Child magnet

So, I went to the mechanics today to get my car serviced. Of course, without fail, a simple one hour oil change turned into a 3.5 hours ordeal where they recommended that my spark plug and wires to be replaced. So while sitting there watching whatever it is playing on TV, I was completely bored out of my mind. I know… it’s my fault that I didn’t grab a book with me as I was heading there. I don’t remember when was the last time that I sat through so many soap operas in one sitting. About 30 minutes into what I thought was only going to be an hour appointment, came this little girl. Cute as a button dressed in a pink sweater and blue pants. She kept looking at me and periodically would smile at me. Naturally, I smiled at her and I knew she wanted to play. She walked back and fourth a couple of times and the last time her mother followed with another baby in her arms. With one glance, you can tell they are sisters; they have the same face and the same smile. So I learned that the younger one is 11 months old and the older one is 4 years old. Hour two, the 4 year old little girl started to play peek-a-boo with me between the tires that are in display. The same time, her sister crawled on the floor to me and wanted me to hold her up. That continued for a bit longer when the sisters decided that they were tired and needed a nap. The girls certainly made the wait more bearable. Still, I rather have not sat through the 3.5 hours!

It’s going to be a long semester, I can feel it

My semester officially started this past Monday. When I registered for classes, I didn’t think that my schedule was bad. Of course I came to find out how wrong I could be. So here goes my weekly schedule:

Monday, I have to go to my externship site early (since it takes me about an hour to get to my site and I need to get there by 9:00 that translate into leaving at the crack of dawn). I do get to leave early at 3:00 in order to rush to my seminar at school.

Tuesday, another day that I need to leave to get there early, so I get to leave early again. I get to leave at 4:30 to rush to school for a three hour class.

Wednesday, a day scheduled with clients back to back. It’s not really a problem since I do enjoy working with people, except that also means that I need to complete my progress notes that evening. So the time that I leave my site is variable.

The rest of the week is devoted to my online course and other odds and ends that I never have time for during the rest of the week.

I think once I have gotten use to the schedule, it should not be too bad. Meanwhile, just wish me luck :)

Winter? Nah…

We have been having a string of very mild days. I absolutely love it! Well, I do actually like the changing weather, but this is not bad either. Especially Tuesday was just absolutely beautiful. The temperature got up to the 60s and it was sunny and bright. Perfect! I do miss the snow now and then, but I can also deal with the mild temperature and sunny days.

Peek-a-boo

So my nephew learned a new trick a few weeks ago -- opening doors. Of course, being only 15 months old, it really doesn’t matter what door, as long as it is a door. He’s also getting taller, so that he can actually reach the door knob now. It is very cute to see him reaching for the door knob. Of course, that also means that you better lock your door when you are in the bathroom!