Back to Work

It has been almost two weeks now since I have been back to work. It sucks. I miss being around Taylor all day and it is clear that her schedule has been thrown off because she is taken care of by different people all the time. Her sleeping is pretty random. Some days she naps really well and others she doesn't. We have had a few rough nights as well. She sleeps 4-6 hours straight before she wakes up in the night and I am grateful for that. I just wish I could be home with her to provide a little stability. Hopefully this won't be for more than a year. I have registered and made a deposit for the winter 2012 bridal fair at Provo High. I figured if I made the deposit I would have to actually do it instead of just talking about it. I desperately want to be able to do flowers as a full-time job. I love to do it and I wouldn't have to be away from Taylor. My boss asked me how long I plan on being at work and what my intentions were and I got emotional telling him I wanted to be home. I bawled my eyes out the second day of work on my way to drop her off at my mom's house. I can't imagine what it is going to be like when I drop her off with someone that is not family. Luckily, it is looking like I might have a good prospect for watching her that a friend is currently taking her daughter too. Recommendations are good and she is willing to work with us on price. I am really hoping that works out.
It is really nice to see people at work and spend time with adults during the day. It is nice to have the interaction, but I don't like dealing with grumpy clients who don't want to pay for their coverage and want to complain about anything else. Being a mom is much better. Although it is a struggle, it is easier to understand why Taylor is crying even if I don't know why. She doesn't know how to tell me what she wants. Clients at work are just ignorant. Anyway, it is a really good place to work and I really do like my boss, but life has changed. I would much rather be with my precious little one at home. I know it is a righteous desire and if I work towards it, I will be blessed with the ability to accomplish it.

What's in a Name?

So it is time to renew my tax ID number with the state of UT, and since I currently don't have any websites or blogs active for my business it seems like as good a time as any to change the name. I haven't really like "All Occasion Floral" for a while now, especially since I really focus on weddings and how generic and blah can a name get? I am thinking about changing the name to "Monique's Boutique Wedding Floral". It is a long name, but basically the business would go by the name Monique's Boutique for any web purposes. After I figure out what I am doing with the name, I plan to start a blog and a facebook page for my business and hopefully generate a little more buzz. Not worth it to pay for a website. I did that and it wasn't very good anyway, so it might as well have been a blog. I don't think I have enough of my friends on facebook that even know I have a floral business, so a facebook page would be great. Anywhoo, any thoughts? I really don't know how many people read my blog, but if anyone has any thoughts on the name, let me know. Don't you think Monique's Boutique is a a little more catchy?

New Ward

Well, our ward was split yesterday. I can't say I am thrilled about the results. Basically, they started with 2 wards, the 4th and the 21st. We were in the 21st. They took half of the 21st and half of the 4th and created a new ward. Pretty normal right? But then, they made a little jog in the map that included our town homes, and we were moved from the 21st ward to the 4th. So we won't be in the ward we are familiar with, we won't be in a ward that is half and half, we are now in a ward that was mostly already existing with a few of us thrown in.
I was upset about that, but I was fine. Then the bishops got up and spoke. One old bishop, two new bishops, and our old bishop who will remain the bishop of the 21st ward spoke. He is a fantastic bishop. One of the best I have ever had. He was bishop of a ward of over 700 people and knew us all by name. He truly loves the members of his ward. I lost it when he got up and spoke. I had no idea I would cry like that, but I did. Anyone who knows me knows I am emotional, but this was just ridiculous. It did make me feel better that when we got home Scott told me he feels the same way about losing the bishop, but still, I felt like an idiot bawling in front of that many people.
Anyway, I know it is for the best, I know that the stake presidency didn't sit down and draw lines randomly without consulting with our Heavenly Father, and I know He knows what is best for us, but I will miss my old ward. Even though we weren't that social in that ward, we loved a lot of the children, and the people were familiar. We will just have to have faith and know that eventually the new ward will be just as good and will help us grow.

Stake Conference

Today we had Stake Conference. From what I have heard, and I don't know if this is true or not, we have the largest stake in the church. While there were rumors that our stake was going to be split, the Stake President put those rumors to rest right at the beginning of the meeting. We are, however, going to have a new ward created. Part of that ward will come out of my ward. This new ward will be the 14th ward for the stake. We are meeting at a different time next Sunday for the split and creation of a new ward. Our ward is so big right now, it is not really a surprise, it was announced one day at church that there were 580 people in attendance the week before. There are a lot of wards that don't even have that many people in the ward, let alone attending. Anyway, I have mixed feelings about the split. We really like our ward and our bishopric is awesome. We may be split from our little nursery buddies and we miss them already. Also, we will probably receive callings once the ward is split. Not that that is a bad thing, it is just the unknown. I guess we will see how it goes next Sunday. As they say, worrying is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do, but won't get you very far.