I Wasn't Looking

Just at a time when everything in my life is going to be changing I had to throw in another twist.  I am changing jobs.  I will still be working with OSU, but I will be a Payroll Coordinator in one of the units rather than in central payroll.  I am excited that the change seems like it will be a great opportunity for me to use the knowledge I have already gained in central payroll but in a different way.  I think it is the best move I could make if I am going to make any move at all right now.  I will not be learning all new information and in a totally unfamiliar environment I already know several of the people I will be working with and generally the data I will work with as well. Of course the job will mean more pay which comes at a time when Kris and I sure can use it to cover upcoming daycare costs, but it will also open up a whole new direction for me and my career. I will be starting this new role officially in July so that gives me a month to train a backup for me in the central office, but it also means I will only be sure to have one full payroll cycle in the new position before I should be having my baby.  Oh well, what can I do?

The whole thing is somewhat bittersweet because I will miss the people I work with now (not that I wont see them again or talk to them regularly relative to the work even) but I won't see them everyday.  It is strange that only a few weeks ago I was imagining having this baby while working in the office I have been in and at least beginning my babies life by talking on and on about him with these people.  I am sure my new office mates will be fun to share stories with as well, and I will be stopping in to the central office to share anyway, but it will just be different.  This all come along sort of suddenly and unexpected so it is just strange to think about all this being different.  I mean everything being different, everything :) 


So in my last post I wrote about being 29 weeks pregnant and what was going on with our babies growth.  Kris and I missed a little bit of our weekly picture taking and we haven't been really measuring my belly and tracking my changes like we should be...  I do have some new pics from this morning though.

I am definitely hot all the time now.  This week has been a bit weird weather wise.  I mean it has still been raining but sort of warm too.  It is true we don't usually have the nicest or most dependable weather in May and June here, but usually it isn't this wet this late in the spring. It just makes it hard to dress.  I am too warm to want sweaters and don't really want a jacket, but it is wet out so I feel I need a jacket to keep me dry.  Of course none of my jackets actually close around my belly now, this week I have been wearing a larger sweatshirt so at least I have some sort of cover, but it isn't water proof...  I guess it is supposed to be something like 80 degrees on Saturday, so maybe that is the first step to summer weather.

Kris finished the top piece on the wainscoting tonight and is patching the nail holes.  In a couple of weekends it will be painted and done.  It is looking pretty good already and I am sure will be perfect once it is painted.

Next week we start our birthing classes and take a tour of the hospital.  I am kind of excited about these.  I think it will just make me feel more ready for what is going to happen.  I feel so not ready right now.  I hope we learn some useful info and helpful tools to make this labor the best it can be.