I know. I'm a slacker. It's just been a bit crazy and such since we moved!
So Jimmy got to Key West July 24th (a Friday) and wasn't feeling great. We went to get the U-Haul after picking him up and by the time we got home, he was pretty sick. He slept all night Friday and a good bit of the day Saturday, while I finished packing up the house. We packed the truck Saturday evening (Lauren and Billy came by to help with the big stuff) and we were on the road by eleven pm.
Jimmy started to feel sick as we were heading out of the Keys, so we stopped in Florida City for a few days and stayed in a hotel there to let him get better. We left there late Monday evening and got the Port Orange very early Tuesday morning. We slept then unpacked and returned the truck.
Abby traveled pretty well, though it helped that most of the major driving we did was while she was asleep. Zeus actually traveled better than I had anticipated. Every once in awhile he would meow to let us know he was there, but I think he slept most of the time.
I love the new apartment. I've gotten the living room completely put together and I'm gotten the kitchen pretty much done. I even have a washer and dryer in there -- I am LOVING that. It's a 110V instead of 220, so it takes a little longer to dry things, but it's better than having to drag things to the laundromat! And I can do things as I have time -- a load here, a load there -- while she's sleeping or whenever I have a chance. It's wonderful.
Our bedroom isn't finished and I've unpacked most of Abby's stuff, but I'm still working on her clothes. But it's coming along! Jimmy's worked all but two days since he got better, so unpacking takes back burner to Abby most days.
I've had a few interviews. There was one full time position I was really hoping I would get, but I didn't sadly. But it's okay. I did get a temporary one that's at least something while I look for something more permanent. (Long story short: Attorney broke from his firm and went solo, but his assistant (the only one who went with him) is going on vacation the 17th and it can't be changed. He needs someone to fill in for that week. I'm working half days next week, full days the week after and we'll see from there.) There's one attorney who said he'd be calling for interviews late this week that I'm really really hoping for, but we'll see. I'll keep y'all posted.
Abby likes it here. Directly across from us live two early teen girls -- Courtney is twelve and Amber is probably thirteen. They have simply fallen in love with Abby. They come over to say hi every day and often when I'm going somewhere if they're outside, they'll ask if I want them to look after her. Usually I say I'm good, but a few times they've kept her for me (interviews, and one afternoon they took her and played with her while I unpacked her room). They're keeping her for me next week and then the week after she is going to a local woman who does day care in her home (next week is her vacation week or Abby would be going there then too). Abby is very happy and seems to have lots of fun playing with Courtney and Amber. I think she just loves the fact that they all adore her over there and, since they only have her small amounts of time, they all focus solely on her and she has their undivided attention. Sometimes Mommy has other things she needs to be doing and can't focus completely on the baby (I feel bad about it but, you know, that's the way it is!).
She's getting big. She's got to be close to fourteen pounds. She's also a pro at rolling over now -- she's been pretty good at going from her tummy to her back, but just in the past couple of days, she's started rolling from her back to her tummy. She's also started on food, which is very interesting. Abby learning to eat is quite the process. She'll eat rice cereal but she isn't sure she likes it. So I tried another veggie, to see if it was the eating she didn't like or the specific food she didn't like. So we tried sweet potatos.
She thinks she likes those.
She still doesn't like the spoon in her mouth so much, but she likes what comes off the spoon, so she's dealing with it. It's cute.
She's also started grinning really big and getting really excited when I start singing to her. I'm not sure why, but I guess she just really likes it, huh? She's very cute about it and it just makes my day when she does it!
So basically, I like it much better up here. I'll feel much more comfortable when I have something more permanent in place job wise but for now, it's okay. The job market and opportunities up here are ten fold as compared to Key West.
I think this might work.
P.S. Camera battery is charging. New pictures and videos tomorrow -- I promise!
So Jimmy got to Key West July 24th (a Friday) and wasn't feeling great. We went to get the U-Haul after picking him up and by the time we got home, he was pretty sick. He slept all night Friday and a good bit of the day Saturday, while I finished packing up the house. We packed the truck Saturday evening (Lauren and Billy came by to help with the big stuff) and we were on the road by eleven pm.
Jimmy started to feel sick as we were heading out of the Keys, so we stopped in Florida City for a few days and stayed in a hotel there to let him get better. We left there late Monday evening and got the Port Orange very early Tuesday morning. We slept then unpacked and returned the truck.
Abby traveled pretty well, though it helped that most of the major driving we did was while she was asleep. Zeus actually traveled better than I had anticipated. Every once in awhile he would meow to let us know he was there, but I think he slept most of the time.
I love the new apartment. I've gotten the living room completely put together and I'm gotten the kitchen pretty much done. I even have a washer and dryer in there -- I am LOVING that. It's a 110V instead of 220, so it takes a little longer to dry things, but it's better than having to drag things to the laundromat! And I can do things as I have time -- a load here, a load there -- while she's sleeping or whenever I have a chance. It's wonderful.
Our bedroom isn't finished and I've unpacked most of Abby's stuff, but I'm still working on her clothes. But it's coming along! Jimmy's worked all but two days since he got better, so unpacking takes back burner to Abby most days.
I've had a few interviews. There was one full time position I was really hoping I would get, but I didn't sadly. But it's okay. I did get a temporary one that's at least something while I look for something more permanent. (Long story short: Attorney broke from his firm and went solo, but his assistant (the only one who went with him) is going on vacation the 17th and it can't be changed. He needs someone to fill in for that week. I'm working half days next week, full days the week after and we'll see from there.) There's one attorney who said he'd be calling for interviews late this week that I'm really really hoping for, but we'll see. I'll keep y'all posted.
Abby likes it here. Directly across from us live two early teen girls -- Courtney is twelve and Amber is probably thirteen. They have simply fallen in love with Abby. They come over to say hi every day and often when I'm going somewhere if they're outside, they'll ask if I want them to look after her. Usually I say I'm good, but a few times they've kept her for me (interviews, and one afternoon they took her and played with her while I unpacked her room). They're keeping her for me next week and then the week after she is going to a local woman who does day care in her home (next week is her vacation week or Abby would be going there then too). Abby is very happy and seems to have lots of fun playing with Courtney and Amber. I think she just loves the fact that they all adore her over there and, since they only have her small amounts of time, they all focus solely on her and she has their undivided attention. Sometimes Mommy has other things she needs to be doing and can't focus completely on the baby (I feel bad about it but, you know, that's the way it is!).
She's getting big. She's got to be close to fourteen pounds. She's also a pro at rolling over now -- she's been pretty good at going from her tummy to her back, but just in the past couple of days, she's started rolling from her back to her tummy. She's also started on food, which is very interesting. Abby learning to eat is quite the process. She'll eat rice cereal but she isn't sure she likes it. So I tried another veggie, to see if it was the eating she didn't like or the specific food she didn't like. So we tried sweet potatos.
She thinks she likes those.
She still doesn't like the spoon in her mouth so much, but she likes what comes off the spoon, so she's dealing with it. It's cute.
She's also started grinning really big and getting really excited when I start singing to her. I'm not sure why, but I guess she just really likes it, huh? She's very cute about it and it just makes my day when she does it!
So basically, I like it much better up here. I'll feel much more comfortable when I have something more permanent in place job wise but for now, it's okay. The job market and opportunities up here are ten fold as compared to Key West.
I think this might work.
P.S. Camera battery is charging. New pictures and videos tomorrow -- I promise!
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