DH is out of the country for 10 days, so I'm single-parenting it. I have help; my MIL is here for that time to help take care of the kids. But, this is the first time she's been to our house, so she doesn't know where anything is and I think she's sometimes a little tentative around me. She's a great MIL. I enjoy having her around and it is great that she is such a help with the LOs. They adore her. Today she got DD to pee on the potty!!!! Then she called me at work so I could tell DD how wonderful she is. It's pretty bad when you rely on your visiting MIL to start the potty training process. I'm also counting on daycare to take care of it. Bad mommy (and daddy).
It also doesn't help that DH and his sister purchased a 33 unit apartment building less than a month ago. So, here I am trying to juggle my job, my kids (who are a little freaked that daddy isn't around), and this apartment complex. DH hasn't had time to develop any routines to tell me about. I'm just winging it. Yesterday I got a call from a tenant who was rather pissy about the fact that garbage had piled up around the dumpster. When I talked to DH this morning, I asked him when and how often were they supposed to be emptied and who was the company so I could call them. He said Waste Management. I get to my office and spend a bit of time in the morning with Waste Management. They've never heard of us or the apartment complex. So, I take time out of work (I'm working on a time sensitive project) to drive the 20 minutes to the apartment office. It wasn't Waste Management, it was Allied Waste (sounds the same, right?). When I called, I found out that they had set everything up, but DH had forgot to mail in the contract! The lady was nice enough to set up a pick up for tomorrow at no charge and we're set up to begin on Oct 30. DH has it set up for every other week, but I think he's going to find that it needs to be weekly.
It's tough. DH has had to do all this juggling, while hauling the kids around. He sold an apartment building in NY, bought an apartment complex here and then had to figure out how to run it. He's done a phenomenal job. It just isn't easy. He finally admitted that he can't do this and take care of the kids at the same time. It's a good thing I already knew this and had set us up on a waiting list for daycare last December! It's amazing that more hasn't slipped through the cracks. He needs to be able to sit down and focus on the business, otherwise we're just going to have more of these little snafus. I'm really amazed at everything he gets done in a day. Far more than I get done in a week. But, I think he needs to slow down a little.
The LOs are very excited about starting 'school.' They are so ready.
