When Daddy's In Charge

I spend 3 days (12 hour shifts) a week working as an ICU nurse, and the other 4 days home with our LO. I think being a nurse is the best job in the world (other than being a mommy). Don't get me wrong, it has its moments. The days I work are long. I leave at 5:30 am. It's a 25 minute drive, when there isn't traffic. I have to go early so I can start pumping at 6am before my shift starts. I work from 7am-745pm. By the time I get home at 8:20pm, my LO is already asleep. It's super hard to not see him during the day. BUT, those days I have the ENTIRE day off, are SO worth it! I feel like a pseudo-SAHM... which I mean... don't we all just wish we could make our salary but not actually have to go to work????

Of my three shifts, I try to work one weekend one. My mom watches our LO the other two days of the week when I'm at work so we don't have to have day care. We are SUPER lucky and so blessed. The thing that gets me through the weekend shifts, are being able to Skype with my husband while I am pumping (sorry to all you other pumping mommas... I'm sure I have the WORST lactation room etiquette).

Today, as I sat down in my little lactation room "booth," I gave the hubs and our little stinker a quick Skype call. I was greeted with "ohhhhh babe." Somebody had a blowout.... not just your regular blow out. We are talking MASSIVE blow out. Everywhere. The look on my husbands face was priceless. The look on my LOs face was even more priceless. If only I would have screen shot it! They were both on the struggle bus, I'd say. What makes it better is that I don't think my husband knows the trick of "just stick em in the tub!" Haha! Too funny. Can I get an AMEN for when dad's have to do the dirty work. I secretly love it. :)

Because I was cut short due to said blowout, I had some time to check out various running apps for my 5k training that I am going to start this week! I found a great app called Couch to 5k... or rather C25K. It's a little cheesy, but I think it's going to be great. It has 3 workouts per week. The workouts start out VERY beginner, for those of you who are considering starting but need to east into it! I think this is just what I'm looking for since I am going to be starting from practically scratch with this hefty jogger stroller.

Each workout is different, all lasting approximately 25-30 minutes (including warm up). For example the first one starts out with a mixture of walking and jogging. The app tells you when to switch. You can even listen to regular music with the app and when it's time to switch, the app will talk over your playing music! This is great. The workouts eventually progress from a walk/jog to running the entire 5 k (9 weeks later). I'm hoping tomorrow, while I am pumping at work, I will have time to plan out my next 9 weeks worth of workouts to post on my bathroom door! Gotta keep myself accountable!

And for a finishing touch... what my husband probably looked like today when changing LOs blowout:

Have a great week Mommas! Keep on momma-ing on! You can do it!