Yes, I know it's been a VERY long time since I've updated my blog. I'm not sure why...haha.
Well, here's the latest:
I'll be 27 weeks pregnant tomorrow! The second trimester has gone really smoothly. Besides some lower back pain, I've been feeling great. We had two ultrasounds and they both showed that he is a boy! Tim is very excited (I am too, but he was dead set on having a boy), and we have enjoyed all the clothes and items that we have been getting in the mail!
Tim has started a new job at Michael's, unloading trucks from 3am-8am for a little extra money. He only works on Wednesdays and every other Monday. But the good news: I have an interview with Agora Cyber Charter School tonight and I've already answered a questionnaire, taken an assessment, and presented a 20-minute lesson online to them, and this is the last step! The process has gone pretty quickly (they called me 30 minutes after I finished my lesson yesterday to set up the interview!) and it seems like they are interested in me. Hopefully I'll know something very soon and can start teaching for them! I would work mostly from home. I think they do activities for the kids to get together and I would be at those, but I'll find out how that works at my interview tonight. But for the most part, I will be home, which is awesome! Tim said that if I get this job, he will probably stay with Michael's until after Christmas, and then quit.
We had decided that if I didn't get a teaching job this fall, we would need to move to a more affordable place, but after thinking about it some more, we decided that we should move no matter what. People at the church have been very helpful and are looking for cheap places for us to live. One couple is looking for a place to buy and rent to us (this is something they already do), and another couple is considering moving into the house next door to them (the husband's mother's house), and letting us live in their house and split their mortgage payments!! We are overwhelmed by the generosity we are being shown here and are so thankful for these people and have full confidence that we will be taken care of. :-) Moving won't be fun, but I'm sure we'll have a lot of help when the time comes.
Our first pre-natal education class is on August 31st at the hospital. It is Cesarean Birth Night and Tour, where we learn about why women have C-sections and everything that goes with that and then we get a tour of the maternity ward. We have three birthing classes in September and then a couple on breastfeeding and a doctor's night where we get to talk to an anesthesiologist, an obstetrician, and one other type of doctor that I can't remember right now, and then a newborn baby class. I'm excited for these classes and to learn everything I can. I've been reading a lot on these subjects, and have a book on the Bradley Method of natural child-birth. I'm going to try to use his techniques to have a medication-free birth, but we'll see how reality works. :-) I'm not against epidurals and doing what is medically necessary for a safe delivery but according to Dr. Bradley, the more natural it is, the quicker it goes (and if you can totally relax during contractions it's less painful), so I'm all for that!
Ok, well that is all for now and I have to get ready for me interview! I'll be sure to update with the results as soon as I know them!
P.S. We got to experience an earthquake that was centered in Virginia on Tuesday, and will experience the effects of Hurricane Irene on Saturday night/Sunday! It'll be a fun week on natural disasters! :-)
