It's been two days now and Gabby and I are on our own. My mom returned to Trinidad having spent over two months with us and we have about two weeks to wait before Gabby's mom comes up to help us out. I was a bit concern about how we will manage on our own for the next two weeks but I must admit it has been going better than expected. Taking a step back - I've taken some time to ponder on how Gabby and I can help each other out with managing Jonathan's care. I think - although I'll like to get as involved as possible - I need to take a step back and reduce my involvement in some activities. The thought that comes to my mind is the phrase, delegate, delegate, delegate - although in this case I'm not delegating : ).
So ... with Gabby only working on 1/2 day on Saturday ... I figure her new (temporary) full time job could be taking care of Jonathan. With that being said ... it allows me worry less about being actively involved in his day to day care and concentrate more on my job and other things relating to Jonathan care, such as billing issues, etc... For this reason ... our two week period on our own is not as frightening. Gabby spends Monday to Friday with Jonathan and I stay from Friday night into Sunday afternoon - or depending on other factors - into Saturday afternoon instead.
We had one option of me spending the nights in the hospital and Gabby and Arielle can sleep over by her friend in Palo Alto - but I think we will be using that option about half of the time. Although it's more convenient from a commute perspective - being at home allows me to do more work from home and to sleep better compared to sleeping at the hospital. It also means that Arielle will get more daddy time especially since we have to do the commute up to Stanford in the mornings and afternoons. Although we have not had a chance to commute via the train - I'm hoping that next week we'll get an opportunity because the kids love going on the train. At least there is one good benefit out of all of this madness : ).
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