Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
With the new school year just around the corner, many changes are afoot!
Iris is going to be spending days with our friends Dave and Audrey, with Audrey staying home to watch Iris and her own two daughters, Sophie (8 months older) and Samantha (8 months younger). Look for pictures of them together in the upcoming photo galleries... We are very grateful to have them helping us out- their house is just a few minutes away and basically en route to work for both of us, so the arrangement couldn't be more convenient (other than a Nanny Carole situation!).
In addition to this new environment, Iris will also be attending a Mother's Day Out program along with Sophie and Samantha at the nearby First Baptist Walma- I mean Church- on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 4 hours. Tomorrow night is the orientation, so I'll know more then..
Just as at Audrey's, Iris will be exposed to myriad new social situations (and germs) here while getting to observe her "peers" do "grown-up" things like walk and run and talk! This is going to be a big year for our little bear!
Mama D is also gearing up for the new teaching gig. We've been spending a lot of time at the school cleaning out closets and loading trucks with garbage on top of drafting art supply budgets and lesson plans- it's only a week until the students show up for class! Last week she went to the county orientation seminars and this week there are four teacher prep days with two evening Open House sessions planned..
naM is gearing up for a busy end-of-year schedule at work as well, with 4 major installations taking place before Christmas... There will be some travelling involved and several disjointed weeks of back-shift/weekend coverage.. On the bright side, this may be an opportunity to update this blog! But it is exciting since these jobs will be the culmination of several months of preparation and planning..
There are also changes amongst our friends as well- in-town friends moving out-of-town, and out-of-town friends moving out-of-state! Just days before we headed off on our MI trip, our friends Craig, Ellen, and Grace (see State of Grace) moved to Macon, GA, after Dr. Craig landed a tenure-track position at Mercer University- we wish them good luck! And then within a matter of weeks all three former college roommates of naM's that had been living in Athens departed for Michigan, Michigan, and Virginia, respectively. Now we have nowhere to stay when a cool concert blows through town! Not that we can do those kinds of things easily anymore..
But that takes us pretty current on where we're at and where we're going. As usual, stay tuned for more updates- I don't see myself taking another 3-month haitus anytime soon..
Iris is going to be spending days with our friends Dave and Audrey, with Audrey staying home to watch Iris and her own two daughters, Sophie (8 months older) and Samantha (8 months younger). Look for pictures of them together in the upcoming photo galleries... We are very grateful to have them helping us out- their house is just a few minutes away and basically en route to work for both of us, so the arrangement couldn't be more convenient (other than a Nanny Carole situation!).
In addition to this new environment, Iris will also be attending a Mother's Day Out program along with Sophie and Samantha at the nearby First Baptist Walma- I mean Church- on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 4 hours. Tomorrow night is the orientation, so I'll know more then..
Just as at Audrey's, Iris will be exposed to myriad new social situations (and germs) here while getting to observe her "peers" do "grown-up" things like walk and run and talk! This is going to be a big year for our little bear!
Mama D is also gearing up for the new teaching gig. We've been spending a lot of time at the school cleaning out closets and loading trucks with garbage on top of drafting art supply budgets and lesson plans- it's only a week until the students show up for class! Last week she went to the county orientation seminars and this week there are four teacher prep days with two evening Open House sessions planned..
naM is gearing up for a busy end-of-year schedule at work as well, with 4 major installations taking place before Christmas... There will be some travelling involved and several disjointed weeks of back-shift/weekend coverage.. On the bright side, this may be an opportunity to update this blog! But it is exciting since these jobs will be the culmination of several months of preparation and planning..
There are also changes amongst our friends as well- in-town friends moving out-of-town, and out-of-town friends moving out-of-state! Just days before we headed off on our MI trip, our friends Craig, Ellen, and Grace (see State of Grace) moved to Macon, GA, after Dr. Craig landed a tenure-track position at Mercer University- we wish them good luck! And then within a matter of weeks all three former college roommates of naM's that had been living in Athens departed for Michigan, Michigan, and Virginia, respectively. Now we have nowhere to stay when a cool concert blows through town! Not that we can do those kinds of things easily anymore..
But that takes us pretty current on where we're at and where we're going. As usual, stay tuned for more updates- I don't see myself taking another 3-month haitus anytime soon..
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