{"id":440,"date":"2007-10-12T18:02:43","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T02:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/?p=440"},"modified":"2007-10-12T18:10:41","modified_gmt":"2007-10-13T02:10:41","slug":"mommis-work-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"mommi&#8217;s wonderful work friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there Baby Girl &#8211; <\/p>\n<p>You and I had a rocky start to our Friday, but it turned out to be an AWESOME day thanks to some great friends.<\/p>\n<p>When I dropped you off this morning, you REALLY did not want me to leave.  People say this is a stage that all kids your age go through, but it really threw me.  You were crying so hard, and we couldn&#8217;t do anything to distract you.  And Maritza really tried.  After she pulled you away from me, I stood around the corner in the hallway waiting for you to stop crying so I knew you were okay, and I could go to work.  Sadly, you cried and cried and cried&#8230; which made me cry and cry and cry.  I love my job&#8230; I really do, but I really DON&#8217;T like how, at times, everything gets off balance.  I don&#8217;t mind it for me because I understand it&#8217;s only temporary and life will soon return to normal.  But you are only 2 and a half &#8211; when Mommy doesn&#8217;t come home before you go to bed twice in one week, it&#8217;s hard for you to understand.  <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I called to check on you at noon, and Maritza came to the phone to reassure me that you were fine&#8230; a little sad to start, but soon playing and laughing like normal.  I guess my sadness was a combination of wondering if you were okay and my own missing you.  It will be better on Monday.  Daddy and I are also going to do our best to pull you out at least 1 day a week for some fun adventure.  We really do love spending time with you!!  You are such a joy!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of joy &#8211; check out these flowers!!!<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-flowers1.jpg' title='flowers1'><img src='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-flowers1.jpg' alt='flowers1' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-flowers2.jpg' title='flowers2'><img src='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-flowers2.jpg' alt='flowers2' \/><\/a><br \/>\n(Believe it or not, they SMELL just as good as they LOOK!!  You love them too!)<\/p>\n<p>My student Liz gave them to me to thank me for working with her and because she noticed that I was tired and a little sad last night when I was still at work at 9:15pm.  How awesome is that?!?!?!<\/p>\n<p>Another one of my doctoral students Kankana also shared some wonderful things today with our research group about how much she enjoys working with me and for me &#8211; how grateful she is &#8211;  words that were just as beautiful and touching and important to me as the flowers.<\/p>\n<p>And THEN&#8230;. tonight you and I decided to try out a different &#8220;oce cream store&#8221; (as you call it) and postpone the bath until tomorrow.  We headed over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/rocwiki.org\/Corn_Hill_Creamery\">Corn Hill Creamery<\/a> for our Friday night ice cream and stopped in to see my friends Abe and Vera.  They joined us for ice cream, and we had a FABULOUS time &#8211; walking by the river and then playing with Snowball, their cat.<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-ice-cream1.jpg' title='ice cream1'><img src='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-ice-cream1.jpg' alt='ice cream1' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-ice-cream2.jpg' title='ice cream2'><img src='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-ice-cream2.jpg' alt='ice cream2' \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-snowball.jpg' title='ice cream2'><img src='http:\/\/www.littleraz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/2007-10-12-snowball.jpg' alt='ice cream2' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think we&#8217;re going to have ice cream with them again soon!  <\/p>\n<p>Can you say &#8220;blessed&#8221; Baby Girl?!?  We sure are!<\/p>\n<p>Love you to pieces!  *Mommi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there Baby Girl &#8211; You and I had a rocky start to our Friday, but it turned out to be an AWESOME day thanks to some great friends. When I dropped you off this morning, you REALLY did not want me to leave. 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