The watered down effect

The watered down effect

I’m back in the audit game (admittedly, not as awesome and prolific as the medical game, or … any other profession really). The work is rather a bit yawn, but this time around the client staff is courteous and friendly. Having things in common, like having spawned some rugrats, comes in handy.

Now that working conditions are ideal, I realise that the house wife thing may not be as overrated as I first imagined. I enjoyed the 4 months at home, and it’s not just about lazing about at home. It’s about seeing my kid grow up and progress. It’s about having a clean environment to live in. And it’s about knowing where we left our keys, and where the kid’s bottles are. (My husband has this habit of just putting the bottle lids down wherever. This makes for frantic mornings before work.)

When I was at home, I also had time to work on my hobbies, like painting and scrapbooking. The baby would sleep either in the morning or the afternoon. But, there was usually a 3 hour period I could do whatever. And, when I was doing laundry, I would carry her around with me in her sling.

As an aside – the water bill was damn near R200 per month in the months when I was doing our laundry at home. Now that this function has been outsourced to my husband’s mom’s maid, the water bill is something ridiculous, like R20. You can’t beat those prices.

So, more pregnancy related news – apparently, the depo shot I had done just after having the kid is still wreaking havoc. This is a contraceptive sort of shot. You only need to take it once every 3 months or something like that. Now, I only had the shot done once. As it turns out, not only does the depo shot make you fat, but it also makes you leak forever. Doctor says I should give it 2 more months before I go to been seen again. Also – you are not ovulating while you are leaking. So, I am therefore sterile for now. The hubby and I had decided to get on with having the 2nd kid, but I suppose that will have to wait now. Stupid Depo shot.

And in other news, the financial burden remains heavy, but we will find a way.