Yes, a real post
Well, for my first real update in a while, I guess I’ll start by telling what-all I’d like to update about. Yeah, sure, I know. What-all isn’t a word. Bite me.
Our lives have been very full. We have an exchange student this year from Germany. Julia arrived August 8 and has really rounded out our family. She’s a delightful young woman. Burgundy has started high school. I know that’s obvious from the twitter posts, but there are so many stories to be told just about her high school adventures that they’ll take up several posts. There’s band and its resident Drama Llama (really, I think there’s a fairy drama llama lurking on the field, and it anoints different kids on different days to do its nefarious bidding). Other parents believe their children are infallible and that this infallibility extends to their kids’ friends. The Algebra II teacher has a Ph.D. and its associated inability to function socially. Debate.
We’ve become more involved with our church since resigning from the Space School, and we’re looking forward to involving ourselves in local Habitat for Humanity projects. I’ve joined a new soccer team. We paid off all our debt (excepting the ubiquitous mortgage); we made the last payment September 4 and threw a party because that’s how we roll. I’m co-leading a Financial Peace University class now, and I’m thinking about becoming a financial counselor. I’m also working with the other FPU leader at our church to petition the church to let us lead the class for the youth group.
I’m planning Camp Eagle Fart II for mid-November coincident with the Kid ‘n Ewe Fiber Festival in Boerne, TX.
We have not been able to conceive since our miscarriage in May 2008. At this very moment, everything else pales beside this fact: I’m 34, almost 35. We’ve had one failed pregnancy in 19 cycles. We have 36 cycles remaining, 42 if I’m very lucky. I’m aging out of maternity, and it’s breaking my heart. I’ll write more about this, too.
My website effort, lillybell.com failed. I didn’t write in it often enough to draw people in. One of those bottom-feeding companies bought up the URL when it expired, and now they want $250 or something obscene to give it back. They won’t get it from me. I registered grohmanfamily.com and mslilly.com. I’ve done nothing with either of them. Soon enough, I’ll devote an hour a day to blogging. I’ll do it mainly at mslilly.com.
I’m going to work part-time. I currently work full-time for a contractor on the Orion Project. I’m working to get onto another project in the same ( Constellation) program that is parent to Orion as a part time business process analyst. It looks very hopeful right now. Worst case scenario, I will leave this position no later than the end of this year, and I’ll take the 75 - 80% pay cut that goes along with substitute teaching part time. So be it.
So look for more updates soon. I’m a little depressed to be honest, but I’ll work my way out of it. The depression is almost entirely infertility-related; this too shall pass.
Our lives have been very full. We have an exchange student this year from Germany. Julia arrived August 8 and has really rounded out our family. She’s a delightful young woman. Burgundy has started high school. I know that’s obvious from the twitter posts, but there are so many stories to be told just about her high school adventures that they’ll take up several posts. There’s band and its resident Drama Llama (really, I think there’s a fairy drama llama lurking on the field, and it anoints different kids on different days to do its nefarious bidding). Other parents believe their children are infallible and that this infallibility extends to their kids’ friends. The Algebra II teacher has a Ph.D. and its associated inability to function socially. Debate.
We’ve become more involved with our church since resigning from the Space School, and we’re looking forward to involving ourselves in local Habitat for Humanity projects. I’ve joined a new soccer team. We paid off all our debt (excepting the ubiquitous mortgage); we made the last payment September 4 and threw a party because that’s how we roll. I’m co-leading a Financial Peace University class now, and I’m thinking about becoming a financial counselor. I’m also working with the other FPU leader at our church to petition the church to let us lead the class for the youth group.
I’m planning Camp Eagle Fart II for mid-November coincident with the Kid ‘n Ewe Fiber Festival in Boerne, TX.
We have not been able to conceive since our miscarriage in May 2008. At this very moment, everything else pales beside this fact: I’m 34, almost 35. We’ve had one failed pregnancy in 19 cycles. We have 36 cycles remaining, 42 if I’m very lucky. I’m aging out of maternity, and it’s breaking my heart. I’ll write more about this, too.
My website effort, lillybell.com failed. I didn’t write in it often enough to draw people in. One of those bottom-feeding companies bought up the URL when it expired, and now they want $250 or something obscene to give it back. They won’t get it from me. I registered grohmanfamily.com and mslilly.com. I’ve done nothing with either of them. Soon enough, I’ll devote an hour a day to blogging. I’ll do it mainly at mslilly.com.
I’m going to work part-time. I currently work full-time for a contractor on the Orion Project. I’m working to get onto another project in the same ( Constellation) program that is parent to Orion as a part time business process analyst. It looks very hopeful right now. Worst case scenario, I will leave this position no later than the end of this year, and I’ll take the 75 - 80% pay cut that goes along with substitute teaching part time. So be it.
So look for more updates soon. I’m a little depressed to be honest, but I’ll work my way out of it. The depression is almost entirely infertility-related; this too shall pass.