Weekly Update

It's been a busy one, getting ready for Riley's party and...oh yeah, I haven't shared my news yet!

Last Tuesday my boss/mom suggested that I try continuing to work for her (until she sells the business, which she still wants to do), but try doing it FROM HOME! You can only imagine how exciting this suggestion was for me! I jumped right on it! Tuesday and Wednesday we prepared, figuring out how I can access my work computer from home, how to deal with phone calls, how to fax, etc. etc. etc. and then Thursday I was home, working, spending MORE TIME with Riley! He's still adjusting, as he doesn't quite understand why mommy can't pay attention to him all day, cuz we're home and that's how it is on the weekends, but we're working through it. Getting on a schedule is key, so he will feel comfortable and know what to expect. However, getting on a schedule THIS week has been difficult because I've been trying to get ready for Riley's party this weekend, and for our visitors.

Speaking of visitors, we just found out that Chris' dad's house had an 'explosion'. Something happened with the electrical box behind their house and it blew, filling their house with smoke. The fire dept. even said they are going to have to re-wire the entire house. Scary stuff. So...they will not be able to make it up this weekend. Bummer, but understandable. Ben has to fly on Friday, which means Melissa and fam will not be coming in until Saturday morning. Bummer, but understandable. So, it looks like we've got a quiet Friday not...not what we were expecting.

We are still very excited to see Melissa, Ben, Brooke & Becca...I'm so glad they are going to be able to visit (God Willing...please don't let anything happen to keep them away!), especially since they won't be just 3 short hours away much longer. Hopefully we'll be able to squeeze ourselves in for a visit up to OK before they move as well, but I know everyone is going to be trying to, so who knows.

Anyhoo...I'm just working while Riley sleeps, waiting on Steph to call and come over, she's going to go shopping with me this afternoon to order the cake, finish getting food for the party, and drop off the baloons at the party store. We haven't seen much of each other since we stopped working together, it totally sucks, but I'm hoping we'll see MUCH more now that I'm working from home! She even said she'd come by and 'babysit' Riley on her days off so I could get more work done! It's gonna be great, so much wonderful stuff is going to come from this! Especially right before summer, now I'll have the time and opportunity to take Riley to the park to play, or even in the back yard for some water fun (I remember how envious I was of Melissa last summer when she would send pictures of her and the girls playing in the middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday).

Well, if it's going to 'work' I better get back to 'work'!