I totally have a job that you could call a "mom job". I actually switched my major from Broadcast Journalism to Speech Pathology so I could have a job that lends itself to mommy"ing". Which was also good, b/c I think I was a pretty awful journalism major. Now that motherhood is starting to finally creep in, although very slowly and in an unexpected way, I am thankful for my career choice.
Since we moved to Sugar Land I have been experiencing quite the little commute. Yesterday I left for work at 7:45 and arrived at 9:20 due to 2 wrecks! I had no intention of leaving my current job until recently and an offer literally fell into my lap. So, I will be starting a new job in the good ol suburb of Sugar Land on February 6th. It is minutes from my house, and they are in the process of creating extra space so that the therapists can bring their children to work!!
I am still unclear about what my work life is going to look like when baby J gets here, but I am SO thankful for my job, the flexibility, and the opportunity to help little cutiepatooties learn how to communicate with this big scary world! :)
Not much else is going on around here....HA, yeah right! We are now in the process of getting our 8 hours of agency required training done, 2 hour online seminar, transracial exercises, and discussion questions done. I guess I was skimming when I read this part of our adoption manual b/c I could have sworn we didn't have to do this now. But apparently it must be done before we can submit our dosseir, thus keeping us off waiting lists until it is done. Oh, and one of our exercises is to "experience ethiopian cuisine and write about the experiece". So if anyone wants a unique evening out, feel free to join us. I actually found a place on Richmond in Houston that is supposed to be yummy!
We were also told that right now in Ethiopia, waits for a referral are approx. 6-7 months and that once you get your referral you are still looking at a 6-8 month wait until you can bring the baby home. So assuming we are finally on a waiting list in 2 months or so, we are still looking at some waiting. I am continually floored that it is so darn difficult to get these babies out of the orphanages. But, it is what it is. It will just make that day even better when we fianlly load up our precious cargo into the car at IAH and drive her to her forever home!!!
That's all for now. It is definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Not so much feeling like it, it is 75 and humid today. But growing up in Houston, I have stopped wishing for the cold. 75 degree Christmas feels like Christmas to me! :)
Since we moved to Sugar Land I have been experiencing quite the little commute. Yesterday I left for work at 7:45 and arrived at 9:20 due to 2 wrecks! I had no intention of leaving my current job until recently and an offer literally fell into my lap. So, I will be starting a new job in the good ol suburb of Sugar Land on February 6th. It is minutes from my house, and they are in the process of creating extra space so that the therapists can bring their children to work!!
I am still unclear about what my work life is going to look like when baby J gets here, but I am SO thankful for my job, the flexibility, and the opportunity to help little cutiepatooties learn how to communicate with this big scary world! :)
Not much else is going on around here....HA, yeah right! We are now in the process of getting our 8 hours of agency required training done, 2 hour online seminar, transracial exercises, and discussion questions done. I guess I was skimming when I read this part of our adoption manual b/c I could have sworn we didn't have to do this now. But apparently it must be done before we can submit our dosseir, thus keeping us off waiting lists until it is done. Oh, and one of our exercises is to "experience ethiopian cuisine and write about the experiece". So if anyone wants a unique evening out, feel free to join us. I actually found a place on Richmond in Houston that is supposed to be yummy!
We were also told that right now in Ethiopia, waits for a referral are approx. 6-7 months and that once you get your referral you are still looking at a 6-8 month wait until you can bring the baby home. So assuming we are finally on a waiting list in 2 months or so, we are still looking at some waiting. I am continually floored that it is so darn difficult to get these babies out of the orphanages. But, it is what it is. It will just make that day even better when we fianlly load up our precious cargo into the car at IAH and drive her to her forever home!!!
That's all for now. It is definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Not so much feeling like it, it is 75 and humid today. But growing up in Houston, I have stopped wishing for the cold. 75 degree Christmas feels like Christmas to me! :)
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I would totally go try ethiopian food with you!
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