2011 - Talk Birth

during grading times—another of which is rapidly approaching). She is becoming more hesitant about the
separation—reaching after me, that sort of thing, and above all else, I want to honor her need for me.
Regarding the overall workload, I explained to my husband that most of the time everything is going great,
but that the balance and my personal emotional equilibrium is very fragile. I rely on everything unfolding
”perfectly” in order for me to fit everything into a day that needs to happen. If something disrupts my
anticipated schedule (like early naptime wake up, or nap refusal), I go into a tailspin and feel like my life is
in a terrible state, etc., etc. I’m looking forward to a break and then to only teaching one in-seat class in
the fall. While I feel like I’ve been doing a great job taking care of Alaina and also doing a pretty good job
as a professor, I feel like I’m not doing as good of a job as I could be with my boys or with my husband or
with my friends.
Now, for a whole row of update pictures! (I do posts like this primarily for my own ”memoirs,”
rather than to be particularly exciting for anyone else to read!)
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She spends a LOT of time in this pouch!
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On the go!
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