an update

1) I quit my job.  
I so needed to.  I needed to forever ago.  It's not where I belonged at all.  I know what I was thinking when I accepted the job.  I was thinking, "Oh, this will be good!  I am pregnant and this little store sells loads of baby things, and I can get things real cheap!"  OK, so I accepted the job, and didn't find out what I got paid until THREE weeks later (and not for lack of asking, either), and it turns out the pay was so little that I couldn't afford to buy anything anyways.  ...So WHY, with a degree in Education, was I there?  I have no clue...  other than the fact that I am compulsive and have trouble quitting things, so that's probably why.

2) I got a new job!
The day after I quit Tots I e-mailed my resume to four tutoring centers (a total of five including the one I sent to Sylvan when I still worked at Tots) and got a response that very day from Kumon in Mill Run.  Today I went in, and was offered the job! HOORAY!  This surprised and pleased me, considering my very very pregnant condition, lol.  It was obviously PERFECT timing, though, because the owner/head instructor of the center kept saying, "We've really been praying for you." and someone else who worked there said the same thing- apparently one of the assistant instructors, whose place I'll be taking, is leaving at the end of next week and they really needed someone.  Anyways, the lady who hired me= SUPER NICE.  I felt really comfortable right away...  she's just a genuinely sweet person.  The center is only open two days a week so I won't have many hours at all, but I don't mind, A) because I am pregnant and don't want to over work myself anyways; B) the experience is worth just as much as the money, to be honest- it's actually in my field; and C) this job fits right in with my future dreams/plans/goals I've already set for myself (tutoring and substituting while I finish my Endorsement, and then getting a full time teaching position).  In other words, I finally feel like I am headed in the right direction!

3) I had a Baby Checkup Today.
I didn't find out anything new or interesting... other than my belly measures 26 inches, the baby's heart rate is in the 158-160 range as it always is, and I am convinced that I will NEVER get over my phobia of needles no matter how much exposure I have to them.  I had to have blood drawn today for the diabetes test (OH, and by the way, that orange drink made me sick. yuck.) and I FREAKED out. AGAIN.  I've had my blood drawn about 1,749 times by now- you would think I would be used to it, but no.  I panic every time.  I mean, like, really panic.  I break out in this terrified sweat, and I have no clue why.  It doesn't make any sense at all-- I can sit through an hour and a half of painful chest tattoo BY CHOICE (not that I didn't freak out for that. I did, but I still went through with it), AND several 14 guage piercings, and I still freak out from a little butterfly needle that doesn't even hurt?  ??  

Well, that's the end of my update for tonight.  I think I am going to go to bed, or try to at least.
Goodnight, LivJ!
~Jess