What.A.Week

Is it over yet? This week was supposed to start out great. Done with my masters and all I had planned do to was nothing. Apparently there were other plans for me that I didn't know about...but really only Monday was bad so I can't really complain.

Monday morning I woke up to do my final team evaluation. Open up my Mac and there is a blinking folder with a question mark. Panic sets in. Text my sister who says it's dead. I cry and make an appointment at the Apple store. Yes it's dead. Wonderful. Claire and I waited around for about an hour and then they called and said sorry the part we had to replace your hard drive is also broken so it will be 3-5 days. Luckily we have 3 computers (my Macbook Pro, the big Mac, and an HP laptop)....yes I know stupid but when I was doing my masters it never stopped so if we were traveling I had to have a computer. Justin also doesn't like the Mac so he has his own HP laptop....which is what I'm typing on so I can watch Seasame Street with Claire. So what is lost you might ask: pictures- lucky for me I have them on both computers which I promptly backed up the other computer, all my masters stuff (barf), some new programs I had just downloaded for my pictures, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't even think about at the moment.

So while that sounds small to everyone else. I cried the rest of the day.

Tuesday I took Winston to the new vet on base. She told me I need to start feeding him a different food because even though his perscription food is controlling his horrible allergies I could be doing more for him to relieve his itching. I wanted to punch her face. She does not understand what we have been through with him. He almost died when he was two months old and I did everything I could to help him, we have been through severe allergies, and horrible skin problems. I kind of got snotty with her but I don't care.

So now we are going to try a new dog food that is RAW SERIOUSLY DISGUSTING. It's called Primal and it's literally raw meat with other stuff mixed in. So sick but if it will help my little buddy then I will try it...Claire and I are off to look for that today.

Done complaining:

Here is what is GREAT about this week:

1. Claire is taking a bottle! This is hugeeeeeeee. She has refused bottle after bottle for 6 1/2 months. We tried last month to wean her while we were in Texas. It resulted in tears from her and me. Then last week out of nowhere Justin gave her a bottle and she sucked it down! We tried again a few hours later and she did it again. We are now on day 3 of bottles all the time and it's great. I was still feeding her at night but now I don't. It's so great. I know that sounds selfish of me but 6 months is a long time to be literally attached to someone. I wouldn't change it but I'm glad we both have a little more freedom now. The plus side for me is that I can work out without having to drink gallons of water a day to keep the supply coming! I had planned on feeding her for her whole first year from the beginning so when she wouldn't take a bottle it wasn't a big deal to me. I think it drove other people more crazy. But if she wants a bottle I'm all for it!

2. Claire got her passport made and her picture is so cute. The guy told her she took a better picture than most adults. Justin I know was thinking of course she does...her mother is a picture taking fool! As soon as it comes in we will be purchasing tickets to see my parents in China and I am so excited! Who would have ever thought my parents would live in China much less I would get to go visit there. Hopefully later this year we can go back with Justin.

Now that I have written a book I'm off to finish Claire's laundry. I'm thinking that even when she isn't a baby I will use the Dreft laundry detergent, I just love the way it smells. I get to smell it on a daily basis...does anyone else who has a baby have issues with their child wetting the bed on a nightly basis? I started double diapering her a few months ago but it doesn't help anymore...she pees through a size 3 on the inside and then a size 5 nighttime diaper. It is crazy and slighty annoying to change her sheets all the time.