Saturday, July 5, 2008

No house, kids, husband- JUST ME

Although I don't have children to show off, or a husband who's my best friend, or a beautiful house, or anything like unto it, I'm still going to have a blog.

So here's the update on me. In 23 days I will be 36 years old. I live with my mother and have 2 dogs because she has a fenced in back yard- sounds fabulous doesn't it. But, lets look at the positive, I don't have a mortgage payment, I don't have to pay rent or any other bills. I don't have a marriage certificate over my bed, but instead 2 dogs in my bed.

I went back to nannying 2 months ago, and have been taking care of 2 babies from India. They are 11 month old Aditya, who was walking at 9 months, has a swallowing disorder and acid reflux, which means mom puts baby food in his special formula and I have to hold him upright for 20 min after he eats. He's a hyper little guy who's all over the place, but has not grown or gained weight for 3 months! Niha, is a girl who is 9 months old and has just started to crawl. She's a crier and hates being left alone, which needs to happen often as Aditya will not eat unless he's alone. She prefers to be held and has started refusing a bottle. If I'm lucky she'll nap for 30 min, but usually on top of me, as she's so sensitive. Both are cute, but it is difficult work and I've learned that mothering is for the young. I used to want twins to make up for lost time, but forget that!

I've been jumping around with jobs since Nov of 07 and during this time, I've had a few dates, which is a miracle in and of itself, but men don't seems to stay for very long mostly because I screw it up. As I often say: "love me or leave me, they usually choose to leave!" I'm intent on getting this dating thing right by the time I turn 40. I think that's a good goal.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is still TRUE regardless of my unfulfilled dreams. I was just released from a primary calling that I was totally burned out of, and now have a ward and stake calling with the single adults.

I still enjoy visiting family with my 26 nieces and nephews, and 1 and 1/2 great nieces. At the end of 08 I will have 3 nephews and 2 nieces married.

Oh, I could go on, but is any one really going to read this?

2 comments:

beth graham said...

Your sister Beth did! I loved reading your thoughts... thanks for sharing.

Annie said...

LOVE YOUR BLOG, BECK,
WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PICTURES!
PLEASE ADD MY ADDRESS TO YOUR 'FAVORITE BLOGS TO VISIT'
AND VISIT ME OFTEN!
I'LL DO THE SAME.
HAPPY BLOGGING!!!!