On Thursday of this past week, G told me that he wished it wasn't Thursday. I had to remind him that Thursday is 4 times better than Monday. Apparently he wanted it to be Friday (who doesn't, kid?) As I've gotten older, and saw my free time funneling to my job, I came to love my weekends. With this job change, I definitely still love my weekends, but I don't dread Mondays like I used to. I've had a bunch of ex-coworkers/friends recently give their notice at their jobs, so we've been celebrating their new beginnings, and reliving past memories of our times together at the place where we all met.
And those who have already started in their new positions agree that change is a fantastic thing, and "why did they wait so long?!?" Fear is a great motivator to stay rooted in one place. The last few months have been filled with reflections on my career, and the changes I'd like to see for the future.
What else is changing? The kids, that's who! G is growing like a weed...his size 5 shirts are too short in the sleeves, and his belly hangs out of some of them (because the shirt is too short, not because his belly is too big!) He's been a bit naughty this past week at daycare, and I have fears that he is going to end up spending some significant time in the principal's office in Kindergarten. But, after a discussion over lunch with my new coworkers, we have surmised that child #2 is usually a terror compared to the perfect child #1. G's just a bit more challenging than our lovely, obedient Ava. Good thing he's so darn cute!!
Ava has been doing really well in school, and as noted above, does everything that we ask. Every once in a while, she gets a bit sassy, but I'll take that compared to other things. I was listening to her practice her trumpet, and she sounds so good! She's also having fun with baton, and performed in the Frozen Frenzy competition yesterday with the Performance Team. I like that she's meeting new girls, and learning new skills. We are going to encourage her to keep at these two things, and get even better with practice.
And those who have already started in their new positions agree that change is a fantastic thing, and "why did they wait so long?!?" Fear is a great motivator to stay rooted in one place. The last few months have been filled with reflections on my career, and the changes I'd like to see for the future.
What else is changing? The kids, that's who! G is growing like a weed...his size 5 shirts are too short in the sleeves, and his belly hangs out of some of them (because the shirt is too short, not because his belly is too big!) He's been a bit naughty this past week at daycare, and I have fears that he is going to end up spending some significant time in the principal's office in Kindergarten. But, after a discussion over lunch with my new coworkers, we have surmised that child #2 is usually a terror compared to the perfect child #1. G's just a bit more challenging than our lovely, obedient Ava. Good thing he's so darn cute!!
Ava has been doing really well in school, and as noted above, does everything that we ask. Every once in a while, she gets a bit sassy, but I'll take that compared to other things. I was listening to her practice her trumpet, and she sounds so good! She's also having fun with baton, and performed in the Frozen Frenzy competition yesterday with the Performance Team. I like that she's meeting new girls, and learning new skills. We are going to encourage her to keep at these two things, and get even better with practice.
The competition was running a bit behind, so we had to entertain ourselves while patiently waiting!
We're missing one girl in this picture, otherwise, this is the twirling crew!
We are going into a really, really bad cold snap this week. Scott and I are already assuming that school will be cancelled at least one day due to the wind chill temps. Yikes! I saw a meme this morning that goes off of the "30 days hath September..." saying. This meme ended with "Except January. It has 987 days." January does feel like it lasts FOR-ever. And we've had a pretty mild winter so far. Time to snuggle up and get warm!
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