Ok, I give in, I'll make a new post. But I'll warn you, it's not that exciting.
I've posted some pictures from New Years to peak your interest. The kids had a great time. They all spent a couple of hours preparing for the midnight parade and making costumes. We didn't really think that Erik would make it until midnight, but they both were still going strong at 2 am. This was their first New Years awake, so it was sentimental for me. They marched outside in the freezing weather and banged their noise makers.
I have started my new job at H & R Block. It's fun and hard. Since a week ago last Thursday I have been working every day. February 27th is my first day off in sight. I thought it wouldn't be that big of a deal to work so much, but it's much harder than I thought. I work about 3 hours at night and then two 8 hour shifts on the weekends. My body is tired and my chronic mouse arm is acting up worse than ever.
It's cutting into my computer time at home because I'm tired of using those fingers.
I spend my days trying to catch up on my shows and spend time with the kids. We just finished reading the Tale of Despereaux, and I recommend it to those of you who have little ones. It's the first book I've read to them that they ask me not to stop.
Vic has been a big trooper with my new job, but I think it's harder than he thought too. He doesn't enjoy being on his own with the kids all day on the weekends.
It's been fun to work again. I like having co-workers, they are all really nice and helpful. And it's nice to contribute monitarily to the family. I also enjoy meeting new people every day. I've had some interesting clients. My office is in downtown Auburn, so we get all kinds there. Yesterday I had a couple of men come in, who turned out to be partners. One was deaf and the other was hard of hearing. They looked like they hadn't showered in a few weeks and smelled horrible. But they turned out to be very nice and grateful for the help I gave them. I'm realizing how quickly I judge people, and how different people are. Most of my clients are very nice, I've only had one get mad at me so far. He yelled at me over the phone, which I was sooo grateful he wasn't in the office at the time.
So it's been a good experience for me. If I survive this season, I will probably go back again next year, but not work so many hours.
Thanks for missing me, but I probably won't post very often until after April.
We had this whole thing planned to take Taryn down to Kent station and surprise her by telling her she could get her ears pierced for her birthday and then go out to dinner. She has been talking about this for over a year and we've always told her she had to wait until she was 13. Vic distracted the kids while I went into the place to make sure they had two people on hand. So then we told Taryn our big surprise and she says, "um...no...not right now." So we went to dinner instead and talked about what she might want instead. During dinner I guess she changed her mind and decided to do it. Of course I quizzed her to make sure she was sure about it (I'm not helpful when she's making decisions).
She was super nervous and just held still and didn't say hardly anything. Then when they did it, she just stared straight ahead and didn't even cry. I was pretty surprised. She's happy now though, and loves to wear her hair in a pony tail to show them off.
