I really love that Christmas extends all the way to New Year's. The tree is still up and there is still tissue paper strewn everywhere. Christmas is still here!
We have not even chipped away at getting all of Mac's gifts a) open and b) put away. But I like to leave things under the tree for a week -- it keeps that fresh Christmas feeling. The rest of our Christmas day was a lot of fun -- we had lunch at the Volk house and dinner with the Chewning parents. Even though it was busy it was a lot of fun. One of Mac's big gifts was an indoor bouncing thing. Watching her bounce on it is one of the funniest things that I have ever seen.
But even during Christmastime, the real world creeps in. Both of Oliver's casts fell off, so we had to go back down to CHOP the day after Christmas. And then they fell off the next day. So he is now castless again. This really aggravates me, because he just had the surgery. It is more important than ever that the feet get held in the right position, and now the most I can do is stretch them out a few times a day. After next Wednesday this won't be an issue because he gets his braces, but a week is really too long to go without any extra support on the feet.
And falling into the great news category -- I got a job offer from Penn State. I'm really excited. I'm trying to work out some insurance issues, but I will probably take the job. Of course, I also want to know if Montclair (where I had my other interview) is planning on calling me back. So I'm trying to stretch out my response to Penn State and get in touch with Montclair. Very stressful -- I'm not a negotiator. And I'm so not slick. I've been told that you are supposed to negotiate salary and I really have no idea how to do it. But these issues aside, I'm just really relieved to have gotten an offer. It will make this coming semester so much easier and less stressful.
Tim is remodelng the karate school from top to bottom. He is conducting an intense, one-week construction-a-thon in order to get it done before he reopens on January 2. It sucks, because I haven't seen him for more than an hour a day since last Friday (other than onChristmas Eve and Christmas). But it will be well worth it when he is done.
I know, I know...pictures would illustrate all of this much better. I still have no quick way to get the photos onto the computer. But they are coming, and they are cute!
