Cue laughter

I watched the reboot of Roseanne last night. Wasn't much of a fan of the show before, so was only really tuning in to see how they did it and then planned on not watching again. But I have to say, they did a really good job making it relevant, from Roseanne being a Trump supporter and Jackie being a "nasty woman," to Becky being a surrogate (for Sarah Chalke, aka 2nd Becky), to Darlene's son being potentially trans - I am here for it.

Daycare Dayz

I found this awesome daycare called Cuddly Kids (if you look them up, please do not judge them by their website, which looks like it was created in 1999 with the dawn of the internet). You can pay hourly (and they are open until 8pm on weekdays, 11:30pm on Saturdays!), or it's fairly inexpensive to do like three times a week. Which is my plan when Georgie is like 6 months old, but for now she just goes for a few hours when my mom has something to do (like her eyelash extension appointment today. Hey - it's important.). Yesterday my mom dropped her off and they had six babies in the room, including a one-month-old - so Georgie isn't the youngest anymore! When she picked her up, the lady went to get her and said "she's here for 'new baby'" - nice nickname. Hopefully in a few weeks they will call her by her name? #goals

Give me a (tax) break.

Having Georgie in December, I was told "Ooh that's great! You will get the child tax credit!" Well, not to be too #firstworldproblems, but apparently one can make too much money to qualify. And I do. So there's that. Filling out my taxes online, it said I owed $1000. Which was probably true, but I decided to go to H&R Block just in case they could help me at all. Well, they opted to file me as head of household instead of single, and I got a $3000 refund! Totally worth the $300 appointment, if you ask me.

One more money gripe: got a bill from the hospital for $2000 for the baby's birth. I called my insurance company - I met both my out-of-pocket and my deductible last year, so didn't think I should owe anything. Turns out the second she was born I went from single to family, doubling my out-of-pocket and deductibles. Bummer, but at least I'm halfway to meeting it this year! Not so fast - that was for 2017 (the last 4 days of it); I start back at zero for 2018. COME ON PEOPLE.

Not so "dirrty" after all

Gotta say I'm loving this pic of a stripped down Christina Aguilera:

I didn't even recognize her at first. But wow - she looks beautiful. Must be nice to look better without makeup. I wouldn't know anything about that.

And then there's this photo of Britney Spears:

I didn't even recognize her at first. Or at second. Or still. I swear to god this isn't her. And if it is, they photoshopped the hell out of her. Again, I wouldn't know anything about that.

I'm back, bitches

Maternity leave flew by, and I went back to work yesterday. I only teared up a little in the morning, but only because I have already cried my eyes out multiple times. Of course as a single parent, I have no choice and HAVE to go back to work, and it's such a relief that my mom is watching the baby (for now). But still - would much rather be home with that sweet nugget.

While I was out, I experienced so much kindness. I guess I thought with the way I was becoming a parent, some would not be supportive or think it was wrong to do all of this without a spouse. But people have been amazing. I think I had like 30 visitors during those 12 weeks - someone came to see us practically every week. Got flowers from my old CEO and my church, gifts from my and my parents' friends, and my next door neighbor randomly dropped off $60 in cash. All was so very appreciated - I have cried a LOT (thanks, hormones) but many times they were happy tears. Perhaps people feel sorry for me and are afraid for the future of my child, but I like to think they are proud of me and excited for Stockton, party of two.