100th Post!

Changes in our routine

We have a couple changes taking place around the Foley home.  The change that set everything into motion is that I will be working for about 8 weeks this summer! I am actually really excited about this opportunity.  I am getting some mixed reactions from people-with me having a baby and all-but I’m not too worried about them.  I think this will help me decide whether I want to be a working mom (more than likely just part time…even thinking about being away from Charleigh 5 days a week, 8 hours a day makes me cry); or if I want to be a full time mommy (which I love!).  No, Jon is not “forcing” me to work.   I get those looks when I tell people that I will be working this summer.  He has been so supportive through all of this.  This was a decision I came to on my own.  I need to do this for myself.  I need to see if this is something I want to pursue.  Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE staying home with Charleigh, but I think this Mama needs some time to figure some of her life out ;) (…on her own).  

A couple weeks ago I had an interview (4 hours worth!).  ::sigh:: ::nervoustwitch::  Just thinking about that day gives me the sweats!  No joke, my armpits were a hot mess after this thing.  I had to do a spelling test, a comprehension test, an interview, and some roll playing with their learning steps (that I had just learned about 5 minutes prior).  However, I felt at ease with the whole process.  After learning more about what this company does I got excited about a job (for the first time in my life) and REALLY wanted to be a part of what they have goin on!  The interview DID help me realize I am a horrible speller!  Ex: I spelled Camouflage like this: Chamoflauge (Really? Where did the H come from?...I blame it on the pressure!!) And receive I spelled: recieve (the whole time I had in my head “I before E except after C”…but it just didn’t look right to me! Again…the pressure!!) ;) All in all it seemed as if everything fell into place.  I am thankful for this opportunity.  The only downside (ok, besides me having to leave my little nugget!) is that my sis is coming to visit for 2 weeks in July and I will only get to see her about 3 days out of the 14 she will be here L I admit, I cried for about a whole day because of this.  Time with my sister is precious to me, especially now that she lives so far away.  But I am hoping to take Char out to visit them in Texas sometime this fall.  And I will get to see and spend time with her a little while she is here.

My friend Jenna will be watching Charleigh for us.  She is (Dun dun da dun!...::music::)a  SUPER NANNY!  I am not in the slightest nervous about leaving Char with her.  She is amazing with kids (has two of her own, watches another one).  I will miss my nugget, but I know she is in great hands!  And, like I said earlier, this job is only for about 8 weeks…I can do 8 weeks, right? 

Jon is being so supportive, and is excited for me too.  He keeps saying, “you know you don’t HAVE to do this, right?”  He wants me to know that I can stay home with Charleigh, that I don’t have to work, that he is fine being the provider for us.  I love that about him.  He is so sweet.  But we have both decided this will be a nice thing for me.  Maybe even help me feel more connected to where we are living at the moment.  The move has been a difficult transition for me (although I try not to talk about it too much), so maybe this is something that will help :) 

There is also an opportunity to work part time or full time with this company if I choose (and if they like me enough;)) But we shall take it one step at a time and decide all that stuff later.

 I realized I never mentioned where it is that I am going to work!  I will be a summer clinician at Lindamood Bell Processing Center.  There I will be working mostly with kids.  If you want to know more, you can visit their website here.  It really is interesting all they do with children (and adults as well).  They are not a tutoring center like I first thought.  Anywho, the company originated in SLO where I will be working.  Excited to begin this little adventure!

I am comforted by this verse found in Ecclesiastes chapter 3 when I see all that is ahead:

“There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
    a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,

     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace”

I have always loved this verse, and many of you may know the the song “Turn, turn, turn” 

sung most famously by The Byrd’s that incorporates these verses.  I have always had a love for that song (I think I first heard it in the Forrest Gump Soundtrack! Ha.).  And what makes it even more special is that it was adapted from scripture.  Awesome.