July 28, 2008 by veronica.

Our house has been on the market for almost 4 months now. The good news? We’ve had a ton of showings. The bad? No offers. Some feedback has been weird and random, some positive, and some very irritating (I mean, seriously, we can’t do a THING about our neighbor’s yard). We changed realtors, which has helped, but the fact of the matter remains our house is up for sale in one of the worst markets in years. What drives me crazy is that buyers want everything for no money. If you want a cheap house, there are some nice mold-infested messes all over town. Our house is NOT one of them, and yes, it is priced accordingly. Granted, we are looking at houses to buy, too, but we know there’s a huge difference in quality between a foreclosure (or even short sale) and a normal, hey, I need to sell for life reasons house. And yes, there’s a difference in price, but you can’t expect to screw everyone over.
So here we are, Chris still commuting a total of 4 hours a day, and my tummy getting ever-bigger. I hit 34 weeks this week (Or 35 weeks, depending on what dates you line up on the wheel of fun). And even though I have complete confidence going into this birth, there’s still something very unsettling about being home alone with a 2 1/2 year old for almost 13 hours a day with my husband a good 2 hour commute away. The ideal world would have been to move by now, but we had to pull the trigger and move to Plan B. That would be the plan where we move in with Chris’s parents in less than 2 weeks and wait for the baby (and, ostensibly, wait for the house to sell) there. The advantages to this plan are NUMEROUS– Chris will have a shorter commute, someone can help me reach things when I drop them on the floor, the house will always be clean for showings, I won’t be alone for the majority of the day, and on and on…. Sometimes it makes more sense than anything else that could have happened.

We are now spending our days slowly filling boxes. Packing isn’t so bad when you only fill 8 or 9 boxes at a time. We are running out of storage space in our unit, which I take as a sign of immense progress. I have a group of items all organized for when the baby comes. We went through all of Lily’s things and took out the items that were gender-neutral. We have gathered the bassinet, the sheets, and we purchased some clothes for the little guy to wear when he comes home for the first few weeks. Everything that we need right away is in the “Baby Now” tub. It’s all good.

One of the things that you miss out on 2nd (and I’m sure 3rd and 4th) children is the wonderful process of picking out every single item you want for your baby…although it’s kind of nice knowing most of that crap you’ll never need anyway. Yes, we had to pick out some clothes for this kid, but it’s not the same. Some things, though, I have taken large amounts of joy in. Like what, you ask? Well,
1) We spent a portion of the stimulus check on BumGenius 3.0 cloth diapers and cloth wipes. A lot of them. But hey, they’re made in the US, so that’s more stimulation to go around! Once Baby grows out of newborn diapers, we will hopefully have to spend little, if any, money on additional diapers.
2) Last week, after receiving my second invitation to the “Strong Moms” club, I called up the “lovely” Similac corporation and told them to remove me from their mailing list. Hell, I made it 27 months with Lily, I’ll be just fine, thank you! (Yeah, I was a closet nurser, but not so much now….I am VERY proud of us for making it that long!!!!) Here’s to upholding the WHO Code of Ethics!!!!
3) I got to buy a new diaper bag! We just bought it last night. Lily’s bag gave out years ago. We researched, comparison shopped, discussed, but finally ended up buying the closeout version of the Sherpani Lena. I get it on Friday and I’m very excited.
4) I feel great for being this far along. As of last week, I have only gained 21 pounds this whole pregnancy. It’s been a lot of work staying within the guidelines. I watch what I eat, I’ve been going to yoga classes since January, and if all else fails, my midwife gives me a good talking to about the ills of stress eating. This is all good. With Lily, I was always swollen, always had a hard time moving around, and felt like crap for the last 3 months. Now I just feel really pregnant, which means that I have my days if I don’t pace myself.

All in all, things are OK. They could be better, but they could be worse. Right now, we are looking at them just the way they are. Well, trying. And maybe some day we’ll be able to look back and this will all make sense, but right now we’re just going to move on the best we can.

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July 20, 2007 by veronica.

And in some ways, it already has.

The new job?  Going fine.  It’s like this total mind warp to get back into the room I started in in 5 years ago.  Some of my little toddlers are still there….but not so little now.  I’m not sure if I like this working every day thing.  I got so used to being able to count on Tuesdays and Fridays to get so much done.  It’s also a massive difference going from an office environment back to chasing kids all day.  So I’m tired, yeah…and I miss Lily.  But thank GOD it’s not permanent.  At least my day to day stress level has decreased a few times over.  It’s strange..people get more messed up when it comes to just making money than when it comes to taking care of kids.  What do you think that says about our country??  Or me, for that fact?

I taught my first Lamaze class last night.  It went swimmingly.  It was fun and I made it through everything in almost exactly 3 hours.  YAY!   I teach again tomorrow for 6 full hours, and then one more night next week.  Then the last thing will be to take the certification exam in October.  Cool, huh?

I did line up a space finally to start teaching regular classes.   It should be nice and fun and hopefully I can fill the classes up.

Because I have been working so hard on writing my curriculum and lining up classroom space (which was FREAKING IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS DAMN TOWN!  Is everyone made of money?  What?  Most of them are?  Oh.), I have not had a chance to finish my marketing campaign to find postpartum clients or find more labor clients.  I did some work on my website, but I need to do more.  I had to put SOMETHING up to get my course design finished.  I should finish it in the next week or so.  I also need to come up with some logo and register with the state and….ugh.  At least I’m not working off of a deadline then.

Thanks God my sister Anna is here to help juggle all of this.  She has been our savior more than once.

Lily is still around.  She got a big girl bed (aka a toddler bed–no twin bed yet, thank you!) last weekend and now finally figured out she can bust into our room in the middle of the night.  The first time it happened, she scared the bejeezus out of me–she came flying in so fast, I thought we were being invaded!

We’ve also entered very serious negotiations now with Lily regarding the use of the potty vs changing diapers.  Things reached a boiling point this morning, but I think Lily now understands that as long as she keeps using her diapers, not changing her diapers is NOT an option.  She’s working very hard to be free of them and into to big girl undies.   Don’t worry–I’m not the potty Nazi, but once the process was explained in detail, I think she’s getting it, and that’s all I wanted.

So I’m hoping I’ll see people outside of work and my house and my clients again.  I know it’s strange and hard to relate to for most people.  I’m really lucky.  I’ve spoken with quite a few doulas whose husbands just don’t get the being gone at the drop of a hat idea and make life kind of tough.  I’ve been blessed with a husband who “got” it right away. But I take what I do very seriously, even though it is unconventional.  I could go back to a normal 9-5 routine, but is it really worth going through life missing out on what your calling is just so your schedule is “convenient”?  I say no.  But it will get better.  I’m not planning on any more certifications or trainings for at least another year, so I’m hoping that once I’m done working 40 hours a week on top of this, I’ll have breathing room and get to have free time again.

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July 3, 2007 by veronica.

Today marks an exciting new chapter in my professional life.

After much careful thought and planning, I have made the decision to leave my job and my career in favor of a new journey.  I have accepted a temporary position at my old child care employer.  This will allow me flexibility that I need to continue to work as a birth doula as well as time to expand my practice to include childbirth education and work as a postpartum doula. I will start teaching regular classes late summer, early fall (just as soon as I get a facility nailed down), and I will start taking postpartum clients in late October.

My new position begins a week from tomorrow.  I will be working full-time, which will be a very difficult, although temporary, change.  In the meantime, I will be finishing my curriculum and wrap up some loose ends before life becomes very, very different.

Thus begins the life of a sole-proprietorship business.  God help me.

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June 10, 2007 by veronica.

How many activities can be packed into a single weekend?  Well, I know now that it’s possible to:

• Shop at the MOA
• Shop at IKEA
• Visit a Sibling
• Multiply the dollars in your pocket
• Help a baby be born
• Stay overnight in Bloomington
• Visit a landmark that was once a movie set
• Score almost-free breakfast
• Lose at Air-hockey and then find out how pathetically old you are

Yes, it is possible to do all of that, just not in that order.

Friday marked our five year wedding anniversary.  To celebrate, we had planned a wonderful overnight trip without Lily, which was to include a trip to Valleyfair and then an overnight stay at Mystic Lake.  Unfortunately, Friday arrived and still no baby for my client, which meant there was no way I could leave town Friday night, as was originally planned.  She was scheduled for an “induction” on Saturday morning, so by Friday afternoon, we had made plans to get everything done that we usually do on Sundays (groceries, laundry) so that if baby came early enough on Saturday, we could still take our much-needed mini-vacay.  If baby still was not here by Saturday evening, I had very begrudgingly agreed that our trip would be postponed to another weekend (which would have thrown appointments for next weekend out of kilter, but I would have dealt with that.)

Well, wouldn’t you know, it, but while I was in the middle of a very special celebratory meal on Friday, the phone rang.  It was baby time.  Finally!  I had another very amazing, wonderful, eye-opening experience. Baby came into the world that night and I was home a little after 11pm.  You gotta love shorter labors.  That then meant our weekend plans were a go.

Because our plans were not set in stone until Friday night, we had not made any room reservations at Mystic Lake made until Friday.  When Chris called, though, the one room left was a smoking room, which we later were VERY glad not to tale because that casino is so DISGUSTINGLY smokey I would have wanted to sleep with my head out of the window.  We were gonna wing it Saturday night.

Saturday lunchtime found us at Valleyfair.  After a good, quick lunch, Chris and I set out to explore the wonders of the rides.  Or at leaset we thought about riding rides.  See, here was the funny thing:  It seems that since we were last there, we’ve gotten older.  And less willing to get thrown around at crazy speeds.  The massive coaster Wild Thing?  I was terrified (I once rode it 3 times in a row).  Tilt-a-Whirl?  Almost made me hurl (I think I rode that straight for 15 minutes on night a dozen years ago.) The short-but-jerky Excalibur?  I kept my eyes shut most of the time (I think I rode that 6 times in a row one year.)  Chris and I walked past ride after ride, rejecting them each because it was too scary, too wet, too spinny, etc.  We did watch the IMAX movie about dolphins.  We had a great time at the arcade.  However, 3.5 hours after arriving, we had to face the sad fact that we were too old and too concerned with our own well-being to get on any more rides, and left.

We then decided to go to a neaby mall. I knew exactly which mall I wanted to visit, but I had no idea where it was.  Chris had pointed it out once, but didnt remember ever going past it with me.  So we drove around Shakopee for awhile (and literally, we drove AROUND the tow, retracing our steps a couple of times before I remembered that it was some famous mall.  Chris then realized I was talking about the Eden Prairie mall, site of the movie set for Mallrats, so we drove to that mall, in search of fun.

Yeah, that mall was boring.  It had pretty much the same stores our mall has, just on two floors.  SNORE.   After 30 minutes, we got back in the car, but now to head south to Mystic Lake to gamble out money away.

How was Mystic Lake?  Well, to put it mildly, we won.  We won eough money to pretty much pay for our whole weekend, and then some.  Ok, it wasn’t a HUGE amount, but it was fun.  We had fancy dinner in the middle of gambling, them left dinner and threw our last $20 into the machines…and won a bunch more. Chris did a lot better than I did, but we had a really good time pressing buttons and watching the light flash when Chris hit one of the smaller jackpots on a bank of machines.  It was a good time.  However, we still did not have a place to stay, so we decided to head on up to Bloomington to find a hotel.

After stopping at a gas station, we realized we were just minutes away from Chris’s brother’s house.  Since he has internet, we stopped by to say hi and book a room.  We got one at a hotel just next to the MOA, and even got a great rate that included breakfast.   So off we went, first to shop (for a mere 40 minutes before the stores closed) and then to our wonderful hotel room, where Chris had a great (if overpriced) bottle of wine delivered to our room.  And, for the first time in almost 2 years, we both enjoyed a full night of quiet, uninterrupted sleep.

We had an awesome breakfast, thanks to our package deal.  They even had a waffle bar!  We went to IKEA to peruse the kids room items, then again to the MOA of do a little more shopping (and get there just in time for a fire to break out), and finished our weekend with a trip to the baby superstore to buy a bed in a bag for Lily’s soon-to-be refinished toddler bed.

Lily was happy to see us when we got her from Chris’s parents.  We were happy to see her.  But, all in all, it was a wonderful way to celebrate 5 years of wedded bliss, even if it did almost get derailed by a baby who refused to be born.

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May 18, 2007 by veronica.

I Hate to wait for anything.  The only thing I hate more is being late.

I am now in that insane holding pattern that is waiting for a baby to come.  But for 2 moms.  Yes, I was crazy enough to take 2 clients at once.  I’ve spoken with both of of them in the last 24 hours, and labor could hit for real at any moment.  So what do I do?  Repack my doula bag so that the universe knows that I’m serious and these babies can come at any time now.  Do you hear me, universe?  ANY TIME NOW!

sigh

The bummer part is that I have to stay in town and keep the food supplies stocked in case I have to leave the house in a hurry.  No real fun-ness for me. This also means I am missing my baby sister’s graduation from college.  Congrats, Anna.  I am super proud of you.  We’ll party when you get home.  Maybe we’ll even have a reenactment.  I’m sure you don’t get that reference yet.  Maybe you won’t for awhile.  I’ll fill you in later.

All that’s left to say is…come on, babies!  I can’t wait to help bring you into this world!

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May 12, 2007 by veronica.

There were rumors life would be simpler after I passed my Series 7 exam. I am here to say that those rumors were 100% false. I’ve been just as busy, if not busier. If it’s not one thing, then it’s another; I’ve had a doula-related commitment 2 or 3 times a week for the past few weeks, Throw a birthday in there, and it’s a recipe for..well, a recipe for a whole lot of busy.

I had to put off my doula volunteer day at Woodwinds until the end of April so that I would have a chance to take my test. To catch everyone up, I have now been on call 3 days, and I have had no births. I guess if you want a quiet hospital, have me on call. I was on call for the month of May just 2 weeks after that. I have 2 private clients due this month, so I needed to get my monthly shift out of the way early on. I’ve been spending the nights at my grandmother’s apartment in Hastings, which ends up being pretty cool, since we have a good time together and I just don’t see her enough. The only down side (other than having no births) is that those shifts pretty much wipe out a whole weekend, and even without a baby, I still come home pretty darn exhausted.

The other half of the doula story is my work in Rochester. I have acquired more private clients (now I even have paying clients!!!!), which is great. However, all of my clients require meetings. And emails. And phone calls. It’s kind of nuts. Some nights I’ll come home from a meeting, just to call a client and talk to her while emailing someone else.

What’s really my largest accomplishment , though, is getting the birth network that we’ve been trying to form since November off the ground and running. We’d been struggling for awhile, but the departure of our leader and the realization that May is Doula Awareness Month (yes, everything has a month) really lit a fire under all of us. We had a display at the Healthy Baby Fair and Babies R Us today, but in order to get ready for that, we put up a website, created brochures, and built a display from scratch. These are 5 of us, but we all worked our butts off to get it put together. Our next challenge is getting on the local news stations, but we’re confident that someone will put us on the air. We’ve got big plans and dreams, but it’s so thrilling to have a group of women to really rely on. And the best part is knowing that we’ll be able to have a positive impact on the lives of local families, one birth at a time. So thrilling!!!

And yet, I do still have tests to pass for work. I finally got my textbooks for my Series 66. I need to hit those puppies pretty hard. I am afraid to schedule the test before my May clients have their babies, though. And once that’s out of the way, I have to get my Life and Health Insurance licenses (which will be easy), and Oh Yeah, I have Lamaze training in Chaska at the end of this month.

See? Not better, just different.

One of these days when I have free time, I need to post about Lily. She’s changing so quickly. Some people scrapbook; I blog.

However, what will keep me going is knowing that, now that I have paying clients, we can go ahead and plan for our very first family vacation right after Thanksgiving to Disney World. Yes Beane, that means that, if you and your family don’t mind, we may see you for a couple of days in the great state of Florida. I love planning for Disney vacations. Once I’m done studying my investment books, I can move right on to Disney guide books. This is one time when it’s not just different; it’s definitely better.

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March 30, 2007 by veronica.

I have been avoiding my blog for a couple of weeks.  Yes, avoiding.  There’s something about posting that makes things so real, both bad and good.  I mean, once I post then they’ve hit what’s basically a public domain and there’s no use denying whatever I wrote. Long story short?  I am freaking out…with a smidgen of a panic attack thrown in.

I will be gone all of next week, taking a class that’s supposed to get me ready to take the Series 7 test on the 17th.  While I have been looking forward to this just so I can a have a real person explain some of these things to me (like bonds…I just don’t get them), I will be staying.  In Minneapolis.  All week.  No coming home allowed.  No Chris, no Lily, and well, no free time.  I don’t always get the most excited about upcoming events, but I don’t know if I’ve ever dreaded anything as much as this.  It really sucks.  The only thing that gets me through all of the studying and dread is by telling myself I have to get through this as quickly as possible so I don’t have to do it again.  I’ll pass, and then I can move on to better things.

In the meantime, I literally spend all of my free time studying and taking practice tests.   So, some of you may wonder what happened to me.  One of these days I will have time again and you will see my face.  The stress is just really getting to me, and, for better or for worse (I’m sure the latter), I kind of crawl into a cocoon until the storm subsides.

As for everything else…ugh…the drama.  Everything seems like it’s hit a rough patch… family (well, what’s left of mine), the doula stuff, work sucks…I’m just not sure what to do right now.  Well, no, that’s not true.  Study.  I just have to study for 18 more days, and that hopefully will be all over.  And then maybe I’ll be able to come up for air just long enough before I get sucked back into the grind.  Let’s hope it works that way.

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February 22, 2007 by veronica.

I realize that my blog lately hasn’t really had anything to do with what’s going on in my life for, like, 3 weeks.  I keep hoping random posts will make up for the fact that I really don’t want to put the energy into things unless I have to.  Life lately has been extremely stressful and somewhat depressing.  I mean, if I really must whine, I still haven’t had a week where I didn’t have to go to work or do doula things on one or both of my days off.  I know, I know, I know that most of the world can handle working not just 4 days a week, but 5 whole friggin days!  I really should stop whining, right?  Well, here’s the thing:  I really, really, really like routine, and I routinely work 3 days a week. It’s good that Lily does too, because it’s made bedtimes and other things a whole lot easier.  But I have had no routine in my life for months, and I gotta admit that it’s starting to wear on me.  Every free moment I get, I’d rather spend it relaxing at home than out in the real world.  It’s not that I don’t want to talk to or see my friends, it’s just that everything else has taken so much energy that I have to save what’s left for me and Chris and Lily.  I’m sure it doesn’t help that we all went from one cold to another in a 2 and a half week span, but still, I’d do anything for one normal, boring week.  I just know it’s not gonna happen…not until April.

This week was supposed to be normal, even fun.  I had a play date scheduled for Tuesday and dinner with an old coworker that night.  But at 9:15am Monday, my March client called to say that she was being admitted to the hospital and was in labor.  Well, 8 hours later, they sent her home (and I TOTALLY understood why she was so pissed about it…but doulas can’t talk about their births with clients).   Monday was shot to hell.  That meant I worked Tuesday morning, but I was so emotionally drained, it was very difficult to get through the morning.  So right now, no doula baby, and until there is one, I am constantly thinking “ohmygodwhodoIcallnowtowatchLilyifthebabycomesnow”, and I gotta say, that is exhasting.  I know I will feel sooo much better once this baby comes, but as I keep telling my client, we gotta be patient.
But on the plus side, I feel like I did OK on Monday with the mom.  I kinda feel like a failure because she didn’t progress, but maybe this experience is to help me get over my birth baggage.  This would be a good thing, because my first on call shift at the hospital is next month.

And to top it off, I am coming to the realization that there will most likely be no big vacations this year.  I keep having conflicts come up.  So while I got the very awesome news that there will be Lamaze Childbirth Educator training in Chaska this summer, it happens to fall on dates I was hoping to leave town…and use money I was hoping to use on said trip.  And I really, really need a vacation, but I need to go to Chaska more.
So yeah, I’m kinda in a funk.  Don’t take it personally.   Things will get better. Rather than give up anything for Lent (which I haven’t done in awhile, except that year I had to give up my 1-2bag/day habit of Cheetos in college…I like to challenge myself on a different level), I am really going to try harder to stay positive, even when I don’t really feel like it.  I’ll be “putting out all those good vibes”, like a doula told me to do the other day.  I haven’t been very successful yet, but dammit….my nose is dripping everywhere!  I’ll do better once it stops.

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February 1, 2007 by veronica.

Well, January is over, and I feel like I missed the whole thing.  I really was very busy, which can be a good thing, but GOOD GOD don’t I get to sit down for 5 minutes?  I am getting the hang of my iPod (and got decent headphones for it), and I really love iTunes.  So now I have a little buddy to take with me to work to keep me entertained and happy while the world around me goes crazy…

It’s been a big week for me.  Last Tuesday, I interviewed for the volunteer doula position.  It went really well.  It’s so nice to talk to people who actually want to talk about birth and the whole culture surrounding birth.  It was really a good experience.  The head of the program called me on Friday to tell me I was accepted.  Her only criticism was that I tried too hard to impress them.  She said as long as I relax, I’ll be a very good doula.  Good to know.

Then last Wednesday, my first doula client called to tell me that her baby was breech and they had scheduled a C-section for the 31st.  I gotta admit, I panicked.   I had no idea what to do as a doula for a scheduled C-section.  I didn’t even know if it would count as a certification birth.  I did find out that night that I would have to do a lot more paperwork, but that it would count if I was in there for the birth.  I did go with for the birth, but I was nervous as heck because my client was told only 1 person was allowed in the OR.  Thanks to to a great anethetist and a very understanding OB, I was allowed in.  I was very helpful (I was told later), and I did not try to impress anyone.  I gotta admit, it was pretty awesome– not the C-section part (which happens just like you see on TV)–but the whole being a support erson thing is pretty awesome.  I found myself quietly explaining things to the mom a few times.  At least I was paying attention to everything I read.  I got home last night at 8:30.  I didn’t see Lily all day.  I was DEAD TIRED.  But you know what?  It was one of the best days..I am officially a doula!  WOOOOO!!!  And I have another birth lined up for March now.  YAY!

So with all of this going on (oh, and my schedule only gets worse.  If I’m not working, I have a dr. appointment for shots for the doula program…and training…and I’m going into work extra days…and at some point I’ll have to be on call at the hospital…and doula meetings…and studying…), Chris and I were able to get out and have a little bit ‘o fun all by ourselves.  We went to my work’s kickoff up at a hotel in Minneapolis.  It was a fancy affair, so I had to go out and get a fancy dress, nice shoes, and a shawl.  We got all dressed up, went out, ate an awesome steak dinner, and I had some wine…

Here are some pictures.  The last one…yeah, I can’t figure out how to fix it.  I’m sorry.  And the first picture…Lily and I were waltzing.  And yes, she’s very good at it.  She almost never steps on my feet. Oh, and she sings the waltz music for us…watch out, Broadway.  Lily is a singing, dancing fool.

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January 16, 2007 by veronica.

As I just told Chris, I feel like I’ve been such a slouch the last few weeks.

In my defense, Lily went from the stomach flu straight to hard-core teeething (2 or 3 teeth at once) to a virus complete with a 103 degree fever that lasted 5 days and finally went away Sunday.  She still has a nose that’s so stuffy that it makes it hard for her to nurse.  Anna, my sister, left Saturday after staying with us since before Christmas.  The house is really quiet, but it’s strange not having an extra set of hands.  There’s a huge list of To-Dos piling up, which include: dishes, various emails, blog posts, pictures to post, updating my website, putting away Lily’s clothes, and enrolling Lily in swimming and/or gymnastics lessons.

In the midst of the illness and holidays, Lily took it upon herself to kill my cell phone last week.  Her first attemt was only partially successful; she cracked a hinge of the flip part of my phone.  It still worked, but it was thisclose to falling apart.  I bought a new phone that night, and after we got home, Lily grabbed the poor phone and finished it off, ripping the screen from the keypad.  I feel so out of place with my new phone.  The ringers are all weird, so it takes me awhile to realize that it’s my phone that’s ringing.  I keep pushing the wrong buttons, losing calls, dialing the wrong numbers….but I know I’ll like it once I get used to it.

Compounding my problems adjusting to new consumer electronics was the arrival of my new/used iPod from it’s old home in Rochester, NY.  The very lovely Lizzie sent it to me, and I have to admit that I am so completely clueless when it comes to this thing.  Anna gave me a crash course, but I still worry that I’m going to do something and kill it.  I do love it, though.  I love the idea of being able to put all of the music I own onto it and carry it with me.  When I was 8 or 9, my Gifted Education teacher said that she wished that someday she could put all of her music onto the computer so she could listen to it.  It turns out she was so on with that, just 10 years ahead of time.  So with the camera phone and the iPod, I am now moving into the 21st century.   I’ll have to adjust.

So that’s been life the past few weeks– new cell phone, new iPod, illness, and changes at work.  The practice is growing with the hiring of a new Admin Assistant.  I’ll be moving to Rochester full time (Well, still the 3 days a week) as one of the reps moves to Rochester.  We’re looking at moving out of our building into a new building, since there’s a very very large amount of office space for rent and we can negotiate a very good deal for ourselves.  My role there is changing, too.  I’ll no longer do any scheduling or day to day client management; instead I’ll just focus on the planning, trades, and transactional customer service.  Hmm…I have to write a job description for myself, and that looks like a good start.

I’ll make Chris update the website soon.  And I’ll get those dishes done soon, too.  I just have to wait for my iPod to finish uploading the new songs…or whatever it’s called.

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