So wow, my history says my last (which was also my first) blog post was July 20th... I've thought a lot about posting again, but obviously have not done so until now!
Quite a bit has changed since July 20, 2010. We've moved out of our little apartment on Elm Street in Springfield. Lived out of suitcases for two weeks at my parents lake house. We've become Virginia residents - with the most hideously ugly driver's licenses ever, no joke. And 2010 is nearly gone!
I've been working at my school for a grand 4 months now and I'm ready for summer break! But wait, I have five and a half more months to go before then! Ah!!! I like my school and my job, it's just draining (as any first year SLP or teacher could attest to). I'm still trying to figure out the SPED (special education - if you weren't in the know there) system and how it works in LCPS. Perhaps I should say 'functions' instead of 'works' because did doesn't always work correctly. I'm sitting at a caseload near 60, with potential newbies and potential "graduates." Thankfully some of those are "consult" but that makes it hard to get the minutes when they aren't solid every weekers on the schedule. I'm not sure how I feel about this whole "consult" model, but I guess it doesn't hurt to wean them down off therapy...
Andrew just passed 90 days with his job. He's worked out of town more than in town as of now. That will likely be the case as we continue into 2011. La Quinta near the base he's been working at since the end of October, has become a home away from home for him - from number of nights spent there, not the level of comfort. He's been commuting this and last week, which has been nice since he had to work. The funny part is that his round trip time is 3 hours, and when he travels an extra hour (30 mins each direction) they get him a hotel... weird. He's learning some new skills, logging hours of experience time, paying bills/feeding savings and getting a security clearance - those are the positives. The negative is neither of us remember how to not hog the blankets come Friday night! haha...
I've slowly unpacked and am still not sure where some things are... I was glad to find the box of coats on the bottom back corner of stacked boxes in late October/early November. Next I'm hoping to find the shower curtain I plan to use in our nearly finished new bathroom (our current bathroom has doors on the shower - so I have not been letting the water fly free for 4 months).
Sadie is adjusting to a bigger residence, yard with leash restrictions, neighborhood construction noise, knowing which door to sit in front of to say "OUTSIDE please!" and living with an old-man dog. We call him a dirty-old-man dog. (Just think, I'm sure you can figure it out.) She likes to play, typical puppy, and he sometimes goes along, other times not so much. He's loosing his teeth and eats slowly. She's learning not to eat his food under supervision. Although when his food is left unattended by person and old-man dog, it's a free for all.
That's the Cloudy wrap up for 2010. Maybe I'll be better at this blog thing in 2011 ;)
