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My job assignment next year is ESL 2 and Social Studies, and I will be transferred to the middle school closer to my home. I had the choice between that and many other positions, but the top two were that and ESL Science, both at the school by my house. It was a hard decision to make. As of right now, I’m officially planning to work. But unofficially, I’m still considering staying home, and Clint is ok with it, provided his job holds out. He wants to find a different company because his continues to do 20% layoffs. Well, they say 20% layoffs then they lay of 80% of his department. He’s not looking forward to training the offshore employees and then having to troubleshoot the issues they can’t resolve. He’s not looking forward to doing the local grunt maintenance. So he’s planning to take a class this summer to get a new certification, and he’s polishing his resume. He may be looking to get out of the telecom industry to find something more stable.
We’re also throwing around the idea of buying a new house, but probably not this summer. We aren’t getting into gear with actually going to see houses. Our house won’t sell for a lot of money right now, so that is holding Clint back.
Work has been high on the drama. I’m not sure I want to say more than that. I am looking forward to working at a different school, but I have some apprehension too. I’ve heard good and bad things about the other school.
The girls have been pretty good. Clara says mama, up, stop, cat, eat, hi, jump, and I think I’m leaving a few out. Hannah tries to play with kids at the park now. She used to be shyer. Both love to jump off Hannah’s bed into mom or dad’s arms. They also love to run through the house together. Hannah says, "Ready, Set, Go!" and Clara points. Then Clara takes off with her toddle-run and Hannah tries to run like her, hunkering down a bit. They also love to play catch in the house. Clara has no healthy fear of getting hurt. She will try anything.
For the time being, I’ve given up (postponed) getting them to sleep in the same room. Clara is relegated to the pack and play in her room because her bed has been moved to Hannah’s room. She doesn’t seem to mind and actually sleeps better in the pack and play. I wonder if it’s bad for her physical development to sleep in it. But as much as they love seeing each other as soon as they wake up, everyone sleeps much better in their own space at our house. When they were together, Hannah started getting up at 5 am and not going back to sleep. It was horrible. So until later, when I don’t want to sleep, then we’ll try again. I think when Clara’s a little older, it will be a comfort to them to have each other there.
