Week 2, Things 3 and 4

Done and done.

Setting up and registering the blog was easy as promised and indeed, the hardest part was coming up with a name.

I took a quick look around 43 things and while I either didn't find, or didn't understand how to find, more information about 23 things, I did pick up about 3 or 4 goals for my own life that I hadn't thought of before.

Week 1, Thing 2: Lifelong Learning

I promise not to turn this into a mommy blog, but since having Juliet I have learned so much. For example, I learned very quickly that Juliet does not like "tummy time" and is not afraid to let you know that...loudly, and with a very ticked-off expression on her little red face. I think having her has actually helped me develop Habit 3, though it is still the most difficult for me by far. But, I have learned that most of the "problems" that pop up with her, and in other areas of my life, are just challenges to be resolved. She can't scream forever, after all. Eventually I will come up with something to bring things back on level...even if we both shed a few tears in the process.



Habit 7 1/2 is definitely the easiest for me! Yes, I play with my baby and all that good educational baby brain-growing sutff, but I have also learned that playing Wii boxing and giving your husband the beatdown of his life every once in a while is good for your brain AND your marriage.

Week 1, Thing 1

"Read this blog and find out about the program." Done and done.
I have at least heard of everything mentioned in thing #1, so that's something at least!

And so it begins...

Last summer and fall, when most of my coworkers were completing this training, I was extremely pregnant and unable to think of anything but nursery colors, crib bedding, and of course...baby names! Not exactly high-tech stuff. Now that Juliet (good name, right?) is here and I am back at work though, I feel a little bit like I have been living on another planet. Partly because it has been freezing and snowy since she was born and I rarely left my house, but also because I have been completely out of touch with...well, with everything.


So, I am looking forward to this training as an opportunity to come back from Planet New Mommy and dive back in to what is going on in the real world, especially the library world. While I'm pretty sure I was familiar with a lot of the "Things" before Juliet was born, the part of my brain that held that information has definitely been lying dormant for at least six months and I am ready to wake it up.