$350 Cab Ride

Last week was a crazy week...

Wednesday:
I work from home, and it is important that I see my team in person maybe a half dozen times a year. I wanted to go for a couple of days but child care wasn't an easy thing to arrange (Brian works extremely early mornings so we need take the baby somewhere overnight - my mom just had surgery and can't lift the baby and Brian's mom has a busy work schedule). Anyway, I ended up going to the NYC office for just a day. Got up at 3:45am and was scheduled to land back in Madison at 10:30pm. Ended up getting delayed at LGA and missed my connecting flight, the last one of the night, from Chicago to Madison. Tired and just wanting to go home, I could spend $300 on a hotel room (I had no clothes, no toothbrush, just the clothes on my back) or $350 to take a car service. I took the car service. Glad to be back but so, so tired...

Thursday:

Brian ends up taking the morning off of work so that I can get some much needed sleep. I have such a great husband :) Pick up my Grandma Edna from the Madison airport. Forget to pick up my CSA veggies and eggs.

Friday:

Work - extremely busy with back to back meetings for most of the day and feel like I'm falling behind... Housekeeper/babysitter, Felicitas, couldn't come to work because she had some dental work done... My dad ended up pinch-hitting for me, bless him. However, it wasn't that easy. At one point I go up to check on him and the baby and he says "the baby spit up on the floor (beautiful hardwood). I wiped it up with my hot coffee and a newspaper. It is all clean." I looked at him with shock. "What?! It worked!" OK, I'll take what I can get right now. Back to work. Picked up my CSA veggies and eggs after work. Made a great caesar salad for dinner.

Saturday:

Jennie and PJ were in town for the weekend. Zoe graduated from highschool! I dropped the baby off at my mom's (since my Grandma can help with him) and headed to the farmers' market. It was such a gorgeous day! Worked for several hours alongside Brian. Jennie and PJ came down and worked too. We had a great time. I rushed home to get ready for Zoe's graduation and helped run some errands for my brother and mom (notoriously last minute...). Enjoyed the graduation and really enjoyed the beef tenderloin I ate at Magnus for her celebratory dinner. Went to bed early.

Sunday:

Helped Brian put together a cupcake order in the morning and then headed to Zoe's graduation party. Lounged around in my brother's backyard and ate lots of Panamanian food and cake. Took a nap. Went home.

The highlight of the week?

Brian started standing up! He gets up next to something sturdy (in this case, it was the bathtub and then the crib), gets on his knees, reaches up, and then just pulls himself up to standing! He was soooo excited. Awesome. I need to get it on video :)