Judecorp.

I am kind of proud of myself right now. I was just going through my little job search notebook where I write down where I applied and when I have interviews/calls and all of that.

So far, I have applied for 12 jobs at 11 different programs.
I have received calls from 7 programs.
I have had or have scheduled 5 first interviews and have 1 second interview.
I have to connect with folks from 2 others to schedule.

That's a 58% return rate! WOAH!

I am at home, and Punk is not here. She is at child care. SO WEIRD. I am on the bed using the computer and I keep waiting for her to wake up from her nap, because that's usually when I am on the bed using the computer (or the couch, your pick). I have a job interview this afternoon, which means it's Punk's first time doing all-day child care. And the first time Jen had to drop her off. Jen was sad. :(

I am still sick. I feel groggy and I think the runny nose is coming. Bleh. Punk had it, then Jen, now me. The curse of child care, I guess. Hopefully I don't look doped up at my interview.

I am REALLY scared I won't make nearly enough to make paying $50/day in child care even remotely worth it. If I make what I made at my last job, it will give me about $1000/month after child care. Ugh. That's hardly enough to do ANYTHING.

Punk had another gut-emptying puke tonight after being asleep for 45 minutes. She woke up coughing and then puked. And puked. And puked.

*sigh* I thought we were done with the puking. Now she is not going to day care tomorrow and I am going to take her to the pedi. Bleh. $50 down the drain for day care, $25 copay for the pedi. It never ever ends.

Jen wants me to ask the day care provider if I can bring Punk on Thursday instead, but that's not really the way it works and when I e-mailed M to cancel, she didn't suggest it, so I don't feel all that comfortable doing that.

I told a job I was available all day tomorrow for an interview. Now if they call to set it up, I can't go. Poop.

I have two job interviews already!

Of course, they're probably for really low-paying jobs that won't pay for child care but we will have to see, won't we?

One of them is an Early Intervention program and the other is a partial outreach clinical position - both in Springfield.

Good times, good times.

About 40 minutes ago, I backed out of the driveway and left my Punkin with her child care provider. I hung out there for about 40 minutes and watched her overstimulate herself on new toys (especially new toys with electronics and music and flashy lights, oy!) and then I said goodbye and left. I realized after a while that I forgot to leave my cell phone number, so I called around 10ish and M was about to give Punk her bottle and attempt some nap action. *crosses fingers* I will pick her up around 12:30 unless I get a call.

I am now in Panera (so I am close by) enjoying free wi-fi, a yummy bagel, and some coffee. I am about to start job searching. I bought printer ink and resume paper.

I do not like this one bit. M is going to have fun with my awesome baby and I am sitting here looking at other people's kids. At least I could see her starting to poop as I backed into the street.

So a couple of hours after I got the e-mail from my former boss that I was officially hired at St0newall, I got an e-mail from the Director of that long-term care program I interviewed at - and THEY want to hire me, too. Augh.

I'm already committed to the St0newall job (was committed as soon as I expressed interest, actually) and that job is the best job for me as a pregnant chick (because of the lower hours and easy work). But now that I might not be a pregnant chick? Yeah, I worry that we made a poor choice.

It is amazing how much of this is wrapped up in each other. When we decided about the part-time job, it was never even a thought that we might not be pregnant. Maybe that's naivete on our part, but it just didn't even factor in. It was unfathomable. We had seen heartbeats and the RE said we could expect a normal twin pregnancy.

Gosh, I hope it's still unfathomable. I am so scared for tomorrow. Please be growing, little dude!

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In other news, there is some movie on A&E tonight called Gays On Strike starring John Stamos as A GAY. Ha ha ha, we are SO watching. I love cable.

1. I'm glad that Jen agreed to pop home for a little bit in case the washer/dryer delivery was right on time. Because they came 10 minutes early and they had already opened the truck by the time I got back from a job interview. Phew! I love punctual delivery!

2. Speaking of delivery, of the non-punctual variety, IKEA just called me and said they would refund half of my shipping charge. That's pretty sweet, since the total delivery charge was like $140. And 13 of the 14 packages DID arrive, so i feel like half is fair. Of course, I do have to wait for them AGAIN on Monday to get the headboard.

3. Speaking of job interview, I went to tour this long-term care facility for people (I think ages 6-50) with complex medical needs. I have never done anything even remotely related to long-term care but a wise social worker once told me to never rule out something that doesn't involve your target population. Since that's how I ended up at the shelter and at EI, and I loved them both, I went. I don't know exactly what the job entails but they are doing a /major/ administration overhaul and I would kind of be a Director of Social Services. So I asked for a large sum of money. It was /awesome/. (Well, not large in the business sense, but hey.) I don't know if I'm the right person for the job, but I know the two women I met with really liked me and kept talking about how we would all work well together. So who knows - I might end up with some decisions to make.

4. I did NOT tell them I was pregnant. Not even a little bit.

5. Cable guys come today to install EVERYTHING, because I got us one of those crazy bundles (phone, internet, cable). Because of the bundle, we will be getting actual cable. Like, with real channels. I see a lot of couching in my future. But since we were paying almost $70 for internet and basic cable in Boston, paying $97 and getting phat phone service (voicemail, unlimited long distance, caller ID, call waiting, etc.) AND internet AND cable with Real! Channels! seemed too good to pass up. Oh my god, we are going to watch SO MUCH TELEVISION because I am unable to pry my eyes away from things like Lifetime Movie Network and A&E's Intervention.

6. Jen thinks my gut is pooching out. It's hard for me to tell because I dropped so much weight so quickly so I don't really remember how fat I was down below the waist, but it does seem a little rounder. And I get more muffin top action on the low-rise pants. So maybe.

7. Yesterday, Smemily came to my house and she seriously washed almost all of my dishes AND brought me a cocoa and a chocolate stick. I am already in love with her and we have just met. Good times.

8. I need to go find some food before I eat my own fingers. Tah!

(Don't worry, Laura, I will give you a more detailed knocked up update soon.)