Monday, June 22, 2009

life of the fire wife...aka single mother

DH is a wildland firefighter. He is home all winter and gone all summer. It is a little tiring, but we manage. Wine helps.

Wake up at 6
try to shower without waking the babe, who is in our bed since dh is not...
get ready for work
wake babe up change diaper from overnight
get breastpump, lunch, diaper bag, purse, cell phone in car,
oh, and babe also in car
Get babe to mil or moms house for the day
get to work already tired, drink 3 cups of coffee
work all day, aka referee for adults that should be able to solve their own problems but cant, probably because of being left to cry it out as infants
pump no less than 3 times at work
get baby, go home
go to gym for 25 min before they tell me that babe is crying. Further proof that she wants her milk supply to stay fat and sassy.
come home and get babe in bath.
nurse for ever, until babe falls asleep. Try to put her in crib without waking. It is now after 8 pm.
DH calls. talk for 4 min. miss you...love you...hows that fire treating you?
take shower, pack for next day, watch tv, read, try not to get scared by every little sound since you are alone in the country with no husbandly protection. Who needs it? You are a mean mama bear. You will cut a bitch. Yes... sleepy time....
3am babe is starving.
4 am switch sides... growing girl
5am one more time...
6 am And I am up!!
Lets do it again!

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