Washington

Okay, so I haven't blogged in years, and I'm pretty sure I have no readers, but I logged in here to follow my brother's and sister-in-law's pregnancy blog (woot!) and thought I'd update my own. We've been in Washington for a year and a half now. We bought a house in Lacey and both kids are in a great school full-time now. Rebecca loves school. She loves reading Magic Rainbow Fairy books now and this is her favorite game to play at recess. She read a book called "Rebecca the Rock n Roll Fairy" and this was her name at recess until someone called her "Rebecca the Butt Fairy." Tears were cried. She is one of the best readers in her class and is great at all subjects. Rebecca is also becoming my crafty child. This year she's learned to loom-knit and wants to learn to sew. Liam is in Kindergarten and definitely is enjoying being the class comedian. He tries his best to make people laugh all day, every day. He continues to be my snuggly child and truly brings a smile to our face most of the time. Michael has a great 9 to 5 schedule at his new job. He has had to adjust to working a desk job; his preference is definitely as flight commander or something like that, but he's doing great in his new position. He continues to brew great beer. I looked high and low for teaching jobs when we moved here, but none were to be had. I didn't try substituting because childcare would be a nightmare with that schedule, but I applied for all open positions. Turns out teachers are a dime a dozen here (especially English teachers). But I did decide I wanted to work at a library. The libraries here are all consolidated and I applied for every open position for three months, until I finally got a call for an interview for a part-time associate position in a nearby small town. It was the best job I've ever had. A small-town environment, laid-back, friendly co-workers, doing weekly storytimes, and talking with patrons daily. Loved it! The pay was about the same as a teacher's salary here, and with 1000 times less stress than my teaching job in Delaware (granted, things would have gotten better). Last week, I accepted a full-time position in a different library. I'm still getting acclimated to the new environment, but if libraries continue to stay in business, I definitely want to be working in one! This has turned into an annual Christmas-letter-like format, but since I never sent one out this year, there you have it. Maybe I'll keep at this, maybe I won't!