Goodness, where has the time gone? What happened to my long-held theory that I would have more time for blogging upon returning to work? Gadzooks!
Life has been treating me fairly well. Sweetpea is growing up quickly -- she is almost 8 months old already! We are so fortunate to have her in our lives. She's enjoyed just about every food she has tried so far. Apricots seem to be the lone exception, as she broke out in hives the day she tried them. She looks to be thinking about crawling soon (yikes!). She figured out how to clap her hands yesterday. She shrieks with laughter when I hold her and run after the dogs. Pretty soon she'll do that herself!
February and March had me battling with the fallacy that is the phrase "work/life balance". A tight deadline on a project had me taking work home for several weeks, and trying to get things done during the day or late at night. This is very difficult when your little one is not much for taking naps... coupled with an upper respiratory infection and (just to make it interesting) multiple snowstorms. I made the deadline but there was some big time stress along the way. I think I shielded SP from it, though.
Last week I sat for part 1 of another professional certification. Work remains inconsistent, so I have enough downtime to do this. I passed and have two more parts to go. This is for a CIA certification, which is not nearly as interesting as it sounds! It's related to internal audit, not cool spy stuff. *sigh*
Our adoption finalization date should be scheduled for sometime next month. It'll be nice to have that behind us, plus it's a great excuse to open one of the bottles of wine that we have aging on the wine rack.
I think that's it for now! It's good to dip my toes back in the blogosphere. I've been trying to catch up with what's happening with everyone. I hope that Spring is treating you well.
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