Ramblings

My darling boy is tucked quietly away for the night, and here I am...I now have to start staying up later than him to get everything I need to get done done. 

This week is my second week back to full on classes and  I'm a little stressed!  I love what I do, but man is it a lot of work after not working at all for 5 months (if you don't count mama hours...lol)!  So I have 7 dances to finish choreographing, and 2 musical theatre montages to set.  My brain is having a hard time fitting all of the steps and sequences in!  I know all will be fine, but it's just getting all the pieces done before festival.  Plus I am coming in after someone else choreographing the first half of everything so that's difficult.

So every day I try harder to really figure out Kai's natural rhythm.  I've been reading "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child", and for the most part it has been helpful.  Kai had colic, and is still only sleeping 30 minutes to an hour at nap times.  When he sleeps only for 30 minutes he's only up for about an hour before he needs to go take another nap.  This is pretty draining, but everything I've read says that we can't teach babies to sleep longer, but we can teach them when and how to fall asleep.  So, try try and try again is all I can do.  I'm hoping his 30 minute naps will all turn into hour naps eventually, but for now I'm just gonna have to deal ;)

And now for a little rant about EI...
So I started teaching again in November, and had to fill out a self-employment questionnaire so that they know how much I may or may not be working.  The last time I filled out my report online it said they needed more information and to call to complete the report.  Well, that report was for the last 2 weeks of November, and since then I have been trying to get through to EI over the phone.  Every time I call it says "Call volume is very high.  We cannot connect your call.  Please try again later."  (THEY DON'T EVEN PUT ME ON HOLD!)  I called my MP's office today because basically I haven't been payed since then because my reports aren't getting done.  I was told that someone took care of it, but now when I go online my claim has been deactivated because my report wasn't filled out in time!  WTF?!  I'm hoping that by tomorrow it will all be worked out, but something needs to change.  They need to hire more people at EI to help with the high call volume!

So now, I must fold some laundry (and by some I mean about 4 loads!), and get to bed at a reasonable hour seeing as my 4 month old likes to wake up at about 6am.

Until next time...peace.