Fun Weekend

Saturday's Events:
The billionth annual Olson Family Reunion took place at Little Green Lake for, well...the billionth time. Tom, Aiden and I stayed over at my parents Friday night so we could hitch a ride with them in the morning. We left bright and early in order to make it to the flea market in Princeton, WI. Aiden got to enjoy a little Yo Gabba Gabba on the way after I very reluctantly switched his car seat around and allowed him to face forward so he could he see the TV screen. As soon as he saw his favorite show in the car (!!!!!) he entered a trance-like state and stayed that way until he fell asleep.

Don't bother me, I'm watching my shows!

After eating a ton of delicious flea market-y foods (homemade mini-donuts anyone?), and buying some adorable jewelry, we headed off to the reunion to eat some more and mingle with our not-so-long-lost relatives. Aiden got to chill out on a nice picnic blanket and play with his toys, and I chatted up some folks that were there from Norway.
Luckily we were only there for a few hours, and everyone napped on the way home.


Sunday's Events:
So today probably couldn't be described as exciting, but it was definitely a nice day. Tom went to work for a bit, we cleaned the house (and made the vacuum cleaner smoke - oops!), and then we ventured out to run to Babies R Us. I've decided to "go green" and stop using the Playtex Drop-Ins, so we picked up a pack of Dr. Brown's wide neck bottles. And then, Aiden's favorite part of the trip - baby biscuits!!! All organic, easily dissolving, and indivually wrapped, Mum-Mum's are our new favorite thing. Despite the fact that he made a complete mess with them, I love that he thinks he's a pretty cool dude eating them. We decided to try out a new restaurant tonight, and once I saw that Bravo! had outdoor seating on what was an insanely gorgeous night, there was no turning back. Thanks to Aiden's new Mum-Mum's keeping him occupied, we had a pretty relaxing dinner and some extremely delicious food. (I'm just now realizing that my entire weekend consisted of food...lovely.)

I'm off to work tomorrow and am not looking forward to it in the slightest. I think the only thing keeping afloat there is the fact that I no longer have to be there every single day. Still, the days are pretty miserable. I already am wishing for the day to be over.

Oh well, it's Tom and Lauren snuggle time!

Life Changes

As of July 8th, I will officially be a "Stay at Home Mom" (which means more time for blogging! Maybe?). There's been a pretty huge combination of situations and fiasco's that have led me to this decision. The most important being that the older Aiden gets, the more I realize how much time I'm missing out on with him - time that I will NEVER get back. He's learning and growing by the minute and I'm tired of not being there to see it happen. So, with that on the back of my mind, the bank started to be complete douchebags to me about pretty much everything and even went as far as demoting me back to just a teller. That, in combination with the serious attitude problems of my co-workers, in combination with wanting to be with Aiden, led me to quitting. Actually, I should be honest here. After the demotion, I requested to go down to part-time. I figured I would be able to handle 22 hrs a week with the assholes and still be able to have some sort of income to help out. It took about two days into my part-time status before I got pushed over the edge, wrote out my two weeks notice, and slammed in on my bosses desk.
It felt good.

Really, all of this is possible because I'm finally going back to school full-time starting in late August for the much dreamed about but never attempted Nursing degree. We can't survive on Tom's income alone for more than the month and a half that we're doing. Being a "single mom" qualifies me for quite a bit in grant money, and I may take out a small amount in loans as well, which will hopefully provide us with enough money to cover tuition and part of the bills.
The closer it all gets, the more freaked out I get about the entire situation, but I'm trying not to over-think it.

In other news, my seven month old son has already started throwing temper tantrums. SEVEN months and he's kicking and screaming in his high chair because he doesn't want to eat first he want's a goddam bottle first. 99% of the time I have a complete angel for a child. Don't give him something he wants, or don't give something he wants fast enough - forget it. He screams, cries, kicks and flails around. Let him go long enough and he stops breathing because he's so upset. How is this happening already? I can't say it happens all that often (yet), but I really wasn't expecting such a dramatic tantrum until he hit two years old. Considering it's kind of hard to teach a baby the word 'No' and try to rationalize with him, I don't really know how I can go about reversing the behavior.
He's definitely my kid, though.

I'm off to go indulge in some strawberry shortcake.