...and we're back in business...

MAN, what a storm! As of Saturday, September 27th, we have power. 15 days after the storm and what seemed like a lifetime our lines were reconnected. It's amazing how much easier electricity makes our lives. Lola and I spent a lot of time with my mom, which she loved. Max manned the house and stayed here every night and day waiting and hoping a centerpoint truck would show up. The dogs and Max were amazing through all of it. Our neighbors let us use their electricity and we were able to at least have an oscillating fan to rotate the hot air around the house.

I will be uploading some new pictures of Lola since she is now 3 months old! I think Max and I want to plan a little bbq/get together some time soon. Our yard is once again nice and manicured and we deserve to have a night of good friends and good food. Through all of this, we realized that while we love our neighborhood, once our lease is up next year we are gonna make the move to a newer suburb. One main reason for that is the absolute assholeness that our landlord exhibited in the aftermath of the storm. I seriously thought Max was going to kick his ass. He was such a little prick concerning HIS house. Like he wants nothing to do with the upkeeo and maintenance of his house. We practically had to beg him to get him to come look at the damage and once he was here, he acted as if it was no big deal. He's a little prissy queen, and we are officially pissed off at him.

But, other than our landlord issues, we are once again back into a normal routine and I am back to searching for a job. I've cancelled a few interviews that I really didn't want to waste my time in going to, and I am waiting on one of the places that had to reschedule to call me back. That is the one I really want to try to get. But, we will see when they can resume the interviews.

That is all for now. Pics of Lola to come soon.

Tiny Update...

13 Days later, still no power. It's damned depressing to be away from home and not having any idea as to when our lights will be back on. We miss Max and we miss the comforts of home. I really just want to move out of our house since learning that our landlord can be a real dickface.
Keeping my fingers crossed that something happens soon, but not being too optimistic so as not to get my hopes up.

Seriously.

I am loving the fact that Lola is already sleeping through the night. Not only is she sleeping through the night without waking up, but she is sleeping for about 9-10 hours a night! I love it. I have finally caught up on my sleep and I feel rested. Some mornings I have to wake her up! I hope that's normal....

I think it may be the night time routine we have worked out. At 9:00-9:30 pm, I give her a bath. She loves bath time, by the way...it's pretty cute. After her bath, we rub her down with the night time soothing lotion and allow her to watch her mobile and listen to her music while we dress her in her jammies for the night. Some nights she plays a little longer and we just watch her and laugh. She's getting to the point to where she is laughing and smiling, but no "coos" or "goos" just yet. She tries her hardest to talk, but she's not there yet. After she's done playing, she is ready for her 6-7 ounces of milk! By 10:30, she is usually full and passed out. She goes into her crib between 10:00 and 10:30; and going by the doctor's advice, if she isn't fully asleep when we put her down to let her fall asleep on her own. Which she does amazingly well. So, most nights I am in bed by 11:00 pm and don't have to wake up till at least 6:30, if not later.

Yay for rested mommies! It makes life so much easier.