Happenings & Updates

I've been lousy at keeping up with this whole blog thing the last month or so. This last week has been especially busy. I started working and had to train all week, Colin got sick, my babysitter quit, and the list goes on. I got hired at the Chili's on base waiting tables. Right now I am just working Tues and Thurs lunch shifts to get out of the house for a bit and also to start getting Colin used to going to day care so that in January when I start student teaching and he has to go full time he won't be so shocked. I didn't think I'd ever wait tables again but when you work on the base you are employed by the federal government, which means I am on the government step pay scale and don't make regular waitress wages. I get paid holidays and over $9 an hour plus tips...yep, I think I can wait tables for that! I finally finished training last night so now I will go to my regular schedule this week of just working the two days a week.

When I got hired I had a home day care person lined up to take Colin and he seemed to do ok there. She called me Wednesday to let me know that after this week she couldn't take him anymore due to base child care regulations and the number of kids she had. So I had to hunt for a new sitter. The old sitter recommended her neighbor and I met with her for a while and Colin will start going there next week. She's a great lady who only has one other six month old baby and is more of a nanny to the kids than a babysitter. She's German and American certified in childcare and she speaks fluent German, English and French so that will be great for Colin. I think she's going to work out really well and hopefully she will work out and keep him when I student teach as well.

Thursday Colin came down with a cold again and has been feeling yucky since then. Today he had a low fever so I may call the doctor tomorrow. :(

We planted some more plants in the garden yesterday and finally got around to putting out slug bait. I'm fairly certain that half the slug population on the planet lives in my garden. We go out there at night and Shelby will pick up 20+ of the little bastards just munching away. I planted three beautiful sunflower plants that they destroyed one night. Hopefully they are out there chowing down on the bait and leaving my plants alone. Unfortunately yesterday while Shelby was out working in the yard Kalia decided to tear up the one of the bags of slug pellets and also a bag of grass seed. Shelby fed her right away hoping she'd throw it up since he wasnt sure how much she actually ate. She didnt and later last night she was all broke out in hives and swollen. We've been doing the benadryl thing every few hours to keep them under control. I read online today that apparently the bait is highly toxic and fatal to animals. Of course the box is all in German and I can't read if there are any warnings on it. The symptoms of what I read online said nothing of hives or swelling though and all the other symptoms it listed she doesn't have. So I am not too worried but keeping a close eye on her.

Aside from working a lot and dealing with sickness we haven't been up to a whole lot. I havent taken any pictures to share either. This week I am hoping to get the house done inside so I can take pictures of it and share. We'll see how the week goes!