So, yesterday, the power went out around 8:10am at work. The back-up generators kicked on automatically for our computers, except not all the computers stayed on. WTF? That's not supposed to happen. The computers are NEVER supposed to go off in a power outage. Hmmm.
The lights kick back on (along with the dead computers) a few minutes later. For about 30 seconds. Then they go off again. Strange.
I was one of the lucky (ha!) few that still had a computer running. Then we found out part of our program wasn't working, so even us lucky (ha!) few couldn't work. So, naturally, I surfed the web.
30 minutes later, and at least the program was back up and running, so us lucky (ha!) few were up and running as well. We worked and worked and worked until the back-up generator was actually TURNED OFF by the power company. No lights, no puters, no scary glow coming out of the cubicles from the monitors. Nada.
Did I mention no air-conditioning since 8:10 as well? And we're on the 4th floor. And our windows don't open.
So we all stood around in the dark, sweating profusely, chatting, and praying the power company could fix the building's boo-boo.
At 1:45pm, everything came back on. And there was much rejoicing.
Today, it's like an icebox in here. No wonder why the power goes out so often.
Oh, and last time (since this was like the 4th time so far this year), some poor woman was stuck in the elevator for an hour. Awful.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Table foods
Yay! Ellie had her first helping of table food! Nothin' special, just cubes of whole wheat oatmeal bread. She started the gagging like with the puffs at first, but quickly realized she had to chew it first. She learns so quickly.
I'm so excited for her. There are so many new things for her to try now... scrambled eggs, cheese, cheerios, baby biscuits, etc. We went to the store right after and stocked up on all the new goodies.
What finally made me push on in this new territory was something my sister told me yesterday while she was visiting. Her sister (we're half sisters) can't get her 9-year-old son to eat anything but yogurt. Seriously. That's all he eats all day. She buys vats of the stuff for him. All because he had a bad gag reflex as a baby, so she never pushed solid food. Fast forward 9 years, and it's now become a psychological thing with him, He refuses to eat anything but the yogurt. He'll drink anything, but he won't even touch pudding, soup, jello, none of it. That scared the crap out of me.
So I made a promise to start table foods with Ellie the very next day. And I'm so glad I did. She was so happy to be able to feed herself. I even had dry toast to eat bread when she ate bread. She loved it! She felt like such a big girl. She even clapped for herself. LOL. She does that a lot. She's her own cheering section.
What to try next? I think we'll try the cheerios, since that's oat, too. Next weekend, we'll do the scrambled eggs. And maybe she can try the cheese for a snack sometime during the week. I want to check for allergies, so only one thing at a time.
You'd think it was ME trying something new, I'm so excited. Like discovering chocolate for the first time or something.
I'm so excited for her. There are so many new things for her to try now... scrambled eggs, cheese, cheerios, baby biscuits, etc. We went to the store right after and stocked up on all the new goodies.
What finally made me push on in this new territory was something my sister told me yesterday while she was visiting. Her sister (we're half sisters) can't get her 9-year-old son to eat anything but yogurt. Seriously. That's all he eats all day. She buys vats of the stuff for him. All because he had a bad gag reflex as a baby, so she never pushed solid food. Fast forward 9 years, and it's now become a psychological thing with him, He refuses to eat anything but the yogurt. He'll drink anything, but he won't even touch pudding, soup, jello, none of it. That scared the crap out of me.
So I made a promise to start table foods with Ellie the very next day. And I'm so glad I did. She was so happy to be able to feed herself. I even had dry toast to eat bread when she ate bread. She loved it! She felt like such a big girl. She even clapped for herself. LOL. She does that a lot. She's her own cheering section.
What to try next? I think we'll try the cheerios, since that's oat, too. Next weekend, we'll do the scrambled eggs. And maybe she can try the cheese for a snack sometime during the week. I want to check for allergies, so only one thing at a time.
You'd think it was ME trying something new, I'm so excited. Like discovering chocolate for the first time or something.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Firsts
Lots of firsts this weekend!
Ellie stood up for the first time on Saturday! We were playing on the floor at my sister's house, and she started climbing onto my lap. Then she decided she'd stand up instead, holding onto me for balance. I couldn't believe how quickly she did it, like she'd been doing it for ages. And she had a full audience for it, too. She's such a ham.
She also started playing while sitting on her knees, which is so cute. Her balance has gotten really good.
She also figured out how to get into a sitting position from a crawling position and from on her tummy.
Lastly, she used the push-behind walker on Sunday and took a few steps. Lord, help us. LOL. She loves all this new freedom.
Ellie stood up for the first time on Saturday! We were playing on the floor at my sister's house, and she started climbing onto my lap. Then she decided she'd stand up instead, holding onto me for balance. I couldn't believe how quickly she did it, like she'd been doing it for ages. And she had a full audience for it, too. She's such a ham.
She also started playing while sitting on her knees, which is so cute. Her balance has gotten really good.
She also figured out how to get into a sitting position from a crawling position and from on her tummy.
Lastly, she used the push-behind walker on Sunday and took a few steps. Lord, help us. LOL. She loves all this new freedom.
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