News!

I've been holding my breath until we got the offer letter and it finally arrived on Friday - Matt got a job!  Happy dance, oh, happy dance.  It's not only in his field, but will offer him the opportunity to supervise the team.  I'm so proud of him. He's so capable and I can't believe it took this long for someone to notice.  He doesn't start until the beginning of May, but... but WAIT, there's more.  Just as I was typing this up he got another call.  Another job has opened up in Saint Paul.  He'll be working a couple of nights and weekends, but it looks like we have it, Matt is employed in his field again! Woo hoo!

This is just fabulous news for us and a huge sigh of relief for me.  I've been also looking for full time work and have had no luck.  While I've had a few interviews, nothing has quite been the right fit.  Meanwhile, I've been actively writing for City Pages.  That's been going better than I ever could have hoped. All I've wanted to do since I was a little girl is be a writer and now.... I am.  Unfortunately, as a practical mother, it is not a job that comes with regular hours or benefits, but there's a saying about begging and choosing that comes to mind...  I'll take what I can get and I am so thankful.

Just one more bit of good news, and I know I'm tempting fate by even typing this, but Vince has consistently been sleeping through the night.  He was doing a little bit better and I'd been pumping his room full of lights and noises in a desperate hope of making it all work, to no avail. And then we had the astounding idea of talking to him about it. On the one hand, how much understanding does a 23 month old have of such concepts, but it's working!  Twice this week he's slept longer than I did.  Of course, I woke up with the panic that this must mean that he's not breathing and something horrible has happened, because I'm not always great at enjoying the moment.  

But for now, I think I will.