a few quiet minutes to post

March has truly been a month of months; exciting projects launching at work (which means lots of OT and tired days too), and I got to help a friend bring her baby into this world (amazing!) 

I am still working on greening it up. I just read Shopping our way to safety: how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves. To sum it up, don’t be an ostrich with your head in the sand, sun screened bum to the ozone depleted atmosphere and think you’ve got it covered. It was refreshing and a good antidote to the commercialized idea that you can protect yourself and your family by buying green. The author advocates that we have to shake off the of false sense of security that this offers us and work towards bigger change. 

So how we are going to do that? Moving our family to zero waste is a great first step, but it is time to get back out there and hug some trees. I checked online for some tree planting/hugging opportunities, but they were all during nap time. I wrote to my mayor about food waste pick up and while that is good I feel the need to do more. I think it is time to go to the top and write to the Canadian government and why not cc Obama too? We are neighbours, we should work together to clean up our countries. You could argue a lot about what are the most important political issues, but really if we don’t have clean water to drink and good air to breath what else is there? 

 

A change in plans?

She was planning to nurse until college and then reassess depending on if she was going to stay at home or move away for school.

There seems to be a new plan in the works! She is nursing less and less. She has even been occasionally skipping nursing at bedtime. Amazing. It is such a beautiful sweet process. 

The rainbow is coming

We have been in a flurry of work trips, family colds being passed around and very busy work schedules. March is showtime over here. We both have big projects that are launching at work. Exciting, busy times for sure. While we are all stretched, I am also incredibly grateful for the opportunity we both have to do what we love, live where we do and that we have a community that is helping take care of Bee. 

The good news, actually the best news ever, is that I got a part-time LOA approved for work. It looked almost impossible and it took months of negotiating. Starting in April I will work three days a week for a year. I can’t wait. Just a couple more weeks and this flurry will start to settle. 

Now head down and back to work Just a couple more weeks left.