How Now, Brown Couch

Anyone who ever plans to let children (or clumsy adults) into their home should own a brown couch. We didn't know this when we invested in our new-to-us couch a few months ago, but being inadvertently wise is a strength of mine. ;) Jonathan has managed to poop on it (twice), which really means he pooped on my lap and it ran down onto the couch. And today, when I saw a glob of gooey brown stuff on it, I assumed it was more of the same. But then my brave husband took a whiff of it and diagnosed it as a melted chunk of the Hershey's Special Dark chocolate bar we shared last night. Phew. Nevertheless, poop, chocolate, coffee - all have taken a spin on our (sort of) new couch. I am just fortunate that they are all the right color: brown! Thus, my conclusion that brown is the most appropriate color of furniture for this season of life.

Many of you know that this week was my first week back to rotations since Jonathan was born. I didn't cry quite as much as I thought I would, but it didn't knock my socks off either. Jonathan, of course, has done just fine. I keep reminding myself that this is a great age for him to be away from me because he won't even remember it. And he seems to be having a blast at the McFarlins'. :) My rotation is at a Walgreens here in Albany, and I'm in charge of doing all the compounds at the store. This is most appropriate since this is what I did at the job I had all during pharmacy school. So thankfully it's something I'm familiar with. My preceptor is fantastic, too. She has a 7 month old little boy, so we share stories and talk about being mommies. Definitely a good way to transition back. I will be glad when next summer rolls around though! Jon's work has been pretty busy lately, but he's such a trooper, staying up until 2 or 3am many nights to finish everything he has to do. He's enjoying the work, but I think we'll both be glad when we're done with this year's schedule.

Here's a video of him "dancing" in his bouncy seat last night while we were eating dinner. Mom and I decided that he's still so skinny because he's burning calories left and right!