9.15.17 - Friday with the girls and on-the-job joys

Clara is wearing her backpack and sunhat while playing inside at night, I suppose because it's the toddler fashion right now. Jane is watching me clean the kitchen and grinning like a maniac, as if me cleaning the kitchen is some great inside joke between us. And overall I really don't mind spending my Friday night with these two.

In other joys:

I'm in a bet with Julie where I count calories and she does a minimum number of workouts per week and has a maximum amount of sweet and alcohol per week. This is a joy because I'm losing weight but it also makes the once-a-week day off from calorie counting feel like a mini vacation.

I thought it would be harder to count calories now that I'm working from home all the time, but it's not that bad partly because I get pretty absorbed in my work and don't feel as hungry, I guess because I'm distracted. So that's pretty nice.

I'm so enjoying being able to work by myself at home. In contrast with working at Starbucks I can wear lounge clothes and no shoes, use the bathroom any time, get food and drink any time (for free), listen to my music out loud instead of on headphones, and switch up seating positions with no trouble. I also don't have to waste time going home to pump/feed Jane and coming back, because I'm already home! It is much less frustrating now that I can knock out more than 3 hours of work at a time. Also, over the summer I was concerned that when I started full time for CER there wouldn't be enough work to fill my hours, but so far there has been plenty without any problem. So that's a big relief.

And once again I am grateful for social media. I was thinking earlier today that, were it not for social media, Skype, free long distance calls, and all this technology my parents didn't have when they were my age, I would have almost no social interaction right now aside from Jack and my kids. I also wouldn't be able to do this job from home. So I'm glad for the technology we have that lets me do so much long distance.

I also want to give another shout to my Magic Bullet blender, which we use every single day at minimum for a fruit/veggie smoothie for Clara, but usually also for a fruit smoothie for me, and sometimes for other concoctions like pureeing veggies into eggs for egg muffins or blending Nutella with iced coffee. Mmmm.

Cue angelic choir