Holiday Preparations

I am by no means going above and beyond this holiday season. I do hope to play my part though. My friend is hosting Thanksgiving and making most of the food, but my contribution is going to be Cranberry-Tangerine Chutney and Pumpkin Chai de Creme with Pumpkin Seed Brittle, and Sweet Potatoes. This led to a long, interesting day for me.

I went to work in the morning, and then spent my lunch hour speeding across town to drop off my time sheets at the mortgage company so they can process my loan. (Fingers Crossed!!) After returning to work I thankfully discovered that we had no students this afternoon and would be released early. I was so happy, as shopping with the baby is a nightmare. Once we were released I ran to the commissary (and ran into friends!) to get the ingredients on my list. I was able to find everything except hulled pumpkin seeds. From there I ran home to take the groceries in, take out the garbage (the dumpster is a good distance from my apartment, and it's difficult to take the garbage out with the baby), ran to target to purchase ramekins, and finally picked up my daughter. We still had one more place to go, so we hit up the exotic grocery store to find the hulled pumpkin seeds. I was trying to balance a cake in one hand, a baby in the other, and my wallet and keys all at the same time when a nice gentlemen let me go ahead of him in line. Thank God for small blessings.

Once arriving home, however, the day wasn't over yet. I fed the baby some cereal and peas (did not go over well) nursed her, and put her to bed. Then I had to eat dinner, sanitize her bottles from today, do the dishes, and try to get the poop stains out of the clothing she wore today. I managed to write a few quick little blogs, I will go take a shower, and then it will be bed time.

It's been a long exhausting day... but we're going to celebrate around her!