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It has been a wild weekend already. Yesterday was Friday, and hubby had
the day off so he hung out around home and helped me run the biz.
It's always so nice having him here, especially now that we've established a wonderful working
relationship. He helps out so much and makes those kinds of days easy
peasy for me! Sometimes I wonder if I'm being fair to the parents who
employ me... how can I be so lucky to get paid to play with kids all
day! (ahem, and then other days, I remember clearly... hah!)

But yesterday afternoon, husby left me to go to a job interview. This
interview was for a job that he has been eyeballing for a long time ...
a job that would require him to move to a different position,
essentially still working at the same place, kinda. It's in his same
field of work, but with more security and the chance to work his way up
somewhere - instead of feeling stuck in the rut that he's in where he
works right now. I don't know if I've mentioned it much here on the
blog, but his work hours S.U.C.K. right now... they work him to death
until his 40 hours are in, and then send him home for the rest of the
week. This often means working his regular 9 hour shift one day, then
going in for 5 hours that night, and working his regular shift again the
next day.... which often means he is dog tired all week long and
driving at night exhausted - which makes me HATE his employers! It's
not safe, and it's not fair - they've required him to go to work
whenever his pager goes off... it doesn't matter what time of day or
night it is - doesn't matter if it's a weekend or work week. Doesn't
matter if we church, a date, or a party planned... if that pager beeps
- he's out the door and in the office within 20 minutes. And, I'm fed up
with it!

Whew, thanks for listening! (blogging is therapy) ... All of that is
just to say, Horray! He had a job interview and he thinks it went well.
Now we get to wait wait wait for the decision. Since it's a federal
government position, it could be a long while before we hear anything.
We'll just get to wait and see!

In other news, our girls are sick. Julia started it with a horrible
cough - one that rattles her chest and makes her cry of frustration
because the coughing is relentless. And, since Julia had RSV as a baby,
her colds often turn into asthma-like attacks - which is never fun. And
now Rebecca has Julia's cough and Julia's cold is moving on through her
system - so now she has a sore throat (in the glands) and runny nose and
watery eyes. Rebecca can look forward to those symptoms in a few days,
I'm afraid. It's been horrible having two sick kiddos - we're so lucky
that this is the first time Rebecca's ever been sick! The good news is
that it seems to be moving through them pretty quickly - in a few days
they'll be back to their old selves, I'm sure.

Thank goodness this is moving through their systems so quickly. It seems
like sleep really is the only thing helping them right now - every time
they wake up from night rest or a nap, they seem much better than
before... so today really hasn't been too bad. Good thing, too -
because we had big plans this morning!

As you may know, I've been enjoying the sport of running a lot lately -
and so today, I ran my second 5K

The run itself was brutal - it was very windy and there was a killer
hill right at the beginning. The first hill just about did me in - and I
told my sweet and faithful running buddy that I was done - I slowed way
down and begged her to run on and leave me to walk... but she is such a
super friend that she held back with me and encouraged me to keep on
running. So, I did end up running the whole 3.1 miles! For me, this is
a big accomplishment and did wonders for my athletic self-esteem.
Whenever the run got really painful, I just keep trucking on - mostly
because I would think about Abbey and
imagine that she must feel that way 24/7 when she's on Chemo.... and I
knew that my pain would only last for the next 1/2 hour or so... then I
would get to rest, shower, and relax for the rest of the day feeling
great. I wish Chemo worked that way, too... By the way, today's race
was for the benefit of a really great foundation. Go read about it!

At any rate, I do feel great and I have so much pride for not walking
(thanks so much, Val!) ... tonight happens to be a "ladies night out"
among friends. Rich and the girls have already left to eat and be merry
with his family - and I'll be leaving soon to meet the girls at
TGIFridays... a much deserved night out after a week long battle with
sick kiddos.

Tomorrow will be an adventure, as we have plans to diversify our Sunday
routines... maybe someday I'll blog about that one ;) For now, I things
to do, places to go, people to see, and a margarita to drink.
Happy Saturday, everyone!