I had a job interview today! And a follow-up one scheduled for Monday. YAY!

I'm very hopeful, but we'll see. Might mean going back to work earlier than planned, but hopefully easing into the job. It's for a volunteer coordinator at Joshua Station, a transitional housing program that does great work. I'm hopeful! Yay!

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We're having a BBQ in a couple weeks- a last chance to have friends over before the kiddos comes. Yay! I invited a good crowd of folks, and was feeling glad when right off the bat, both Tom and Sean RSVPed that they were coming. Sean is how we met Tom and Laura, but they all had a falling out about two and a half years ago. There were things ( Read more... )

Somehow, I'm 36 weeks preggo today. I'm not sure how that happened- it's here pretty quickly. I have a friend who is about 21 weeks along, and every time she posts something, it confuses me, because how can she possibly be that far along, when she's months behind me? So here I am. One more week and I'm officially able to deliver at the Birth ( Read more... )

Had a date with Joe on Valentine's Day for an ultrasound. The first shot we saw was the munchkin's spine, so I think it's possible that I'm gestating a dinosaur. A brontosaurus? So now when people ask whether it's a boy or girl, I'm just telling them it's a dinosaur. For real, the spine looked like something that you'd see at the science museum ( Read more... )

It's a busy week ahead, it seems. I have a meeting this morning with one of my families at the kid's middle school. He's been suspended over seemingly small things twice, and they've said that a third suspension can mean expulsion. It seems absurd to expel a kid who isn't having outbursts, who isn't violent, who's been at the school for all of a ( Read more... )

Things our new CEO who has no social service experience does not think about ( Read more... )

It is amazing how much calmer I feel today, knowing I'll be home soon and in time for what I want to be there for. I feel like the regular me, not like how I've been for two weeks. It's really remarkable. I've even been productive today, and calm, and having fun.

I have the most amazing friends ever. Seriously, thank you guys so much for rallying for me. I'm so grateful to be able to come home earlier, in time for the surgery. You guys are amazing, and I'm so thankful.

Oh lord, these people are crazy. Nice, but crazy.