We’ve been living it up for the time without a baby – we knew it would be short. I worked (boring) played (fun) and got my hands dirty working for two days at the Great Minnesota Get Together!
I love the Spin Art booth and spending the weekend there was the best of all worlds – I got to help out the local artist owners when their weekend manager had an unexpected conflict, I got to be a part of the fair (I don’t go any more because I can’t eat any food and it’s real expensive! If it was just one of those two things, I’d still be all in!!), and I was making the most of my baby-free time! Meanwhile, my partner had a table at two comic conventions (MN Fanfest and Wizard World Chicago) selling his amazing art and hustling for that elusive work-from-home and make money doing art paycheck.
But…we got the call again! Word is, there’s a very small baby in a hospital ready for discharge to a loving foster home. It’s pretty terrifying and exciting – getting to do ALL THE STEPS from the very beginning! But…TINY, helpless, sleepless, baby. Unsurprisingly, I used the time between the phone call (about 4:30 p.m. yesterday) and the call that yep, it’s a go, pick that baby up (about 12:30 today) to FREAK OUT at everything, change over everything from big baby to tiny baby (clothes, toys, sleeping areas), and do the grown-up things: shower, shave, clean up the house, do the laundry and grocery shop – basically, lay in supplies to make this next transition as easy as possible! Unlike pupper, who can tell her life is about to get stressful again, Kitty is ALL IN on new baby plan!