8 December 2023

This was a good week, lots was accomplished from fence building to fence deconstructing. The struggle has been baby had a bit of a fever, she’s been in good spirits the whole time though yesterday it was a hard to get her to eat anything. By the time dinner rolled around she hadn’t eaten a proper meal, so I had to bring out my secret technique of hand feeding the baby. This technique also saved my dog when the baby was first born. When we brought the baby home, our dog was upset to not be the center of our attention anymore and he went on a hunger strike. After a couple days we took him to the vet and he was cleared of any sickness, they gave him an IV and it was up to me to restart his belly. I had put chicken, rice and broth in a blender turning it into a nutritious mush. While both the dog and baby would turn their heads at food, when I’d get some food in their mouths they were quite agreeable. Hopefully last night’s dinner will be enough to get the baby’s appetite going and we can have a normal breakfast. It’s been a long week with the baby feeling under the weather, we chose to keep her home from daycare though she was still allowed to get some Christmas photos there. Despite normal life issues I’d been able to make progress on my goals. Deciding to change our moving plans earlier flipped a switch in my head, I know how much work there is to do to get to that point and that it must be chipped away at regularly if we’re to do it on time. The good news is the harder I work the stronger I become, in theory at least, I pray it continues.