I See the Light!

Wow, I FINALLY have a start date for my new/real job, October 15th! I cannot tell you how ready I am to begin this job and actually feel like I have a reason to go to work. I know the blog has been a total moan fest about my current position, but I would like to share the positive things about being a temp. Being paid on an hourly basis is really a great thing when you have a million things going on in your personal life. If I need to leave work for some reason, it is my problem...I just won't get paid. So far I have yet to work an entire 45 hour work week. I leave early at least 2 days a week and probably miss an entire day every other week. Between moving and babies being born, I have really enjoyed the flexibility. I have also become rather good at Mahjong...the tile matching game. I can play it for 8 hours straight if you let me. Those guys and Halo 3 have nothing on me :) The down side is that I think it is damaging my vision...hmmm maybe I will get that checked if I ever get insurance!

Oktoberfest- The weekend plans for the lake house and Oktoberfest were a success...sorta. Friday night Brandon, Kelly, Dylan, and I all packed up the honda and made the two hour drive to our lake house. The car ride was exciting listening to rap and a stop at the largest Wal-mart east of the Mississippi. The people you see at this place are indescribable. Meth-heads that have come out of the mountains for their monthly supply of sudafed is the only thing I can think of. The plan for Friday night was to have a few drinks and get to bed early so that we could go to Helen the next day. This did not work out in the least. A night of drunken debauchery came to a climax when my butt went through the glass coffee table and I spent the next two hours over the toilet. Saturday was not a pretty sight. We finally made it to Helen at 5 pm after a horrid back-roads car ride. I was thinking that I would try and rally by drinking a beer, but two sips and I had flashbacks of the night before. We were a pathetic bunch when we got home and in bed around midnight. Sunday was a little better, when Tim (Dylan's roommate) came up with his jet ski and his dogs. All in all we had a fun time and I am really looking forward to the next installment (minus the table incident).

Oh Baby- Christian Michael Nicula made his debut at 1:25 pm on October 2nd. Weighing in at 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and measuring 21 1/2 inches long (a big healthy boy)! Mom and baby are doing well and he is just the cutest little thing. I went last night to help mom and dad adjust to having the baby at home. What cute parents they are. Jessica has had so much experience with babies that she knows just what to do. I am so thankful that by the time I push a kid out, I will have so many mommies to help me! If you would like to see more pics, follow the link to the Nicula family on my page.