still not down to my pre-first pregnancy weight which is what most of my business attire is so I don't fit in all of it... yet.
When I was leaving work today I went to the Mother's Room to get my cooler of breastmilk from the fridge and I met one of the other women that pumps. She was really nice. I told her if she needs to pump and she walks in on me we can just pump together. I'm not shy about pumping with her in the same room. She said the same goes for me. She has a 7 month old baby and the Medela breast pump. She said I'm the first person she has met there that didn't have it also. I just don't see the point in getting a $300 pump when I am only going to be pumping for a little while longer. There is a blue cooler bag that has been in the fridge since I started and she said that it has been in there for years and nobody knows who left it there. She said they are afraid to look inside it. I think I'm just going to throw it away. That seems really gross to me. I sort of feel like her and I and the other "pumpers" are in a secret club together. It's that club that you automatically join when you are doing something important together. I also like to think that I am in a special club of mothers. Once you have given 9 months of your life to a miracle and then give birth to them and raise them, you understand something new about life that you never could see before. Before that, all you can do is imagine what it would be like. It's so easy to talk to other mothers because you have something important in common and you are on this journey together. Okay, enough Hallmark-y stuff. :D
Tomorrow we get to wear jeans and I'm so excited. Being a stay at home mom, I got used to very comfortable clothing and dressing up this week has been a huge change for me. Not to mention, I'm still not down to my pre-first pregnancy weight which is what most of my business attire is so I don't fit in all of it... yet.
When I was leaving work today I went to the Mother's Room to get my cooler of breastmilk from the fridge and I met one of the other women that pumps. She was really nice. I told her if she needs to pump and she walks in on me we can just pump together. I'm not shy about pumping with her in the same room. She said the same goes for me. She has a 7 month old baby and the Medela breast pump. She said I'm the first person she has met there that didn't have it also. I just don't see the point in getting a $300 pump when I am only going to be pumping for a little while longer. There is a blue cooler bag that has been in the fridge since I started and she said that it has been in there for years and nobody knows who left it there. She said they are afraid to look inside it. I think I'm just going to throw it away. That seems really gross to me. I sort of feel like her and I and the other "pumpers" are in a secret club together. It's that club that you automatically join when you are doing something important together. I also like to think that I am in a special club of mothers. Once you have given 9 months of your life to a miracle and then give birth to them and raise them, you understand something new about life that you never could see before. Before that, all you can do is imagine what it would be like. It's so easy to talk to other mothers because you have something important in common and you are on this journey together. Okay, enough Hallmark-y stuff. :D
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