I loved the second-to-the-last picture of Em! And Lilybean with holding her head up! The fifth month was great with Mal, Plei - I hope you guys enjoy Lily during hers.
I may have mentioned here that due to an embassy error, it looked like we were going to have to pay out of pocket for the hospital, rather than our insurance paying for it, and then on top of that reimburse the government for the $20,000 they sent to cover the hospital charges until the insurance money came through. It appears to have worked out; we paid $850, which is a lot better than $20K+.
The Greek employee who was responsible for the mistake was fired, though. Not our goal in this, but she'd apparently made a lot of other mistakes that had cost the embassy tens of thousands of dollars, and this was the capper.
She showed back up to work the next day. She just couldn't believe that she'd been fired; she didn't really get what it meant. According to some of the other Greek employees, who were telling me about this, there's no cultural background for it - nobody ever gets fired here.
SUCH amazing and beautiful babies and children we have here. I just adore the pictures. Keep them coming!
Oh, Raq, I'm so glad that that got figured out for MUCH less money. Craziness. Interesting cultural stuff too.
I just finished my Pros/Cons list for the jobs. Looks like I'll probably be taking the Research Assistant position that I was offered yesterday and letting down the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy. I'm going to talk to my therapist about this list at 11:30am today. I'm e-mailing her the lists, then we're touching base.
I really have a wonderful therapist. I'm always worried about crossing boundaries, but she really seems to enjoy working with me, partially because I want to/and will do the work.
They've opened up a Whole Foods here in town. Looks like Owen and I are taking a field trip tomorrow to check it out.
Heh, my sister got the announcement flyer and was reading when I was on the phone with her a couple weeks ago. It sounds extremely fancy-schancy, even more so than the ones I've been to. I told her to bring cash, and leave all debit/credit cards in the car.
I told her to bring cash, and leave all debit/credit cards in the car.
We don't call it Whole Paycheck for nothin'.
We don't call it Whole Paycheck for nothin'.
Heh. The area of town is very chi-chi. Mayhap I should change out of the stained, cropped sweat pants I'm wearing before I go? Naaaah. Owen looks cute enough for both of us.
No one answered Emily's question yesterday!
Oh, and what's Smoosh?
Smoosh is a Seattle rock band. Consisting of two girls. One is 12. The other is 10.
I believe they are now 13 and 11, according to this week's EW.
I believe they are now 13 and 11, according to this week's EW.
Truth! Though the album I've been listening to (their only so far) was recorded when 10 and 12, so unless you're lucky enough to see them live, that'll be your current exposure ages.
I'm moving very slowly today. I got to school 15 minutes later than I wanted to 'cause I just couldn't get going this morning. This is going to be one long day...especially considering I'm not gonna get home till around 9pm. Ugh.
Someone send me some energy. Please?
You can have all I've got to spare... but you may still want a secondary resource, as my energy levels are pretty low too...
I'm trying not to squander them on Dum-Ass Cow-orker. It's hard. She stresses me out so much!
