Stuff
I rarely post here anymore (hurray for Facebook) but hey, I still read YOUR posts.
First off, baby is due in about a month. We haven't really let it hit us so much because we are very adamant about it not completely changing our lives. I am constantly getting up and randomly cleaning, putting things away, or doing some random task, so adding more baby-related random tasks to the madness doesn't seem like such a big deal. I mean, I'm obviously aware of the responsibility and what not, but I'm really not worried about the additional work. Not looking forward to waking up a bunch during the night, but I do it a lot anyway. May as well have a purpose. As for going out...well, who goes out anyway? Oh no, we have to stay at home with the baby! The couch has always had a third seat anyway. I'm not missing anything.
Second, man oh man, finding a public teaching job is RIDICULOUS. Jessica still hasn't found anything, and I am still making my pittance at the private school. I have a freaking MASTERS IN EDUCATION and I can't even get an interview (Livejournal is still for whining, right?). There are simply no jobs around here, but until we are in severely dire straights, we have no intention of moving. The problem is a combination of schools being stupid with their spending and now having trouble getting their levies passed, and Columbus having about 20 major colleges with decent Education programs. Too many applicants, too few jobs.
I can't complain too much...I have a job. Two, actually. The first pays the mortgage and a few bills, the second gives us that little bit extra so that we don't go completely insane. Or soon, so that the baby can have someone to watch it during the day. Jessica got hired as a sub for Columbus Public, so she'll actually be making more than I make, but she won't get any health benefits from it. Thankfully the baby is covered by the same program Jess is on while she is unemployed, though her coverage expires after the baby is born.
Why do I sound fairly nonchalant about all of this? Because despite all the ridiculous crap that has happened to us in the last year, we've been given everything we need to get by. We are incredibly fortunate to have all the support we have, and to have the wisdom to understand that we honestly don't have it that bad, even when it feels like it.
We honestly believe that God does provide, and there is so, so much evidence of it here.
First off, baby is due in about a month. We haven't really let it hit us so much because we are very adamant about it not completely changing our lives. I am constantly getting up and randomly cleaning, putting things away, or doing some random task, so adding more baby-related random tasks to the madness doesn't seem like such a big deal. I mean, I'm obviously aware of the responsibility and what not, but I'm really not worried about the additional work. Not looking forward to waking up a bunch during the night, but I do it a lot anyway. May as well have a purpose. As for going out...well, who goes out anyway? Oh no, we have to stay at home with the baby! The couch has always had a third seat anyway. I'm not missing anything.
Second, man oh man, finding a public teaching job is RIDICULOUS. Jessica still hasn't found anything, and I am still making my pittance at the private school. I have a freaking MASTERS IN EDUCATION and I can't even get an interview (Livejournal is still for whining, right?). There are simply no jobs around here, but until we are in severely dire straights, we have no intention of moving. The problem is a combination of schools being stupid with their spending and now having trouble getting their levies passed, and Columbus having about 20 major colleges with decent Education programs. Too many applicants, too few jobs.
I can't complain too much...I have a job. Two, actually. The first pays the mortgage and a few bills, the second gives us that little bit extra so that we don't go completely insane. Or soon, so that the baby can have someone to watch it during the day. Jessica got hired as a sub for Columbus Public, so she'll actually be making more than I make, but she won't get any health benefits from it. Thankfully the baby is covered by the same program Jess is on while she is unemployed, though her coverage expires after the baby is born.
Why do I sound fairly nonchalant about all of this? Because despite all the ridiculous crap that has happened to us in the last year, we've been given everything we need to get by. We are incredibly fortunate to have all the support we have, and to have the wisdom to understand that we honestly don't have it that bad, even when it feels like it.
We honestly believe that God does provide, and there is so, so much evidence of it here.