Category: Job Hunt/Work

My feet are killing me. I wasn’t in the office today since the other girl started her contract today. We finally got to work on what we needed to do–track down carts and set up the AV equipment–and we got pretty far. There’s a few carts missing from each grade level so we’re hoping to track those down tomorrow and finish by Wednesday, which is when the teachers need to take their equipment. Thankfully I won’t have to be delivering them this year–or so, I hope not anyway.

I spent most of the day barefoot, as did Mrs. V. Our feet were killing us, but we carried on setting up and talking about everything under the sun.

I had an hour lunch today and I’m so used to gobbling up my food in half an hour that I had a whole half hour to read. It was nice and relaxing. Too bad we don’t have a sofa in the lounge.

It was thundering all afternoon and it started to rain when I was driving home. It was so nice. I got home and Mario and everyone were outside, chilling out. Mario surprised me with a Minute Maid orange juice (I’d been wanting one last night and he forgot to pick one up when he went to the store), which was really sweet. They’d started a fire in the pit and we got some burger patties out and had an impromptu bar-b-q again. I read for a while and then we ate. Adan, Aide and Belle came by later on and I sat and talked with Aide for a while and then came over to take a shower. It starts. My nights of having no life past 8pm!

So now I’m here, waiting for the fideo I’m making to finish cooking for Mario’s and my lunch tomorrow. I’m so sleepy. And so’s Alaethia…she’s been throwing a fit for the past hour. I hope she sleeps through the night again.

The title says it all. I was in the front office all day again today and it was much less nerve wracking than it was yesterday. It would get hectic at times–with 3-4 calls at once–but then I’d have these nice 10 minute gaps of silence. Everyone who passed would look at me sympathetically and say, “It’s boring, isn’t it?” But I enjoyed the peace and quiet.

My quiet moments in the morning were spent reading articles on CNN.com and Yahoo.com. Then we went to lunch. We were treated to Subway today, YUM! The girls and I sat around and talked about my pregnancy again. They’d asked if I’d told Mrs. V. yet since I’m going to quit right after the baby’s born and I said yes–it went much better than I thought it would. Most of them said it was a great thing to stay home with the two little ones. I’m thrilled about it, to tell you the truth. I know I’m making the right choice :).

After we got back from lunch I went to my desk to get my book and read part of the afternoon and then they brought over the messenger bag back packs we’re giving away during registration. My job was to put a notebook and ruler and in each bag. I got done pretty fast with those, then started alphabetizing some forms for Mrs. V. I almost got done with those.

We got to leave half an hour early because we only took a 30 minute lunch, so that was awesome. It was so nice and relaxing driving home. It was overcast and sprinkling and the a/c felt divine. Got home, joked around with John, sat outside with Mom, the kids and the in-laws for a while, took Mom to Dollar General and then went back to chill out with the in-laws. They were bar-b-q’ing and invited us for dinner. It was great just sitting outside with no worries. I didn’t have to make dinner or lunch for tomorrow since they’re treating us and Mario switched his days off so he’s off tomorrow instead of Friday. I spoke to Aunt Nora on the phone for a while (who called to congratulate Mario on getting past the first two parts of the Border Patrol process). I watched half of Return to Oz with the kids. They’d been itching to watch it and I finally found it. All 3 of them were sitting down quietly watching the whole thing. Alaethia won’t sit still for cartoons (well, except for PopPopPants once in a while, which is Spongebob Squarepants) but she’ll sit completely through both Oz movies!

I feel so relaxed right now. I helped Mario out with upholstering our kitchen chairs a little, but Alaethia’s moody because she’s sleepy so here we are, in bed while I type and we watch the Olympics. I hope she sleeps through the night tonight. I even gave in and let her have some milk instead of her usual water because it sucks that she wakes up at 3 and then at 6–one hour before I have to wake up to get ready!

Goodnight!

My appointment went really well the last day I updated, aside from feeling incredibly annoyed by that woman. People never really bother me, because I can usually block everyone out, but she was so loud. Anyway, I weighed in at 127.9, so I gained about a pound and a half. Dr. C. did a sono and I saw my lil’ one’s heart beating for the first time! It was lovely. It confirmed everything for me and gave me a sense of relief. And we saw him/her moving! I’d never seen them move so much at this stage, ever! The little arm nubs were moving up and down; it was the cutest thing. As for my blood work: everything came back healthy and normal, even my blood sugar! Laura said it’s like nothing was ever wrong with me. As she escorted me down the hall she put her arm around me and said I was an inspiration, especially because Mom’s sugar’s been very good, too, since I found out I was borderline diabetic. I can safely say I’m not diabetic right now, though I still have to be careful. You can see the full update here

I came home and showed the kids the sono pic and spent some time with them before John and I met Mario at Target during his lunch. We were on a mission to find a sports coat, so he could return his suit. We found nothing. We went to Ross right next door, which was actually Mario’s idea. I hadn’t even thought of Ross! We found a nice coat and shirt right away. He kissed me goodbye and I dragged John to the maternity section to hopefully find some clothes, but I only found a plum colored blouse and some maternity sweat pants.

We went to JC Penny next to return his suit and look for a matching tie. It took forever trying to find something that was half-decent and matched the shirt, especially since the coat looked green in fluorescent lighting, brown in natural light. I finally decided on an off-white/light yellow shirt and matched a tie. I was starving by the time we left the mall. I wanted Kumori but John didn’t want to go so I settled for Taco Bell. We took Mario a drink to work and showed him his new duds. He was satisfied, thankfully. We made one last stop at Hancock Fabrics to find some maternity panels for my pants. A nice lady helped me find the panels. I asked if they were demi panels and she said they were. Cool. Got some nice fabric for new curtains for the kitchen since I want a change. I’ve had my cherry theme in there since 2002 or so!

Mary was going to mail out Mario’s documents for Border Patrol on Thursday, but he forgot to sign 4 sheets. So there I go, dragging John along with me, all the way to McAllen to get them from Mary, take them to Mario to sign and mail off. Well, that’s the plan. What really happens is all the ladies I speak run into want to talk about the baby and Mario going to the BP Academy. Usually I don’t mind, but I’ve only got 40 minutes to get everything signed and sent off.

Get to Mario’s, who’s in a bad mood, and he signs everything. Mail everything off Priority at the post office and then rush to Hancock Fabrics (rush because John’s being a pain) to return the maternity panels because they ended up being these huge things that I’d have to sew into an oval in my old pants. No thanks. Too much work. So I returned them and bought the upholstery for the kitchen chairs instead, which is a beige vinyl. I learned my lesson: no non-washable fabrics for these chairs! The boys stained them all in a week when we first got them!

Mario had his oral interview on Friday. We woke up super early and I made him breakfast. I made myself some, too and stayed awake because I couldn’t sleep from the excitement. I finally did fall asleep around 8am, for about an hour before getting a call from Sally. She wanted to meet up for lunch. I quickly got up, cleaned up, took a shower and got ready to go. Mario called with the awesome news that he’d passed that part of the process! I made some quick lunch for everyone from the shredded chicken we had left over from the chalupas I’d made the night before. Sally arrived and we went to eat at Chili’s, talking about her and Pete’s upcoming wedding (yay!!!), my pregnancy and everything else in between.

Mary, Mom, the kids and I all went to the outlets the next morning to exchange the boys’ shoes for smaller sizes. Everything went smoothly and thank God, they had their sizes available (the last time they didn’t, hence going back this time).

We ate at Long John Silver’s (always a treat because we don’t have one nearby). Alaethia ate really well. It’s always great to see her eat because she doesn’t always want to eat actual FOOD.

We took Mom and the kids back home so I could go shopping for work clothes. I got a nice amount of maternity clothes for work that’ll look great even while I’m at this awkward stage where my old clothes don’t fit and maternity clothes are still too big. I got a shitton of clothes at Ross and only spent about $70! When we got home Mom already had her specialty made: burritos! They were SO GOOD.

On Sunday, we went to Target, Payless (where I got new ballet flats and Mom got me a new purse for work and shoes for Aly), met Andy and Noelia and went to the mall and I can’t even remember where else. Oh yes, and I picked up my makeup bag at Sally’s. Quentin is so big already with the most beautiful gray/hazel eyes! I chatted with her and Pete for a bit and she’s so sweet: she bought me a few maternity things and threw some extra stuff in! I love that girl :).

I did nothing on Monday, on purpose because I had to do laundry, clean the bathroom and get everything ready for work. I watched The Wizard of Oz with Alaethia, which is her favorite movie of the moment. Well, it has been for about a month. She’s in her “favorites” stage. She’ll watch it all day if possible and sings ‘la, la, la, la, la’ during the Munchkin song. For about a week I’d have to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to her in order for her to fall asleep. She’s got her favorite stuffed bear, named Bunny. Her favorite blanket (that sounds like Bacon when she says it). Her favorite drinks are owanjuice (orange juice) and milk.

I had trouble sleeping last night, because of Alaethia, of course, who woke up 3 times and because I had to pee. I got ready just in time and got to work right on time. Eenan was the only kiddo awake to see me off, aww. I got to work and said hello to everyone and Mrs. V. got there a few minutes after I did. They were waxing our floors so there was furniture everywhere but it was really nice to be back. We quickly got to looking through inventory and checking off a mental to-do list while we walked around. We were looking through the laptops when she asked how my summer was and I found my chance. I told her I had a surprise. She stops what she’s doing, looks at me and says, “You’re pregnant!” and I say, “Yes, I am!” She hugs me and I tell her how I found out and my reaction and everything. We talk about maternity leave and then she asks what I’ll do afterwards. As nervous as I was to hear her reaction, I told her I didn’t think I’d be going back because Mom couldn’t watch both babies. She tells me, “As a mom, I’d stay home and take care of the babies. If I’d had the choice I would have stayed home. As an employer–” and she writhes and clutches her fists and throws them into the air in frustration LOL. She continues, “I’d stay home. Family comes first. You do what you need to do.” I could have thrown my arms around her and hugged her…and bawled. It went so much better than I thought it would. I’m seriously lucky to have her as my boss *tear*.

I spent a few hours putting Newberry labels on books then helped the office staff with 6th grade registrations. The principal taught me how to use the program really quick and he was impressed with how quickly I caught on (he told me himself during lunch *beams*). After lunch, which was some delicious botanas they ordered for us, I went back to help and then was sent to the office since Vero, who was manning the phones, had an emergency. I spent the afternoon reading the news (with the principal’s permission) and answering phones and taking messages. It was such a good day, really. Hope tomorrow’s awesome, too. Just 3 more weeks of work and then we have a 3-day weekend, heh!