Naomi picked the color. :)
What shall we do in Illyria?
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Changes are coming...
So, on Tuesday I was offered a full-time counselor position at my work (so, same agency where I am now, different program) and I took it. It has been a long-ish convoluted journey to deciding this was the phase of life we needed to enter into, and while I'm sure many are glad they won't have to hear about it any more (Mark, me, small group!), I am very thankful for a community who has prayed with me through it.
However, I start next week. So this part-time gig, which was such a blessing and gift, is ending quickly. Thankfully, Naomi's school can't add Monday mornings yet, so we'll still have that. This brings up for me the two people that have been battling ever since Naomi came along: Professional Kristen and Parent Kristen. Not that they are mutually exclusive, they just have competing interests. And because they feel very differently about things, I can feel very confused a lot of the time, and have felt frozen in making a decision. So, for example Professional Kristen is excited about this new job, and sees that it will hopefully give me more options in the future, and was ready to do something different with some of the non-working time in her week. Parent Kristen is sad to give up the Mondays and Fridays with Naomi, and (even though she sees how much Naomi likes her school) questions whether she is being a good parent. Both are happy to bring home a full-time salary.
I feel really blessed to have had the time I've had over the last year and a half+, and look forward to making that happen again in the future.
However, I start next week. So this part-time gig, which was such a blessing and gift, is ending quickly. Thankfully, Naomi's school can't add Monday mornings yet, so we'll still have that. This brings up for me the two people that have been battling ever since Naomi came along: Professional Kristen and Parent Kristen. Not that they are mutually exclusive, they just have competing interests. And because they feel very differently about things, I can feel very confused a lot of the time, and have felt frozen in making a decision. So, for example Professional Kristen is excited about this new job, and sees that it will hopefully give me more options in the future, and was ready to do something different with some of the non-working time in her week. Parent Kristen is sad to give up the Mondays and Fridays with Naomi, and (even though she sees how much Naomi likes her school) questions whether she is being a good parent. Both are happy to bring home a full-time salary.
I feel really blessed to have had the time I've had over the last year and a half+, and look forward to making that happen again in the future.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Binoculars
When I picked Naomi up from school today, she asked to go on a walk in her stroller. It was a beautiful afternoon, and Naomi brought along her binoculars (which she looked through backwards).
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Pumpkin Festival
Today Mark and I took Naomi out to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm to their Pumpkin Festival. It was an excuse to be outside with friends, see some animals, go on a hayride, ride a mini-train (pulled by a lawn mower!), and dance to bluegrass. 
Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
Naomi and I have been to a couple of pumpkin patches this weekend -- Friday I went along on a field trip with her school to a place in south Austin. The kids had a blast climbing on piles of pumpkins, singing with the Big Jack 'o' Lantern and running through the haybale maze. We tried a couple of times to get a class picture - but trying to get 14 two-year-olds still in one place was impossible!
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