Buckyballs

I LOVE BUCKYBALLS!

My boss gave me some for Christmas, beucase he noticed that I always fiddle with things sitting on desks... so he thought I would like my own desk toy... he was SOOOO right! I have already lost 3 of mine... so sadness... and they are started to get cooroded and ugly. I am so sad they have been recalled. They are the mostest awsomest things ever.

I want the square ones.

LOVE THEM!

Buckbyballs

I assume that because you are a chemical engineer that you are familiar with Buckyballs?  That may not be true. But I will assume you are.  These are Buckyballs:

So around last Christmas, this was "The Toy" to get.  Chris was really excited about them and thought they would be fun, but I wasn't about to pay $35 for them, which is what they normally go for.  Then when we were in Tucson, we went to the U of A bookstore because my Mom wanted to see it and they had these on sale for $18 so I bought some for Chris for a late Christmas present.

Fast forward to last month.  The government has decided that they want to ban this toy (surprised??) because they are dangerous when swallowed... Yeah, that's true, but a lot of things are dangerous when swallowed and you can't ban it all. Also, these are specifically not advertised as children's toys. *Sigh*.  ANYWAY. There are a couple of competitors to Buckyballs. One of them is "ZenMagnets".  Well, ZenMagnets had this essay contest on their website (http://zenmagnets.com/index.php?p=1_8_Contest) that if you wrote a 1000 word essay defending them that they could submit to elected officials, and if they accepted your essay, they would send you a free kit of ZenMagnets in the mail. So I wrote an essay.

Guess what came today???

My ZenMagnets!!!  I'm not sure why we really need two sets of these magnets. Or even one, really. But I am excited to have my own desk sometime soon so that I can have my own set as a "desk toy".  They are pretty amusing.. and I got them for free! Because I wrote an essay! Talking about how big, controlling government is stupid! My specialty!! 

As if the grindstone wasn't hard enough...

Two weeks ago I returned to work.

Which is good.

And also not good.

I honestly thought the second week would be my hardest because the first week would feel like a "Mommy break".

Wrong.

The first two hours felt like a Mommy break. After that, I think I cried like 5 or 6 times that week.  However, the second week got easier in the sense that I didn't cry, though it was hard to leave my baby all the same.

However, when I was spending all of my time at home with the baby, I didn't feel "productive". That isn't the right word, but I am not sure what the right word is. Anyway, I didn't feel like I was contributing much.  I think the "ideal" would be like part-time work.  Working a few hours in the evening or on the weekend to get away from the house for a bit and be out using my skills... But this full-time work is hard!   I miss my baby!!

Today, she fell asleep on my chest. She doesn't do that often. I just LOVED it. I didn't move for two hours. I just let her sleep on me, snuggling her. God really has given Chris and I such a beautiful gift.


Anyway...that was a rather sentimental post.  I shall return to my normal self shortly. :)

My life is going by too fast for me. I feel like I am in a rush to get things done, but I have too much to do first.

No winning.

Ever.

BLAH!

Doubt your Doubts. Believe your Beliefs!