Mikaela is bound to wake up any minute, but I must blog, I am having withdrawal symptoms. I have just put Liam to bed, and lately I then spend the rest of the evening trying to get Mikaela settled before handing her over to Chris and going to bed around 9 or 10. She has had a cold the last week which has made it worse (before that I usually could put her in the bassinette before going to bed), but even so, this has become the story of my evenings - my usual blogging time.
Not that I am pacing around with her all that time or anything, frequently I'm reading or watching TV - but with her on my lap. It seems that if I put her down in that 6-9pm bracket she just wakes up. And if I give her to Chris she cries. Weirdly, after nine I can give her to Chris with no trouble. Tonight however she had such an unsettled day (we were out all day) that she's having a nap now, after 7pm, which started at about 4:30 (she woke up just after 5, but I got her back to sleep again).
In addition, I've been spending what free time I have, or can manufacture, doing uni work. The final copy of my story (yes that one) was due in last Monday, so there's been that, plus commenting on other student's stories. And now I find myself having to write a proposal for my 'research project' (part research/exegetical essay, part fiction) for next year. I've got some pretty good ideas of what I'm going to do for the fiction, but my thesis statement for the essay is somewhat wooly. In fact, it's non-existent, although I have some general ideas.
In the meantime, I have recently bought two books with some $65 worth of gift vouchers I'd been saving. One of them, When Anger Hurts Your Kids, I bought because it was recommended by a few people over here, and -- damn damn, Kaely is awake. I gotta go. Who knows when I will come back? Lucky she's got such a cute smile...
