Wow.
Time flies by soooo incredibly fast lately. It's now February and 3 weeks into my new job. I'm loving it. Brent, the 8 year old boy, is currently at school (well, on the bus home right now, actually), and Sydney, the 16 month old girl, is napping. Things are going very well here. Still finding it a little hard to find the balance between what my job is, and stepping on mom's toes, but things are starting to get better. She goes back to work on the 15th, so my actual -real- job will start. My day goes as follows:
6:30 - My alarms start going off. Yes, plural. 3 alarms on my phone, 1 radio alarm, and 1 alarm on my computer. Takes about 15 mins for me to wake up and be conscious. I go outside for a smoke, and then head upstairs to eat breakfast with Brent, then go downstairs to watch cartoons with Brent.
7:47 - Yes, that precise, Brent and I head out the door to walk him to the bus stop. His bus comes at 7:55. Once mom goes back to work, I probably wont be doing this since Sydney still needs someone home, unless she gets up early and I bring her with me.
8:00 - Get back from the bus stop, head upstairs and have a tea until Sydney and mom wake up. Chill with them while they get their breakfast, then head downstairs to watch Wiggles.
From this time until noon really is varied. Sometimes we just play and watch Wiggles, sometimes we go for a walk, sometimes we go to Roos. Today we went to Roos.
12:00(ish) - Lunch. Dad comes home from lunch and eats with us. We've got a schedule on the fridge as to what the meals should be. That helps a lot.
After lunch we play and watch more Wiggles while she gets tired.
1:30 (or so) - A bottle gets warmed up and Sydney and I get into the rocking chair with her bottle and her blankie and watch CMT until she falls asleep. Normally around 15 minutes. Once she's asleep I take her upstairs into her room and then come back down to the rec room and go online and such. Once mom leaves, this will be changed to my work out time. There's a treadmill in the rec room that I have at my disposal.
3:00 - Brent gets home from school. We head upstairs for a quick snack, and then go downstairs to do homework. Usually not much, but he always has a french book to read, and something for English.
Once Brent's homework is done, he's allowed to watch what he likes, or go into the play room to play on the PS2.
3:30 (ish) - Sydney wakes up. I go upstairs to get her and bring her downstairs to wake up and watch Wiggles.
4:00-4:30 - Dad gets home and greets the kids, and I'm officially off the clock.
The rest of the day is spent with the family. Eat supper with them from 5:30 to 6:30. I go to bed anywheres from 9:00-11:00
Still getting hard to get used to living in someone's home, thrusting myself into their lives, and taking control of the reins with their children. Also hard to get used to Kingston. I've never lived here, and have no friends here. The friends who live closest are both Tylor and Matt in Aylesford which isn't far away, which is nice.
My weekends are free to me to do what I want. Sometimes I go away, sometimes I stay local, all depending.
Well, the school bus just drove by so Brent will be home very soon. I'll end this post now, but please, bring on the comments. I should be updating pretty regularly now.
Hope everyone's doing well.
-T
About Me

- Tanya Reid
- Kingston, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Well, I'm 23 years old and the daughter of a preacher man. I'm a shipper-receiver for Tommy Hilfiger in Dartmouth, Ns. I'm an easy going girl and very easy to get along with. I love to drive, and yeah, I can drive a stick. And um... my favorite colour is yellow. :)
Thursday, February 7, 2008
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