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so..i finally got on lj today to look up some information in the breastfeeding community for someone at work. and i noticed that it has been exactly one year since i've updated. i'm obviously overdue, lol.
everything is going well with the kids. delanie is going to be 9 in a few weeks and is going into the fourth grade this year. avery is three. he is talking A LOT more now but still getting speech therapy and now has a teacher coming to the house twice a month also. nothing much to really report on them.
ted came home from jail on parole in november last year. he lasted about three weeks home and sober before he started drinking again. things were bad and got very bad a few weeks ago. i actually ended up getting a protective order against him for myself and the kids. that lasted..hmm, one day. i called him to make sure he wasn't sleeping in an alley somewhere. i was close..he was sleeping in his friend's shed because he had nowhere to go. i let him come home; he was going through alcohol withdrawal. he stayed in the basement and we didn't really talk for a couple days except for me making sure he was, you know..alive and hadn't died in the basement trying to detox. he has been sober from alcohol and marijuana for 15 days now and everything is going great. we went to counseling together last week and he goes again by himself tomorrow. we are going together again next week.
work is okay. i like my job, the people i work with, and love helping people breastfeed. but "due to budget cuts," all of the peer counselors had their hours cut. i was dropped down to 12hrs a week starting in july. there is a possibility that come october, when the new state budget starts, i will get some of my hours back (i was cut bc of county budget cuts). hopefully all. wishful thinking for more hours than i have now but i will seriously be happy if i still have a job when that new budget hits. ugh. so until then i'm looking for a 2nd job.
everything is going well with the kids. delanie is going to be 9 in a few weeks and is going into the fourth grade this year. avery is three. he is talking A LOT more now but still getting speech therapy and now has a teacher coming to the house twice a month also. nothing much to really report on them.
ted came home from jail on parole in november last year. he lasted about three weeks home and sober before he started drinking again. things were bad and got very bad a few weeks ago. i actually ended up getting a protective order against him for myself and the kids. that lasted..hmm, one day. i called him to make sure he wasn't sleeping in an alley somewhere. i was close..he was sleeping in his friend's shed because he had nowhere to go. i let him come home; he was going through alcohol withdrawal. he stayed in the basement and we didn't really talk for a couple days except for me making sure he was, you know..alive and hadn't died in the basement trying to detox. he has been sober from alcohol and marijuana for 15 days now and everything is going great. we went to counseling together last week and he goes again by himself tomorrow. we are going together again next week.
work is okay. i like my job, the people i work with, and love helping people breastfeed. but "due to budget cuts," all of the peer counselors had their hours cut. i was dropped down to 12hrs a week starting in july. there is a possibility that come october, when the new state budget starts, i will get some of my hours back (i was cut bc of county budget cuts). hopefully all. wishful thinking for more hours than i have now but i will seriously be happy if i still have a job when that new budget hits. ugh. so until then i'm looking for a 2nd job.