Excused Absence

I'd like to think that you'll pardon my absence lately. It's been an interesting few weeks, and one of these days I'll explain more thoroughly. But not today. Today is for other topics.

Topic I
We are FINALLY moving out of our apartment! Well, technically not until March 1st, but that date is quickly approaching. We (My mother, husband, Avery, and I -- I'll explain later, remember?) found a beautiful, brand new, split-level home in a 4-plex in South Fargo. I think it's classified as a townhome, but when I picture a townhome, I see a tall, three-floored structure that's crammed into a row of about 12 units. This is more like a twinhome, it just happens to be in a row of four. Maybe I shall call it our quadhome. As soon as I'm able to snap a few photos, I'll post them.

Topic II
I have a job interview on Friday! Before Matt and I were married, I was a medical receptionist. I loved it. And now that Avery is nearly two, we've decided he should be interacting with kids more. Plus, with this new home comes new expenses, and new expenses meant a headache unless we brought in some additional income. So Mama gets to go back to work full time (and hopefully as a medical receptionist again -- that's what the interview Friday is for)! And I'm happy to say I'm excited about that prospect. With the few part-time jobs I've had over the last few years, I've come to realize that there are more dead-end, mind-numbing jobs than I care to know about. Except that now I do know about them...or at least a couple of them. And I've decided: I want nothing to do with them. Or their puny paychecks.

Topic III
Avery will be two in two weeks! My baby is getting so big. And he's got more personality in his little fingers than some adults have in their entire being. Trust me on this. Or come meet him. You'll see.
On a related topic, I've got baby fever -- and I've got it bad. I told my dear, loving husband that by this time next year, we'll be working on having another. Mark my words.