I think it’s time for list making. I need a list for what we need in this house to get us through til moving day. (This month!!) I was going to try and just use up every last bit of meat in the freezer and not buy anything new, but it only took one Sunday experiment with “frostbite stew” let me know that we will be buying groceries, probably til the end. Then of course we just HAD to run out of things we probably won’t finish before we go, fabric softener, shampoo, etc.
I need a list of what I need to do to get my applications into school. The GRE, applications, letters of recommendations, etc. Due date: January 1st. I need a list of packing procedures. We’ve got a lot of stuff in this house, and there is a need to plan out what we do with baby stuff, what will go in the cars, what will be in the van, and what (if anything) we’ll send ahead. I’m officially calling all baby travel advice. If there was something that made traveling with an infant easier for you, let me know!
Then there is the paperwork, we’re still dealing with the NICU bill. Fun. Apparently because we are students and because I decided to stay at home after having the baby, we are eligible for help with the bills. We’ve paid a TON of them already, but there is still a huge balance remaining. The thing that is SO interesting to me is that we had it all planned, we had enough money to take care of the 20% after insurance of a regular labor/delivery outright. No problem. But Camper threw us a curveball and spent a week in the NICU resulting in an itemized bill reaching almost $30, 000. Yup. I keep threatening to put it in his baby book as a record of his first week of life. Thankfully we DID have SOME insurance (albeit school insurance), but the paperwork to receive more financial aid is in the works. So there is that to deal with, as well. All I know is that our Camper is worth it. He came to us at the exact right time, and I wouldn’t go back and change a thing. Except for maybe insisting the nurses give me antibiotics earlier.
So yeah. A ton of things to do- so today will be list making, some grocery shopping, some cleaning and organizing, and for John: SCHOOL. School and school stuff. And some baby cuddling, of course.
Oh! Last night, after my backfire post, Camper was playing and dancing like a crazy little man until about 1 am. He was making us laugh so much, until he started screaming. We swaddled him up, put on the white noise and he passed OUT. Slept from 1:30am to 6:15!!!!!! I am not even kidding. Then he went back to sleep until 9. Why does he tease us?
PS: I want to see MARLEY!
