Since we last... well, blogged...

Not too terribly much has happened since my last update. I purposefully waited til today to post becuase I knew I'd be recieving more news today. Where oh where to begin.... I'll start with the house... egad, the house.... its still tied up, the mold remediators just got the ok from the bank to do the work and now we have to wait for their schedule to open up. So ya, my plan to be moved in by January is out the window. I'll be lucky to close by Mid December.

Next up, my job.... egad again. I've been studying to take my RS exam so that I might keep my job, I have to pass the exam before my 1 year aniversary date, and I took it November 12. Today I walk into work to find that I failed... by 5%.... I now study more to try and get at least 14 more questions right the next time I take it on Dec. 3rd. Other than that, I just recieved an increase in my workload. See, there are 2 of us in the henderson office and we also have 1 guy come over once a week from Davies county to help out... rather we used to. Now with cost cutting in the state, we've done away with the extra help and the work has been divided between me and Tim, my coworker.... yay, more work...

Ariel is already in the Christmas mood... rather has been since 3 days after Halloween. She's decorated her parents house and has made comments about getting lights to put up on the house I don't have yet. She bugs me daily about a gift list, but I don't have time or space for presents. No room in the kitchen, no room in the closet, no time for dvds, no time for books... I might be a little spread thin... but I only do 3 things... see Ariel and Linzy, go to work, and go to bed... Anywho, her and Linzy are working on gift lists and I'll send them out when I can. Ariel has been tutoring 1st graders after class a few days a week as part of her degree. Her time ends in the next couple of weeks, but she thinks she will try and go see them even after that.

Linzy is a riot, a 1 baby army. She has been dry for at least a week straight now. Even sleeping with just panties on, she holds it in until we get her to the potty. We were at JCP the other day and she looked at me and said, "I need to go potty". So I picked her up and we ran to the nearest potty. She sings lots of nursery rhymes and at night she rambles to herself while she lays in bed waiting to fall asleep. I think she's practicing her words because she just knows them too well. We've been playing hide and seek lately in their basement, unfortunately, she has only one hiding spot, despite me showing her so very many. She does of course have her meltdowns still; when I don't carry her down the stairs, when I don't pick her up, when I don't let her go outside without proper clothes on, when I don't let her eat from my plate, when I.... seriously, I could keep going. Gotta love the terrible twos.

On a high note, Ariel and I are going to Gatlinburg for New Years. We'll be staying in a cabin on the mountainside close to a ski resort and placed just right, so we can watch the fireworks from the hottub on the porch. Ariel had the idea and we were lucky to find a cabin available that weekend. Hopefully I'll still have a job by then... :P gotta love my dry humor.