A Little Card Swiping

I know I'm only two weeks postpartum, but it is totally demoralizing in this heat to want to put on a pair of shorts and for the button to still be a good two inches from reaching the button hole. I honestly don't care how I look - I just had a baby, things are going to look different - but I do care about being comfortable. It's too hot for maternity tummy panels, and a girl's bum should never ever be stuffed into a pair of gym shorts (at least not publicly). So I did the deed and went to Old Navy, Walmart and JCPenney while I was down a toddler. I found a couple shirts, a pair of jeans, some plaid shorts, and two jean skirts all on sale (or dirt cheap in the case of Walmart). If I drop the inches before the end of the summer, so be it, but for now there is no rush to lay off the Cookout shakes.

All that card swiping reminded me of the joy of shopping and the necessity of generating some cash flow so the card swiping doesn't get me in trouble.  Today, the plan is to get back to work. What? Don't worry, my couch is my office chair. Since Matthew does nothing but sleep all day, today is the perfect day to get in some work and maybe fold a little laundry. I'm not sure how I will fit work into my schedule with two kids, but my guess is I will be logging hours in the evenings and weekends when the babies are sleeping or Joe is around to entertain Daniel.

Recently my job title changed my Teaching and Instruction Professional to Adjunct Assistant Professor. The main implications of the title change are that I am now a member of the graduate faculty (although not tenure track or permanent) and can serve on a graduate student's committee. This requires attending planning meetings, oral exams and the final defense and reading and critiquing their thesis or dissertation. Potentially this could be fun and provide a good challenge for me, but I will have to figure out babysitting as a baby and toddler would not have much to contribute to a defense.