All Alone

The most obnoxious feeling in the world is to sit alone in a movie theatre. Fair amounts of folks go to the movies alone right... Nope. Just one last night - Me. I realized that although the movies are not a place to take someone you want to get to know, they are one of the worst places to take absolutely no one. Nicole wasn't there to talk with during the stupid slide show they show at the beginning and Zach wasn't there to urge me to pause the movie so mama could feed him (giving me the opportunity to grab a fudge-sicle from the freezer), so I sat there very awkwardly doing nothing but answering the movie trivia in my head. I watched the Dark Knight, which I thoroughly enjoyed, (a brilliant movie that I will see many more times - hopefully with someone this time) and then had to call Nicole to tell her how good it was without being able to say much because she wasn't there to see it. It was at that time that I realized that anything I would have the opportunity to do in Steamboat would be diminished by the fact that my other half isn't here. So I do very little.
To add to it I am missing a week of my son's life. This may not sound like much, but when you are 3 months and about 2 weeks, this ends up being roughly 1/14 of your life. He will be just fine, but I miss the little guy!
Things aren't all meloncholy here. I am enjoying doing something different (leak survey as opposed to reading meters) in some incredible surroundings. Today I walked along the tracks next to the Yampa river with a beautiful view of the green (and red - due to pine beetles) ski slopes. The weather is amazing and the work is good. Speaking of which, I need to try and get some sleep so I can start fresh tomorrow. I haven't been sleeping well - I blame it on the lack of static from the baby monitor. So until I return home...

Our Little Fishy

Well, we're back from our travels and had a great time visiting everyone! Zach did really well, but I think he's glad to be back with his own things. He's definately well-traveled and seems to adjust well. We took him swimming for the first time in Wisconsin Dells and he seemed to like it. Aaron's really glad considering he's a swimmer himself. Zach and I have been enjoying relaxing days around the house, the few I have before school starts up again. I'm really going to miss him. I honestly can't think about it much because it just makes me cry... pretty hard. I don't want to miss out on him, he's so much fun and I love him so much. I'm so afraid the time will just fly by once I go back to work. I guess you could say I'm already looking forward to next summer with him. Say some prayers that I won't be a blubbering baby the first weeks and that our relationship with Zach will continue to get stronger regardless of returning to work. I love that little kid and know it's going to be rough.

Off we go...

Well, it's another late night at the Bishop household. Aaron and I are rapidly getting ready and packed for tomorrow's trip to Minnesota for Grandma's birthday party. We're all very excited. Zach's sleeping (thankfully), so he will be rested and ready for the long car ride. I feel bad making him sit in his car seat for so long, but when I think about it, the rest of us are sitting that long too. At least he has a cushioned seat. I just hope it doesn't funktify his growth or something. Anyway, wish us luck and safe travels!

Tired

So I have noticed that when Zach gets tired he doesn't simply go to bed. He fusses for a bit and makes his mom and I wonder what the heck is wrong. We are beginning to catch on to this and have found that if we place him in a comfy place without many visual distractions he eventually nods off to sleep - providing he isn't hungry or in need of a diaper change. This seems puzzling to me but then I take a look at his mother and I. Here we sit telling each other how tired we are but yet we refuse to go up to bed and continue plugging away at our computers getting more and more fatigued by the minute. So that being said I think I will go upstairs to bed. Granted I will more than likely stay up a few minutes more.