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Another Pay it Forward Friday posting is up! Before I get into my PIFF posting, although, I'll let you know some things going on in our house this week.
First off - Miss. S went to her babysitter (daycare) for the first time this week. She was only there for a few hours so I could do a case conference at school. There were no tears from either of us at drop off. By the time I picked her up although, there were many tears. She had not taken a nap because she was too overwhelmed with the excitement of new kids/toys/people as well as the transition that she had lost it right before I arrived. Plus, our babysitter informed me that she is cutting a large tooth on the side of her mouth. I thought the front, bottom teeth came in first so that was what I had been focused on. I guess they can come in at any order.
Anyways - once I picked her up and fed her a bottle she fell right to sleep and slept from 3pm to 6pm without a peep because she was so worn out.
Which brings me to my next thing - we need a family schedule. I'm scheduled to go back to work full time on the 4th of October and I realized that we need a routine ASAP. I had a long talk with K that he needs to come home at a set time and sketched out a timeline for an average day. It's going to be rough the first couple of weeks I think to get everything into routine. Miss. S will also be going from napping on her own schedule to napping at the babysitters with lots of active kids who don't share her joy of sleeping. I'm a bit worried how we're going to do the first weeks with routine - more so than the emotions of leaving her at daycare for the day.
Anyways......let's jump into PIFF so I can tell you what I've been up to there.
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This week I'd like to Pay it Forward by sending a surprise care package to my brother in med school. I remember in college that any piece of mail from home was a treat. I'm hoping to stuff a box full of goodies for him to surprise him since we haven't seen him in a month or so. My brother was valedictorian of his class as well as graduating cum lade from undergrad college - so when it comes to med school he is all about the constant studying. I think that deserves some chocolate. :)
Also, this past week I threw in a random PIF. I got a message from my friend, a coworker at my old school, that she was having a rough time with some school politics. So I grabbed Miss. S and we headed over to school and treated her with lunch and some talk time. I hope it was a brighter spot in her week to put down her problems for a little while and enjoy some company in her classroom.
I also took some time to "purge" out some of Miss. S's baby things. I recently reviewed some of our agency's photos from their most recent trip to Africa to escort children home and to visit the orphanages. Of course, once I saw the pictures of the kids vs. the amount of stuff I have packed in Miss. S's dresser drawers I was ashamed. There have been times I can't shut her dresser drawers because there is so much packed inside, yet in the photos of waiting kids I see children her age as well as younger and older who are wearing scraps of clothing, are barefoot, and who have no belongings to speak of. I made a promise before Miss. S came home that I would donate 1/3 of the gifts we had gotten for her to children in need. Miss. S doesn't need much and she FOR SURE. I would like to send at least 1 bag of things with the escort each time she travels. I figure we will have various things to donate as Miss. S grows out of things, and as we receive more gifts from friends and family from get togethers and holidays. We have more than we can
