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[mamajoan]

I am trying not to stress too much about the whole money thing for the moment. Not having much luck, but trying. There ain't much I can do about it till Tuesday anyway. sigh.

My mom is upset about having to babysit Isaac at a ridiculously early hour next Tuesday when I go for the gestational diabetes test. When I talked to her the other day, to confirm her availability before I scheduled the test, she said that Tuesday would be okay, and she acknowledges this; but now she wonders what she was thinking when she said that. The problem is that she's going away all weekend to NYC for a funeral, getting back Monday night, so Tuesday will be her first day back. I think that what she was thinking was simply, "well I can't do Monday because I'll still be in New York, but Tuesday I'll be back." She wasn't necessarily considering the "first day back from my trip" aspect.

So, it's not like she's backing out or anything, but she's grumpy about it and trying to figure out how best to arrange things. (It doesn't help that her job has been hella stressed this week.) I think it would be easiest, and thought she had agreed, to have Isaac sleep over at her house the night before, rather than have me bring him there at the crack of dawn. At least that way he could sleep to his usual time and mom could, uh, also sleep to Isaac's usual time. ;) Then she could get him ready at her leisure and take him to daycare. But now she seems to say she doesn't want to do that on her first night back after the weekend trip. So I don't know what we're going to end up doing, sigh.

I'm also stressing over the weekend without her. I knew she was going on this trip, but it kind of snuck up on me and now it's probably too late to call anyone and beg them to watch Isaac for a bit so I can get a break. So, it could be a looonnnnng tiring weekend. I don't know.

Meanwhile, daycare called me around 2 to say that Isaac is "off" (i.e. not himself) and that they weren't actually saying I had to come get him, but if there was any chance I could get away from work early, hint hint, significant pause.... Well, they did say that his temp has been up and down all day, he hasn't eaten or slept, but he seems overall in good spirits and is playing and so forth. So I don't see much point in picking him up early, as long as he's not miserable. It's frustrating, because he seemed fine yesterday (according to my mom who was with him all day) except for a little bit of coughing. Of course, after sleeping 12 hours overnight Wed-Thurs and then an almost 3-hour nap yesterday, he was a bear to get to sleep last night and thus didn't get as much sleep as he undoubtedly needed. But he was still perfectly cheery this morning! Urgh. Anyway, I hope he's not going to be all sick and droopy all weekend. And I REALLY hope he's not going to give me trouble sleepwise all weekend. Wah. Want sleep. :(

Comments

You are some crazy kinda pillar of strength, lady.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Posts like this make me wonder how you do it. My hat is off to you.

And I'm nevah evah going to have kids, because a day - not to mention a week - like this would make me homicidal.

*hugs to you*

Re: You are some crazy kinda pillar of strength, lady.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. It has definitely been a particularly stressful week. I'm just hoping it'll all get better after the stupid glucose test is out of the way.

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I will have Ilana from Monday night till Tuesday morning; do you think Isaac could sleep over here without too much trauma on anyone's part?

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Hmm ... I really don't know. He can be pretty unpredictable as far as how easy/hard it is to get him to sleep. It would also depend on whether he's still a bit under the weather. Maybe if I came over to help him go to sleep? Where would you put him, anyway?

Mostly, though, I'd rather have him with someone who can take him to daycare in the morning, so I don't have to worry about it and so that his routine doesn't get too disrupted. But I'll keep you in mind in case my mom has a meltdown. ;)

[sophie-spence.livejournal.com]

I was told the only reason diabetes tests are scheduled early in the morning is that patients are more likely to cheat if they have to wait too long after they wake up and before they come in. Perhaps if you say "I'm having childcare isues with a 7:30 appointment time" they'd allow you to come in at a more convenient time? Even one more hour of sleep could make a big difference to your day. Would it be possible to reschedule the test to a more convenient day, on a day when Isaac can stay overnight with your mom?

::wishing you luck::

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

I think they schedule it that early because it's easier to fast from midnight to 7:30 (when you're asleep) than from, say, noon to 7pm. Anyway it's moot, because the lab only does this test at 7:30am, period, no negotiations.

And I've already rescheduled it three times, so although I *could* reschedule yet again, I really don't want to. It's bad enough already that I have to wait a week and a half from when I found out I needed the test until the test itself. I don't want to wait any longer than necessary. I want to get it over with.