Five Question Friday

Just typing the word Friday makes me very happy when I have a three-day weekend ahead of me.  One extra day to relax.  One extra day to get things done.  It’s amazing how wondering that feels.  Yay for holiday weekends!

I felt like doing Five Question Friday today, in honor of relaxation and good things to come.  If you want to participate, hope over to Five Crooked Halos and link up!

1. Do you wake before the alarm or stay in bed until the last possible moment?
   Well, that depends.  If I am getting up for work, I rarely wake up before my 4:30am alarm goes off.  Unless Evan wakes up and wants to eat.  Which happens often.  I am usually so happy to be in bed that I wait until the last possible moment to get up – five seconds extra rest can be the difference between a good day and an exhausting day!
   
2. Who should get a baby shower?  Is it just the first baby or all babies?
   I know a baby shower is traditionally to shower the new mom with new stuff for the baby.  However, I believe that baby showers are a great time to shower moms with love.  My sister has had three kids and I’ve given her a shower each time.  Of course, not huge showers with registries or anything – that was what we did for the first one.  For the other two they were more intimate gatherings with a few gifts.  I kind of feel like each child is worthy of some sort of celebration!
   
3. How will you spend Memorial Day?
   I have a wedding on Saturday (my bus friend’s wedding – that’s how much time I spend commuting to work…I’m going to the wedding of a woman I met on the commuter bus!) and then on Monday we are having a small BBQ.  I love BBQs so I am excited.  I hope the weather cooperates!
   
4. Do you have a storm/tornado/hurricane/fire plan for your kids/house?
   No.  We should, but we don’t.  We don’t really live in an area that has many natural disasters though – at least not yet.  With global warming who knows what the next ten years has in store for us.  My fire plan would be to exit through the front door and if the fire was in the way of that, to go to one of the bedrooms, put a wet towel under the door, and wait for the fire engines.  We are on the fourth floor so jumping isn’t really an option.  I should get an escape latter, but I haven’t yet.
   
5. What is your favorite morning drink?
   Coffee with cream and sugar.  I love coffee in the morning – I love the idea of it more than I actually like the drink, but a nice creamy warm drink in the morning is the best feeling.  When I was pregnant I hated the taste of coffee so I drank tea every morning (and sometimes just hot water) and it worked too.  But there is just something special about coffee.  And I drink decaf so it’s not really the caffeine.

 

What are your Memorial Day plans?

Do you have a long or short commute to work?

FIve Question Friday

Another Friday.  Unbelievable.  Where did all the time go?  I feel like it was just Monday yesterday.  Evan is going to be a teenager before I know it (and let's not think about how old I'm gonna be)!

I do have to say that I'm pretty exhausted here.  Last night was not a good sleep night, for Evan or me.  Let me first say that Yerba Mate is a stimulant.  I was not aware of this.  Innocent ol' me was doing a bit of grocery shopping and was dying of thirst.  I picked up a drink in the organic tea section and all I paid attention to was the part that said "pear infusion" or something.  So, I opened it up and chugged it down (don't worry, I paid for it).  Then I looked closer at the bottle and noticed it said Yerba Mate.  Since I'm nursing I thought maybe I should make sure that it's safe for nursing mothers, so I looked to see if it mentioned anything.  And that's when I noticed it talked about being a stimulant, like caffeine.  Oh no - bad news for me.  I haven't had a "stimulant" in forever, so I had a feeling sleep would elude me.  And it did.

Evan slept the first half of the night, but didn't sleep so well the second half.  Part of the problem is that time really flies when you're sleeping.  I felt like I had just gone to sleep and then heard Evan crying and tried to get him to fall back alseep.  Until hubs informed me that it was already 2am.  Baby Evan had slept from 8:30pm - 2:00am.  Not bad!  After that it went down hill, and it didn't help that I went to be so late.  Oh well - a little lost sleep won't harm me too much.

And now, onto Five Question Friday from My Little Life.  I haven't participated for a while so I'm excited to join up this week.

1. Who wakes up in the morning with the kids, you or the hubby?
   Currently, hubs wakes up first because he has to be to work at 6:30am and I don't have to be anywhere.  However, when I go back to work we'll both get up at the same time.  I'll get up to feed Evan or pump and he'll get up to walk Dolce.
2. Do you watch the World Series even if your team isn't in it?
   No.  I definitely don't.  I would watch part of it if the Orioles were playing, maybe.  But maybe not.  I love going to baseball games but I don't really like watching it as much on TV.  Maybe because the best thing about baseball games is the food - hot dogs, nachos, funnel cake, etc.  I like watching the Ravens play though.
3. What is the best compliment you have received?
   Ya know, I don't really know.  When I was pregnant the best compliment was this lactation consultant who said I had great ab structure.  I loved that compliment, even if it wasn't true.  I like unexpected compliments the best - or compliments about my work or my attitude (like being happy or supportive or a good friend, etc.).  Whatever the compliment, I always say thank you.  In high school my math teacher said that when people give you a compliment you should always say thank you, because whether you believe the compliment or not, it is like a gift.  I remember that to this day and no matter what, I always say thank you.
4. Do/Did you dress up to take your kids trick-or-treating?
   This is my son's first Halloween, so I have never taken him trick-or-treating.  I'm not really going to this year either.  He will only be two months and doesn't need a bag of candy (and neither do Dad and I).  We'll put him in a cute pajama outfit and take him out with his cousins (if it's not too cold), but that's about it.  And no, I won't be dressing up.
5. Do you have a favorite Bible verse?  What is it and why?
   Yes, I have a few favorite Bible verses.  I will share my two favorite.
   
   "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29: 11
   
   "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."  Proverbs 3: 5-6
   
   Both of those verses really resonate with me.  When things don't work out the way I was planning or life takes a turn for the worse, these verses make me feel better and less alone.  

So there we go - the five questions and my five answers.

What about you?  What are your Halloween plans?  Favorite Bible verses? 

Five Question Friday

I decided to link up with My Little Life and play along with her Five Question Friday.  I haven't done it for a while but felt like today was a good day.  So here we go!

1. If you could have been (could be) any profession you wanted (brains and $$$ no problem) what would it be?
   Hmm, pretty much if brains and $$$ would be no problem I would rotate through professions.  Does that count?  I am hoping to go back to school for nursing, so I'll definitely list that as the number one profession (and I hope I have the brains and $$$ to do that!) but I would also love to get a teaching degree and do that for a bit, and I think microbiology would be interesting (like vaccine research) for a time (although I wouldn't want to be in the lab for too long).  Oh, there are many things I'd love to do!
2. How often do you clean out your car?
   My car isn't too messy actually.  We have stuff in the back but it's all "useful" like ice scrapers and road atlases (yes, we are one of the VERY few people without a GPS).  My husband usually cleans out the car though and I'd say he does it about once a month or so?  Sometimes more and sometimes less. 
   
   
3. Do you wish there was such a thing as fashion police or are you deeply relieved?
   I do think Fashion Police would be a good thing at times.  I am appalled by what other people where sometimes.  I would also love some type of motivation to look decent.  I don't usually leave the house in sweats or anything, but I could improve my wardrobe.  But in all honesty, Fashion Police sounds pretty dictator-ish so I wouldn't really vote for something like this.  It's just fun to think about.
4. What's your go to food/drink/activity when stressed?
   Good question.  I've never really thought about it.  I think I cry when I'm super stressed.  I like running when I'm stressed, or walking.  I always feel so much better.  I also enjoy venting to my friends.  I'm not sure I have a particular food or drink.  Although these days wine sounds so relaxing....
5. If you had twins, what would you name them?
   Geez - people are overwhelming me with baby name questions!  Hubs and I are having enough problems trying to come up with ONE name for our non-twin (regardless of the number of times my co-worker has tried to convince me that I'm having twins and that they have synchronized heartbeats, which is why I only hear one heartbeat at the doctor's - I am only have ONE baby).  When I was in the first grade there were identical twin girls in the other first grade class and their names were Maria and Miranda.  For some reason, I loved those names together.  I think I would just give them two names - not really names that rhyme or names that start with the same letter or anything.  But who knows.  It's HARD naming children in real life.

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And now I'm off to enjoy my Friday!  I am soooooooooooooooooooooo glad it's Friday - what a rough week it's been.