My New Job at Belle Property

Belle Property Neutral Bay

So, its official.  I am now a working woman!  I start my position as Junior Sales Agent at Belle Property in Neutral Bay tomorrow morning, bright and early, yikes!!  I will be working with one of their top Agents- as his Junior Agent- which is great for me- as I will get a base salary (+commissions) plus I will be learning the ropes from a successful and well established agent.  We went back and forth a bit- and finally agreed on a 4 day/week position - which will give me the flexibility I need to look after Dyllan.
aturday
As soon as I secured my new position at Belle Property- I got an email from my old boss (the plastic surgeon) - asking if I wanted to start back up with him 1 day a week- doing his marketing.  So I agreed to this- and will use my Fridays at home to work for him (plus Dyllan had to be in daycare a min. of two days anyway- so it kind of worked out well).  So our new schedule will be:

Monday: Dyllan and I get to hang out all day
Tuesday:  Dan drops Bug off at Yunny's in the morning before work- I go straight into work (I have training Tuesday mornings at 8am)- and Bug stays the night at Yunny and Lozzo's.
Wednesday:  Dan and I both work while Dyllan does Wacky Wednesday- I pick Dyllan up or she gets dropped off at home in the evening
Thursday: Dyllan goes to "School" (daycare)- She will be a "Dragonfly" at Little Dove down the street
Friday: Dyllan goes to school- and I work from home for the Dr./ get things done like laundry, groceries, etc.. that i'm sure I won't have time for during the week (gonna have to get organized here..)
Saturday:  I work- doing open houses (each open house is only 15 min here- unlike in the US where they are 3 hours!)

Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day

TGIF!  Thank Goodness It's Friday, right?  I was feeling motivated to be ultra productive today- I had lots of work to do- house to clean- groceries to shop for.. you know the drill.  Saved it all for Friday- my day off- the day Dyllan goes to School.

My day started out great- got Dyllan off to daycare- went to the gym- came home and showered...and by the time I got out of the shower I had 3 missed calls.  1 from daycare and 2 from Dan.  I answered the phone just as Dan was calling for the 3rd time- and he told me that Daycare had called and Dyllan has a temperature.  I quickly called the daycare back- and they let me know that Dyllan was sick.  I couldn't believe it.  The ONE day she goes to daycare.. the ONE day of the week I can get stuff done uninterrupted.. she chucks a sickie.  

So sad.  So sick.  Poor little Bug

I rushed down there- and the other kids were all eating their lunch- and there was Dyllan- in only her diaper with tears running down her little face.  Poor thing.  She had a temperature- and was not a happy camper.  

I think she's teething- I have been told that when kids teeth- they often get a fever.  So, today- Miss Bug has been by my side (not sleeping!!) most of the day.  Her spirits lifted when we got home- almost immediately (go figure!) .  I gave her a little medicine to reduce the temperature- and a snack- and she was pretty much back to her happy self.  Singing, and throwing food and clowning around.  I was honestly ready to march her straight back down to the daycare and check her back in... but then thought that they might think I was a bad parent. Needless to say- she seems much better now.  Still a little fussier than normal- but nothing to worry too much about.  

Silly little bug.  Today reminded me of a book my mom used to read to Sean and I when we were young called "Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day"  and the little boy in the book Alexander- was having a terrible horrible no good very bad day.. each event that happened to him (didn't get the toy in his cereal box, had to ride in the middle seat at his carpool, tripped over his shoelace when it came untied.. etc (I still remember these events.. I haven't read this book since I was a kid!) ) he would say" its a terrible horrible no good very bad day... I think Ill move to Australia"  Haha.. Today was a little like that- a chain of bad things happening to me.. first Dyllan gets sick - then I lost my credit card somewhere between our house and the daycare- then I missed my conference call because I was panicked about my lost credit card... you get the point.  Good news is the person who found it (I swear she must have scooped it up 2 seconds after I dropped it- because I knew exactly where I lost it- in the hall outside the daycare door- and I raced down there as soon as I realized it was not in my pocket!)  Anyway- funny book-- you should read it if you haven't.. who woulda thought I would actually move to Australia!

"I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day."
— Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day

By the way... with all this said.. it really wasn't THAT bad of a day... I actually got a few things done- the sun was out- Dyllan is feeling better- and its FRIDAY!  Im excited for a fun weekend ahead.  Saturday we are car shopping (a sweet part of Dan's new job!)- Sunday we have a family breakfast at Ocean View Cafe (a favorite)- then Dan and I are meeting up with a bunch of friends in Manly for the aannual Manly food and wine festival ( and Dyllan will be hanging out with Yunny and Lozzo- even better;) )

Dyllan's First Day of School

... Well daycare.

In her stroller ready to go!

Wow, what a BIG day for Miss Bug.  Her first day of Daycare.  She is getting so old- so free- so independent!  She's no baby anymore- she is a TODDLER.  And now that shes a toddler- she's got personality, spunk, energy, ambition, and most of all- she is a social butterfly who need to get out and socialize.  

We decided to enroll Dyllan in daycare- one day a week so that I can get my work done- without having to cram everything into the small windows which is nap time.  I've picked up some more work for Dr. Santos- that I can do from home - which is working out great.  Well, great when I can get it done during nap time- but I've been finding that nap time everyday just isnt enough time to get everything done.  On top of that- the government is offering a Child Care Benefit- which pays 50% of childcare fees- making one day a week (7:30am- 6:30pm) cost us only $50- which I thought was pretty good.

So after one visit to Acerwoods daycare- Dyllan had us convinced that she would be happy playing there with the other kids- when she refused to leave.  She did NOT want to stop playing or go home after our visit.     Today was no different.  I packed up her school bag- and we walked down to her first day of school.    She was so excited when we got there.  She left me as soon as I put her down- and off she went to the big pool of balls.  I checked her in and waved goodbye- and off I went.

She would NOT hold still long enough to snap a clear picture.  It was kinda tricky getting a picture because daycare rules are you can take pictures with any other kids in them...oops.

I got so much done today- its amazing how much you can accomplish without a little bug by your side.  At around 2pm I called to check in on her- and they told me she was having a ball.  They were surprised  impressed with her "healthy appetite" (I think thats their nice way of saying she is a little piggy!)



Dan rode his bike home in time to walk down to pick Dyllan up at her first day.  We were both sooo excited to see her.  Its funny how much you can miss her when she's not around.  We were both talking about her all day- wondering how she was doing- and looking forward to picking her up.  When we got there- Dyllan spotted us- and gave us a HUGE smile- then came flying over toward us for hugs.  It was the best feeling.  She was happy- and we were so happy that she had a good day (and that she was excited to see us!)