Thursday, March 21, 2013

2 weeks and counting

So it's almost been 2 weeks since I've been unemployed.  It almost feels the same because the whole time I was working, I was taking care of baby and that still takes up most of my time every day.  But I am no longer a slave to the emails.  That is the very big and major difference nowadays.  I also do not have phone calls to deal with.  Still not sure of what it is I should pursue next, but I did decide that I should set up an Etsy shop to sell cards for now...maybe work my way up to add other nicknacks.  Who knows if anyone will be willing to spend $6 bucks on a card (after shipping costs).  But it only costs $0.30 an item to list (and a small percentage of sales) so what do I have to lose?  I thought about just starting my own website but I think the trouble to do that with minimal inventory isn't worth it.  Now that I am not enslaved to the computer, I can take my son out more and it feels really great to not have any time constraints or stress about having to get back to work.  My son has been addicted to the Nintendo Wii lately.  I know, I am a very bad mom for even allowing my child to see this at such a young age.  But for Christmas I got the Just Dance 4 game from my parents (which I actually specifically requested), and of course when I tried it out, he was there and wanted to participate too.  Over the past few weeks however, he has been asking to play this game every day..he is still not speaking yet so he's not literally asking but he has been bringing the remote over to me or dragging me to the TV to turn it on.  Yes, it's the easy way out.  I needed a distraction in order to work so I used the Just Dance game for his entertainment.  It was getting harder and harder to keep a toddler occupied while working.  I'm thinking at least he may be absorbing some cool dance moves and not just vegetating watching some cartoon?  Ha. The other bad thing is I have a kids app on my android phone - also used for distraction.  He's gotten pretty good at surfing through the app to pick out videos or games to play - pretty good for a 19 month old.  Damn.  Hopefully he won't need glasses when he turns 3.  Anyway, I know it's bad and I need to cut his habit down so I've been trying to get him to play more with his legos and cars and non-radiation type toys. That's also why I've been trying to take him out more to play, although the weather lately hasn't been cooperating.  Winter just seems to be dragging it's feet and doesn't want to go away just yet.  But now without the need to be tied down to emails, this should be an easier task.  I just need to think up some creative things to do.  I'm sure there is a plethora of ideas online.  

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