{"id":149,"date":"2008-01-19T22:40:19","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T05:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/?p=149"},"modified":"2008-01-19T22:40:19","modified_gmt":"2008-01-20T05:40:19","slug":"does-it-get-any-better-or-easier-than-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/does-it-get-any-better-or-easier-than-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Does it get any better or easier than this?????"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I know I&#8217;m not even 6 months into this new baby thing and the fact that the early years with the other 3 kids is just a blur should tell me something, but I have such high hopes for myself and what I can or will accomplish and then&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;&#8230;it&#8217;s d<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That was my post that I started on Thursday and then we had a power surge and the computer froze and I was certain I had lost the start of my entry and\u00c2\u00a0I was so discouraged about it all that I just walked away.\u00c2\u00a0 Does that say anything about my frame of mind these days.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m so frustrated that I&#8217;m not accomplishing anything&#8230;.or I should rephrase that to say that I&#8217;m not accomplishing as much as I was (and am) capable of doing in my pre &#8211; 4 kid days.\u00c2\u00a0 Again, I wouldn&#8217;t give up &#8216;Siah for anything, but it continues to be an adjustment.\u00c2\u00a0 I do actually belive that you can be grateful for something and still whine or complain about how hard it is&#8230;&#8230;.someone we know had a special needs child &#8211; it&#8217;s their only child and they love this child so much&#8230;.dealing with him on a daily basis and I think it&#8217;s completely fair for the parents to say that they are tired or discouraged or really wish they didn&#8217;t have to deal with their situation&#8230;.does that mean that they love their child any less&#8230;.nope&#8230;.I think that they have the right to say that something is difficult and not feel guilty for doing so&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>So, here I am&#8230;this is difficult&#8230;.probably more so because I have &#8220;stuff to do&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 If all I was doing was just being a SAHM &#8211; cooking and cleaning and that kind of stuff, I might not feel like I was behind in my duties, but that not all I&#8217;m doing&#8230;I have two other part time jobs and there is &#8220;stuff&#8221; that\u00c2\u00a0I have to get done&#8230;.BUT&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>::singing at the top of my lungs::<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;I&#8217;M LEEEEEEEEEEEEEAVING ON A JET PLANE&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 ::end song::<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to Toronto tomorrow.\u00c2\u00a0 We are leaving in the middle of the freakin&#8217; night.\u00c2\u00a0 4:30am&#8230;YIKES!\u00c2\u00a0 So, I won&#8217;t be around.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m still trying to convince Jon to post in my absence&#8230;.so stay tuned to see if and what &#8220;crap&#8221; he throws at you&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I still have to pack and I have\u00c2\u00a0a\u00c2\u00a0headache&#8230;&#8230;It&#8217;s unreal the amount of gear that is required to take the baby and to make our week long stay a happy one&#8230;..I really hope it&#8217;s a happy one&#8230;it will royally suck if it&#8217;s not happy&#8230;&#8230;and not just for me, but for my girlfriend that I&#8221;m rooming with&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Siah \u00c2\u00a0is an AWESOME baby, but we will be off schedule and not at home&#8230;..I do hope it&#8217;s all good&#8230;..of course I&#8217;ll keep ya updated when I come back and I&#8217;ll probably have loads of pics of Josiah&#8217;s first plane ride&#8230;..&#8217;cause I&#8217;m dorky like that&#8230;.have a good one people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know I&#8217;m not even 6 months into this new baby thing and the fact that the early years with the other 3 kids is just a blur should tell me something, but I have such high hopes for myself and what I can or will accomplish and then&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; &#8230;&#8230;it&#8217;s d &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; That was my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/does-it-get-any-better-or-easier-than-this\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Does it get any better or easier than this?????&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,14,16,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap","category-josiah","category-me","category-special-days"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}