I say it every year, month after month, "can you believe it's already _____ ?" Because I can never believe how fast each month goes by. I mean, it's already March! I've been at my job for almost 2 months now, when did that happen?!
Well, two months is a good time for an update. So far, 2011 looks promising.
The job is good, I really enjoy it. The work is not terribly exciting but the people are great and it's relatively low stress. I had to get used to the full-time schedule and I still miss being at home some days, but the structure is good for me. At night I can just relax and not think about what needs to be done tomorrow.
Our lives overall seem busier though. We always have something going on. Jeff is at class until 10:00 pm on Thursdays, time that you would think I could use to get things done. But mostly I've just been lazy on those nights. Thursdays are now becoming my "get together with women I've been meaing to get together with" night, so that adds a little busyness. I'm also writing for my wedding blog now, and it's a bit more time consuming than I anticipated.
School is going well for Jeff though. He passed his BFA review last weekend, which is fantastic!
In other news, the adoption process is moving along. We had our orientation last weekend and leanred a lot about Loving Alternatives and a lot about what to expect from here on out. The short version is that we have some more paperwork to turn in, a home study to get scheduled, and then a photo album to make. Our hope is to get that all done by the end of the summer, then they'll be able to start showing our family to birthmothers. From there, who knows when someone will pick us.
We're excited but it still seems pretty surreal, probably similar to the first few months of pregnancy. In still something actually starts happening, it's hard to believe anything is really going to happen.
I would like to keep up with the process here. I don't have a lot of words right now but I want to be able to go back and follow our journey through. It was need to find out that the orientation was exactly one year from when we first sat down with Ross and Staci to talk about adoption. We've learned a lot this past year and are eager to see what's next.
