general update
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magicicadai have officially started working - kind of. it's hard to feel like it's working when it's in the same time slot as the classes and involves training. however, i am getting paid for it and i'm sure it'll seem a lot more real when i start getting paychecks - whooo! the pay is a base + commission so i am hoping that i do fairly well. i know realistically, it is hard to get a great commission without a built up client base. i am really looking forward to this job which amazes me. there's a lot of people contact and i'm not really that outgoing - but i like people once i get to know them. there's some sales involved, but i have decided to think of it as being similar to the one time i was really good at sales - girl scout cookies. all i had to do was to let people know what i had and how much it was. think positive, yes? hr block requires 30 hrs of continuing education and i'm actually looking forward to taking new classes. being me, i am particularly intrigued by the mini-course on commercial fishing. of course, i'll probably start with the 21 hr course described as the continuation of the basic tax course and then fill in with a dose or two of retirement planning. then again, i may truly hate doing taxes. i don't think so though. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
h_postmortemus says it appeals to my inner geek. *shrug*
my sister has graciously agreed to let me do her taxes. i did a quick check of my tax books and she should be getting a hell of a big check. which is good, because she needs it. little caleb is doing well and sis does not seem to be having any real breastfeeding problems to speak of which is largely due to her excellent doctor. he was assigned by the hospital, but is very pro-breastfeeding. he was completely relaxed about caleb's weight loss and now that he's gaining everyone's doing fine. personally, i now understand what the lactation consultant meant when she said that sylvia had a small mouth. i have seen photos of caleb and his mouth is absolutely huge. good, she needs an easy baby. and oh yes, the same person who told me that sylvia insisted on sleeping in our bed because we 'let her' is now sleeping with little caleb so that she can actually get some sleep. ayup.
what else, christmas prep is mostly done. i think we overspent on sylvia, but i kind of expected we would. there is definite disagreement in the household on the proper role of nasty, irritating, so-called educational toys, but a cease fire has been called. the resulting 'big gift' is electronic and has batteries, but that is not it's main focus. i took her down to look at the tree tonight and i think she's starting to understand what the whole christmas thing is all about. she loves patting the tree. the shiny lights and ornaments are entrancing. she could get a good job any day with the salvation army with her excellent bell ringing techniques. i only removed her from the tree when she started trying to rip at the presents. yes, i think she is going to enjoy christmas morning. we're not sure exactly how we're going to explain the whole santa thing to her, but the more interesting conversation will be the baby jesus mythos. the tentative plan is to discuss it as one of many interesting stories which we celebrate in this way. much later on, we'll get into the whole belief system thing.
see, this is why i should post in my lj more often. it took me this much typing to remember what i was going to post about - sylvia has started eating for real. after the great cracker breakthrough, we have started giving her little nibbles of this and that. the trick seems to be to get the texture right and if possible, give her the whole thing. i was eating a banana and held it out to her and she ate some even though that was her first food and she has told us more than once it's absolutely disgusting. she has also discovered the joy of olives i give them to her either whole, but holding the other half or torn in pieces. she's still not supposed to have cow's milk or eggs, but i'm being fairly loose about them as minor ingredients now that she is over 11 mos old. we went to a pizza joint the other night with a fairly extensive salad bar and she ate: spinach, croutons, club crackers, olives, beets and mushrooms. the last two weren't a huge hit, but that's ok. she actually seemed to get enough to get a good meal out of them. the trick is to keep a rough count of what has been presented to princess princess, and then check the floor ;). tonight we had ham, potatoes and brussel sprouts. i thought i was being silly making her own very small potato and sprout, but she did justice to them. i was surprised to see her sucking happily on sprout innards. this is my baby, the dry rice cereal only child? i can cope. i'm actually quite proud of her. ooh, almost forgot, bread lightly toasted ripped into pieces. christmas dinner is lamb which i am hoping she will like, but i'm just glad she'll be able to eat with us, maybe we'll have toast and crackers on the side :>.
in language news, she seems to be making the sign for all done. it's the modified one that laric came up with, but she's seen it in use a lot, so i felt it was best to stick with it. she's displayed the gesture and seemed to mean it with both solid food and nursing. i *think* i heard her say 'aja' for rajah both yesterday and today. i was trying to explain to laric that this was not 'bumbo' rumble, but rajah and it seems that sylvia picked up the lesson. there has also been a very tentative identification of the word 'ducky'.
so, life is good. except that jeff is way too stressed about work. *grrr*. hopefully, the upcoming feast of days off will help a lot. more later, when i've remembered it. oh yes, recent regret is that i've allowed myself to get depressed about writing in general because i'm stuck on revising one poem - wrong wrong wrong.
h_postmortemus says it appeals to my inner geek. *shrug*my sister has graciously agreed to let me do her taxes. i did a quick check of my tax books and she should be getting a hell of a big check. which is good, because she needs it. little caleb is doing well and sis does not seem to be having any real breastfeeding problems to speak of which is largely due to her excellent doctor. he was assigned by the hospital, but is very pro-breastfeeding. he was completely relaxed about caleb's weight loss and now that he's gaining everyone's doing fine. personally, i now understand what the lactation consultant meant when she said that sylvia had a small mouth. i have seen photos of caleb and his mouth is absolutely huge. good, she needs an easy baby. and oh yes, the same person who told me that sylvia insisted on sleeping in our bed because we 'let her' is now sleeping with little caleb so that she can actually get some sleep. ayup.
what else, christmas prep is mostly done. i think we overspent on sylvia, but i kind of expected we would. there is definite disagreement in the household on the proper role of nasty, irritating, so-called educational toys, but a cease fire has been called. the resulting 'big gift' is electronic and has batteries, but that is not it's main focus. i took her down to look at the tree tonight and i think she's starting to understand what the whole christmas thing is all about. she loves patting the tree. the shiny lights and ornaments are entrancing. she could get a good job any day with the salvation army with her excellent bell ringing techniques. i only removed her from the tree when she started trying to rip at the presents. yes, i think she is going to enjoy christmas morning. we're not sure exactly how we're going to explain the whole santa thing to her, but the more interesting conversation will be the baby jesus mythos. the tentative plan is to discuss it as one of many interesting stories which we celebrate in this way. much later on, we'll get into the whole belief system thing.
see, this is why i should post in my lj more often. it took me this much typing to remember what i was going to post about - sylvia has started eating for real. after the great cracker breakthrough, we have started giving her little nibbles of this and that. the trick seems to be to get the texture right and if possible, give her the whole thing. i was eating a banana and held it out to her and she ate some even though that was her first food and she has told us more than once it's absolutely disgusting. she has also discovered the joy of olives i give them to her either whole, but holding the other half or torn in pieces. she's still not supposed to have cow's milk or eggs, but i'm being fairly loose about them as minor ingredients now that she is over 11 mos old. we went to a pizza joint the other night with a fairly extensive salad bar and she ate: spinach, croutons, club crackers, olives, beets and mushrooms. the last two weren't a huge hit, but that's ok. she actually seemed to get enough to get a good meal out of them. the trick is to keep a rough count of what has been presented to princess princess, and then check the floor ;). tonight we had ham, potatoes and brussel sprouts. i thought i was being silly making her own very small potato and sprout, but she did justice to them. i was surprised to see her sucking happily on sprout innards. this is my baby, the dry rice cereal only child? i can cope. i'm actually quite proud of her. ooh, almost forgot, bread lightly toasted ripped into pieces. christmas dinner is lamb which i am hoping she will like, but i'm just glad she'll be able to eat with us, maybe we'll have toast and crackers on the side :>.
in language news, she seems to be making the sign for all done. it's the modified one that laric came up with, but she's seen it in use a lot, so i felt it was best to stick with it. she's displayed the gesture and seemed to mean it with both solid food and nursing. i *think* i heard her say 'aja' for rajah both yesterday and today. i was trying to explain to laric that this was not 'bumbo' rumble, but rajah and it seems that sylvia picked up the lesson. there has also been a very tentative identification of the word 'ducky'.
so, life is good. except that jeff is way too stressed about work. *grrr*. hopefully, the upcoming feast of days off will help a lot. more later, when i've remembered it. oh yes, recent regret is that i've allowed myself to get depressed about writing in general because i'm stuck on revising one poem - wrong wrong wrong.
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Date: 2003-12-23 08:58 am (UTC)Sounds like everything is going great.
Pat Riff on the head and tell him, "at least you are getting paid." I'm still waiting for my November paycheck.