Where to Start-2

• Wake-up (draggggg myself out of bed)


• Shower


• Make coffee


• Ge dressed


• Wake-up Brody


• Prepare breakfast and feed Brody(he eats while watching cartoons


• Finish getting ready(heat up care, finish putting make-up on, dress Brody)

If everything goes as planned I can make it out of my house by 8, if it goes as planned...

• Drop Brody off at daycare


• ETA for work is typically 9

My typical day of work consists of the usual meetings, reading of stupid e-mails, follow-ups to meetings, phone-call follow-ups to stupid e-mails...you get the picture. I can fit in a 4 mile run during lunch and usually some lifting as well. Sometimes-this is not one of those weeks however. I leave sometime after 5-if I am not too busy I will skip at at 4:30 so Brody isn't at daycare as long.

• 5:30 pick up Brody


• 6:00-6:30 Dinner


• I skip clean up so we can play


• 7:30 Brody's bath-time, brush teeth


• 8 p.m. read to Brody in bed and rub his back sometimes for 20 minutes!


• Once Brody is in bed clean up dinner and prepare dinner for the next day


• Get gym bag, lunch ready for the next day


• Laundry, ironing(basically anything that I need to catch up on)


• 11-11:30 I am usually in bed

Did I mention that I wake up around 5:30-6 a.m.?

Glimpse of my day, nothing spectacular, rather normal I assume. It's our rhythm-we have it, finally.

Ready, Set, New Year!

December 31, 2008 via text to my friend J:

"What are you wearing tonight, I just want to look cute?! I am going to Macy's to see if they have the boots I want on sale. I want to wear a dress but it is soooo cold out-no matter I won't be kissing anyone regardless!"

Now the words above are not entirely correct, but I do remember having a conversation with my girl friend J like that before she came over to my house for a long night of need I say, "What did I do???".

Yep that was me a year ago, not even single for a full year, trying everything I could to cover up the blemish that I thought leaving my sons father had created. Little did I know at the time it was the blemish I was creating by dating a ton and drinking too much those first few months that I would have to face head on in 2009.

Well...January 1, 2009 I had a massive headache and a clear vision that has followed me through to 3 days ago when I read this post on mssinglemama.com . The vision I had is irrelevant, however after viewing her post (do it!) I realized that a lot has been unfulfilled and I am still where I was one year ago.

Now, I have replaced the alcohol with running (and may I say I look hot), my two jobs with one great one, and the random men for more solid relationships...my point is I have changed a lot and mostly for the better. My evolution is ready to hit it's peak where I really am starting to understand myself, and it's awesome. However, there was still that need to have men in my life-how silly but their attention is my vulnerability.

I don't think I am alone when I wish and hope that I could find that one true person that I can share my thoughts and feelings with. Someone to help me with my son when his hyperness has reached it' peak and I am going to lose it. Mainly though, I am looking forward to meeting that someone. So much so that i think almost every guy I date is "that someone". My naivete in regards to what I need and want has since the beginning of 2009 turned into empowerment.

I know longer need the attention and affection from a man. I will be making more attempts to meet other single mothers. I won't make excuse as to why I cannot bring myself around couples and their kids. I will stop cleaning when my son asks me to play with him (my house does not need to be spotless all the time!!!).

I will it.

All the silly mistakes I made last year I have learned from and I cannot wait to make new mistakes in the upcoming year. However I know it will be with great clarity that I attempt to move forward as well.

Here's to 2010!!!

p.s. I am sitting home with My Lovely Boy an d he was asleep by 8:30, win for me!!!

Newness for the New Year!

For starters, I am single again. Yippee! Not really, but I like the idea of getting my checks and balances in place again before I commit to another relationship.



Secondly...I will start to have my son Sunday through Thursday evening every week. That means 5 dinner's a week and breakfasts too...I am scared as hell to do the full-time Mom thing. I know I can do it, I know it is not all about dinner and breakfasts but more about a solid routine for My Lovely Boy. He deserves it. His father(my son's) has committed to having him every weekend, he will pick him up from daycare on Friday and drop him off at my house Sunday afternoon. You see, he FINALLY got a new job..he had a dead end job that was going know where and I am so thankful that he found something. I really hope this is the year things turn around for him...



So anyways-being single, having my son full-time all totally new. I am excited and feel refreshed and slightly hyper at the thought of all of it. WHEW. Deep Breath.



Last but not least I will attempt to post more :)

Happy New Year!

Birthday Time!

My Lovely Boy turned 3 years old today! Can you believe it, 3-years-old!?

Sometimes I wonder how I got here, to this place, on my own, supporting myself and the love of my life. I can't explain why it has worked out so great, but it has.

I couldn't be happier to have a 3 year old little boy! He is smart, like when he tells me I am doing something wrong and I am! He has a sense of humor, telling me the wrong color of something only to say he is "kidding". He also is the biggest cuddler I know. I totally get sucked into his "give me a kiss" and "but I love you", all of the time. HOW COULD I BE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING KID!

As difficult as being a parent can be sometimes, I count my lucky stars everyday that I have a happy, healthy little boy. Hopefully, I will figure this blog thing out soon and dedicate an entire post to all of the cute things he says and maybe even post a few pics...nah...

Common People

Well, I had a great weekend, I drank, I danced, I...had a great time.





My lovely boy was with his father this weekend. We switched custody around and will now each have him for five days at a time vs. the hectic way we were doing it before. I cannot complain, not at all. There are a lot of single Mom's out there who's children rarely/never see their father. I WILL NOT complain about our custody arrangements. I have my moments where I really miss my son and disagree with how his father disciplines him, but he is a good father and a good man. I am very fortunate.



When my lovely boy is with his father it gives me time to hang out with my friends and go out on dates. I don't have to pay for a babysitter and I don't feel guilty leaving him with someone. It is truly a blessing.



I did go out on a couple of dates this weekend with Boy Wonder and even my Man in Waiting. It's been a long day though, I'll talk about it another time. Like I said, it was a great weekend...