Been awhile, BMR. I would apologize for that, but as a partner of mine said, I should never have to apologize for Real Life, as it takes priority over writing every time.
So, we moved! Yay, right? Wrong. The home we waited two months for and were told was complete in terms of renovations... was not complete, far from it in fact. It hadn't even been cleaned, and there's still broken, rotted wood everywhere, uneven flooring, stained carpeting when we were told it was new, holes in the walls, nails, screws, tacks, and staples sticking up everywhere... Oh, and we have mice! Fun! In short, it's a deathtrap for my baby, as it can't be babyproofed the way I'd like it to be. I appealed to the maintenance people (the same people who did this shoddy job in the first place) on behalf of my child, and they will be continuing to renovate it as we live here. A pain in the ass, for sure, but it's better than the lackluster response we got at first.
So I've been attempting to clean the house and unpack while juggling my duties as a wife and mother and it's very difficult to do. Hubby's pulling some OT so we can afford a cleaner to come over and deep clean the areas I haven't been able to get to and don't have the time to work on.
That's just the first layer to the shit cake, unfortunately. Aside from the fact that we need to take our car to the shop (again) I'm not able to talk about the rest of it without fear of judgement or, well, the fact that it's potentially TMI.
Anyway, I've obviously been unable to do posts right now as I've been busy and distracted. I will get back to you all individually when I can, but right now's not the time. Thank you for your patience.