A little cheerio

As you can see from the picture, I am pregnant once again. We had our first ultrasound yesterday and everything is going very well. My levels are all very high, the baby is growing at the right rate, the little heart is pumping strong and fast (147 bpm in fact), and I am enjoying the worst 'bout of nausea I have ever experienced. It has become so yucky in fact that my doctor has now placed me on prescription meds to try to slow down the all-day puking cycles I have been having. They are slightly concerned as I have not gained any weight and have started to show signs of getting a little dehydrated, so now I take a little tablet a few times a day and suck down as much water and popcicles that I can. Today I have yet to puke, so hopefully this stuff will work.
I am two months along, and the due date is July 2.
Please keep "cheerio" in your prayers as we go down this road once again, apprehensive and excited all at once.

"Family" Photos

Bryan returned from his week in Kentucky, all hopped up on southern cookin', speaking with a funny accent. While losing his grandfather was obviously tough, he really enjoyed spending time with family in the home town of both sets of grandparents. He returned with peanut-butter fudge and Univ. of Kentucky apparel.
I will post some pictures tomorrow hopefully.
While he was in in Kentucky, many family members wanted to see pictures of the dogs and myself. He checked the blog and informed me that I have no picture of all our "kids." We will be using one of these pictures for our holiday card, in the meantime, enjoy a sneak preview.

A Rough Week

Bryan's grandfather passed away Friday night. Bryan will be flying to Kentucky tomorrow in the wee hours to attend the funeral and be with his family. Please keep Bry and his family in your thoughts and prayers as they go through the week.
In other news, I've been subbing regularly in the local schools as a band teacher. I subbed for the last 6 days at a middle school, and starting tomorrow I'll be at the high school doing the same thing.

Horrible Huskies

Saturday, Bryan and I went to the Husky game w/ our friends from church, James, Carrie and their little daughter Ruby. We had hopes for a win, as the huskies have been awesome and Oregon is not so hot. However, yesterday was not a great day. The Huskies played like crap, and they lost at home. Poorly done! To add further insult to injury, we had purchased a "family four-pack" which included tickets, one drink per person and a bread bowl w/ Ivar's chowder. However, they were all out of Chowder bread bowls, and we had to settle for a hot dog- I was deeply offended. :-)
On the bright side, we had a nice time with our friends, and even ran into my uncle, aunt and grandfather who also attended the game.
The game was fun until the last quarter, and then total disaster struck, so all-in-all not a complete waste of a day.

Oktoberfest

After making him spend 3 weeks in Los Angeles, Bryan's boss gave him Thursday and Friday of last week off. We subsequently headed up to our family's cabin on Lake Wenatchee, as we had to cancel our trip a few weeks prior.
We had a great time canoeing, walking along the beach and watching the dogs patroll the lake. Saturday afternoon, our friends Chris and Melissa and Khris and Marti came up to spend the day with us in Leavenworth for Oktoberfest.
It was a great weekend, and we hope to go to the cabin more often through the rest of the fall.

I can see the light

I finally was able to get on the sub list for the local school district today. I am told my paperwork should be processed by Monday at the latest...so hopefully by this time next week, I'll be working.
That's about it for news around here...B is still in Cali.

Still Unemployed and lamenting home ownership

As the title of this post says, I am still without employment. I have an interview tomorrow morning, hopefully I will finally be put on the sub list.
In other news, Bryan has been out of town for what seems like forever. His job and his company suckith at the moment, and the buck apparently stops w/ my husband and his counterparts. The poor fellow has been living in a conference room in Orange Couty for the past few weeks with no apparent end in sight.
In other news, I made the horrifying discovery of rotten potatoes in the back of our pantry last night- they no longer bore any resemblance to a potato, and in fact were a discusting stew of nasty. I found these at the same moment that I discovered the dishwasher is in fact not washing dishes, but spewing water and bubbles up into the sink, leaving the dishes dirty.
This was after I tried to clean the carpets to no avail (11 years of former owners kids, and one year of our dogs have rendered them beyond repair.) and spent an hour vacuuming and dusting, only to turn around and feel like I needed to do it all again.
I called my husband and told him I wanted to be back in my little apartment and no longer wanted a house or dogs to clean...he did not appreciate this sentiment.
Finally, I am starting my first round of fertility meds today. El Doktor says that if we want kids, we have to start now, and because my system is not working, and certainly won't be in the near future...as such, I need reinforcements.
And that is what I know....fun, fun.

Did I Make the Wrong Decision?

I have filled out applications, submitted resumes and cover letters, taken aptitude tests and filled out form after form. I'm not wanting much, just the chance even to sub would be nice. And yet, the hoops and politics keep me from doing anything but sitting around frustrated. Now that I'm thousands of dollars in debt with nothing to show for it, I'm feeling like maybe I made the wrong decision. I thought I was a pretty good teacher. I have strong references, a solid GPA, and yet I can't even get my sub paperwork processed until the end of this month.
So now I wonder if I should have done something else, and not wasted years of time, stress and money. Good times.

Headline News...

If you have watched the news in the past couple of days, you will know that our very own Gig Harbor made headline news. Of course, it wasn't because the town is so beautiful, rather it was because we've been infected w/ West Nile Virus. A couple who live close to us have been diagnosed, so now we all have to be ever vigilant about using bug spray and wearing sleeves. The sleeve thing won't be a big issue as the high at our house today was a whopping 58 degrees!
In other news, we can't eat spinach either. To me however, this is no big loss. I've always been a little bit suspect of bagged greens.
Here at the Scott house, we sit with baited breath. I interviewed for a job Monday, and had not heard anything since. I assumed that I didn't get the job and subsequently went again on-line and began sumitting more job applications. However, at 4:15 this afternoon, I received a call from the Asst. Principal at the school where I interviewed, who informed me that they are still in process of making a decision, and I am still "in the hunt."
So I sit and wait, looking for more jobs, hoping something will soon come to fruition.
I applied to be a sub, but have now twice been bumped for my processing interview. I'm trying not to feel discouraged, but I really need to be working. This sitting around the house thing has become very old.

An update

My wrist, it turns out, is in fact not broken. They checked it again this past week and determined that I have a really bad bone bruise, but the bone remains intact. As such, the cast came off (yay) and I was told to use my wrist as mucch as possible without pain, in order to get the "pooling blood" to break up and go away.
I have been following doctor's orders, and so far feel much better, although I still have pain when I try to squeeze or hold anything in my right hand.
Also, I received a call yesterday morning from the middle school I student-taught at last year. They would like me to come in for an interview on Monday afternoon. Apparently whomever they had didn't work out, I'm not really sure, but I'm going in Monday to see if I can't get myself a job.