poor us...

It has been a rough week and an equally rough weekend.

I've been training a new nurse (actually, NOT new, so all the more frustrating...) who is having trouble grasping the time-management, multi-tasking/multi-thinking skills of intensive care nursing. It's a fine line between letting her try to figure it out on her own and not letting her accidentally kill anyone. Needless to say, my blood pressure is up a few points.

Geoff was out of class all week due to the monstrous amount of snow the East coast received last weekend and mid-week. I am a nervous wreck thinking the class will get extended and our vacation will be canceled or postponed indefinitely. Geoff keeps saying "don't think like that! you'll jinx it!" But when our trip to Tahiti is the only thing getting me through his absence, the thought of not getting to go gives me chest pain.

To top it off, Genevieve is still not feeling well. Her runny nose, congestion, cough and persistent crankiness has been going on two weeks now. I worked overtime on Friday and you know it's a bad sign when the babysitter practically has your child sitting on the front step waiting for you that it wasn't a good day. (not really sitting outside, but definitely ready for her to go...) Most of her illness and sour mood, I think, has to do with the THREE teeth that are coming in simultaneously. It seems we're living on chamomile tooth gel and ibuprofen to get through the pain. Poor girl...

Baby G is finally taking steps! Which is awesome and oh-so-adorable, but she's still not that confident on her feet... so most of the time she ends up hanging on my pant legs rendering both of us immobile until I pick her up or she falls down-- resulting in yet another meltdown. We are exhausted.

We are ready for Daddy G to come home! I don't know if this yucky attitude is more the winter blues or something bigger, but it needs to go away soon! Or I need some wine... whichever comes first. But on a fun note... we are truly excited for next weekend's festivities and company...
Stop by at 1pm on Saturday the 20th for lunch, cake and to get a big hug from the sweetest girl. :)

love to all