I think that if I set a post-per-month goal for myself, I may actually be able to achieve it! Sorry to be so silent. I am sure you've all been on pins and needles since my last post wondering about school, etc. ;)
Truthfully, I just re-read that last post of mine from September first, just barely a month ago, and it feels like years have gone by since then. The transition to life in two places, 40-hour work weeks, and school for Emily has been much harder than I had ever imagined. I am exhausted. Emily is exhausted. Angelines is exhausted...and Norte is a pain-in-the-rear puppy!
On the bright side, our piso is feeling a bit homier, though I am hoping we'll be able to reneg on our contract and find a nicer place. At least now we have internet, so we aren't cut off from the world from Mon-Fri! We've had some lovely visits with workmates (after hours, of course) and also a few playdates with kids from Emily's class in hopes of getting her more quickly feeling comfortable in such a radically different situation.
All of the staff are wonderfully supportive and our principal and teacher coordinator are eager to hear from us with suggestions for improvements. The work environment itself is really fantastic. It just isn't easy to have so much new all at once. It's hard on me, but it's even harder on me to be dealing with my own work stress (adjusting to new roles, and changing schedules, etc) and on top of that be understanding and empathetic toward Emily and Angelines who are both all new to anything outside La Roda. All that means is that there is zero sympathy left for poor Norte who is in the midst of his doggy teenage years and is testing limits and chewing endlessly! :(
The craziness of it all, and the obvious lack of internet (until just this past Monday), can account for my blogging absence. I won't pretend like I'll have a lot more time from here until Christmas though...but I do hope to get in at least one more post before November!
Oh! One really, REALLY great thing that has happenend just this week is that I was able to schedule my final exam for December!!! I called on Tuesday to make the appointment thinking that I just needed to bite the bullet and do it already. When I expressed dismay at my first choice, date being unavailable, the woman offered I do it in December... I couldn't BELIEVE my good luck! I wanted to kiss her through the phone! Apparently there is an option to leave the exam until December and I had no idea. I will now be doing it on December 11th. So it is still close enough that I need to keep my motivation up for studying, but far enough away that I am sure I'll actually be prepared when the time comes. :) Yippeeee!
And now it's nearly 10pm and I need to go to sleep. The weekend isn't long enough to get me back to normal before we're at it again...
Goodnight all.
