Power trip

I'm planning the company holiday party, and somehow this year it's like my ideal holiday party. A cruise theme complete with a yacht rock band! The one I wanted was $25K, so that got nixed, but I found a decent substitute for $5K. Going to get captains hats for everyone, and although I really looked for a shuffleboard ("shuffleboard on the lido deck!"), I could only find the raised up ones you see in bars. Nope. So bring on the smooth sailing - here's hoping all the millennials that work here won't revolt.

#kriskristoffersonanyone

You know you're getting old when your mom gives you plastic surgery for Christmas

...okay, not really. But I am going to a plastic surgeon today to get my earring holes stitched up - Merry Christmas from mom! Somehow the holes got all stretched out and they look terrible (plus, statement earrings are impossible to wear - the horror!), so hopefully this procedure will allow me to get them re-pierced (does Claire's Boutique still exist??) and bring on the giant lobe-busters.

Maybe I'll ask for some Botox while I'm in there. Merry Christmas from ME.

My mom keeps calling it HOOF and mouth

Georgie had a fever this weekend, and we assumed it was teething (she has the bottom two, so the top two are probably next). But then yesterday morning I noticed a spot on her arm, one on her knee and one on her chin. Bug bites? Hand Food and Mouth? (dear god) I called the nurse and she said HFM, but no need to bring her in. Just let it take it's course. No new spots have developed and no fever since Sunday, so I'm back to thinking fleas/mosquitos/please god not spiders. Basically who the hell knows, but whatever it is she's back at day care. Sorry.

Circle of Life (cue Simba)

Went to a funeral for a high school friend's father yesterday. Super sad (and super awesome music selection - hello, Yesterday and Hallelujah), but so great to see so many high school friends come out and support. Some I see a lot, some I haven't seen in years. Sad that it takes a funeral, but amazing that you can just reconnect like no time has passed. xoxo ladies!

WFH FTW

My boss lets me work from home on Fridays now, and it's awesome. I wouldn't be able to do it every day because it's easy to get distracted with a baby around, but man it's nice. Nice not to have to be in the car for two hours, nice to take "baby breaks," nice to be able to give my mom a bit of a break. Hard to get motivated to get dressed, however (but I did, thankyouverymuch).

It takes a village

A friend who is going to be a single mom by choice (I still have a problem with that phrase, but whatever) added me to a group of other single mamas and we all met up for the first time last night. We are all around the same age, the oldest baby is 16 months and the youngest is 12 weeks, and most live fairly close to me. They are smart, successful (one pediatrician), beautiful ladies who all wanted to be moms. Most of us used the same fertility doctor and OB, both also women, and although I was the only IVF-er in the bunch, it was so great to talk to other people who understand what you're going through. (And yes, we all passed around pictures of our sperm donors to ensure we weren't raising half-siblings.)

Only surrounded by the best people, my ass