Captains Blog: Day 1 "A Little About Myself"

Well I guess it's only fair to give you a little background on myself to kick off this shindig! My name is Heather, I've been married for almost three years now though my husband and I have been together for over eight years. We have a baby girl that will be three months old in four days and as for how we are doing....thoroughly exhausted. And I can sit here and tell you sweet nothings about marriage and parenting... But then I'd be lying. Don't get me wrong, being a parent is an incredible experience and I wouldn't give it up for the world. But being a parent will test every bit of resolve you have.

But onto the back story. In February when I was seven months pregnant I received notice from work that thanks to our lovely government, that my hours were going to be cut to 28 hrs a week. Because of the new Obama Care they would have to give me insurance and benefits to make me full time and they couldn't afford to. I didn't need insurance through where I worked because I got it through my husband's work. So I went from 50+ hours to less than 28 hours a week. So I would either have to get a new higher paying job or a second job just to afford rent and daycare. That same week I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, I was hospitalized with a bad case of the flu, and to top it off my land lord called and due to his own run of bad luck, lost half his properties. So he was unable to renew our lease and we had 3 months to find a new place to live.

Apparently what we had previously able to afford was right on the border between "nice and safe part of town" and "Dumpster Fire". Because the places that were available in our new price range were the size of a postage stamp, in a sketchy part of town, no laundry hook-ups, and if you've ever gone to doing coin op to having your own machines you never want to go back. To even fit into these places we would've had to sell most of our stuff. I'm not saying we're spoiled but after living in a two story house for two years we bought furniture to fill most of the rooms. But life turned out in the end because my parents had a house available. Only catch was that it was out of state which meant 45 min. commute for my husband to work every day. Considering how much we were saving in rent and outrageous utility bills we were saving a bunch. So now I live back in my old stomping grounds which is nice for me. The one thing I miss about the city, is the food. Oh my God the food, you never run out of choices. They even had Ethiopian there! Oddly enough it was fantastic! I have dreams about the food in Pittsburgh, so much so that I cry when I wake up. I love my home town but we need more variety here. I went from chain restaurants to little family run eateries and they were incredible.

Okay...I'm getting away from the point I was making...where was I?

Well now that I am a stay at home mom and have a little more time on my hands (not much) I figured I'd continue on with this blog. I made two or three posts a year ago and was never really able to continue with it. So now you'll be hearing of my candid adventures in child rearing.