Been a long time

Well, it's been a very long time since I've done ANYthing on this blog. Too much maintenance, you know? But I thought I'd fill in anybody who's still (for some reason) checking this blog now and then. Afterall, I thought it was cruel to continually leave everybody's desire to know what's going on in my life unrequited.

So I have a new job now. I work for the City/County of Denver as an Eligibility Technician for Food Stamps. Not the most glamorous job, and it's filled with hungry, angry people, but it pays the mortgage. I'm a little nervous, though, because I've come into this job when Denver is on the verge of being sanctioned by the federal government for not getting things done quick enough. If Denver is sactioned, that means federal funding is cut. I don't know if it's completely or only partially, but I do know that the last time Denver County laid people off was when they were sanctioned in 2004. The sanction wouldn't take effect until June 2009, so I'm working on doing my job as well as possible. I'm told they select people to lay off based on their seniority and their error rate with their work, so I'm trying to keep my error rate low. It's actually pretty easy, since one can tell that Denver County has lowered its standards to the point that many of the workers coming into the county are bottom-of-the-barrel people. There's just too high of a turnover rate with the county, so the county is to the point where they just want people to fill the vacancies. Therefore, they're lowering their standards in order to get workers. Denver County is going into a downward spiral, and I'm hoping I'm not flushed down the lou with it.

Besides that, I'm still working part time at the hospital, meaning I'm working 6 1/2 days a week. I work Mon-Fri at Denver County, then I'm on call Sat. morning at the hospital, I work an evening shift every Sat. at the hospital, and I'm on call every Sun. morning too. Busy busy busy. And of course, it's spring, meaning yard work, lawn care, etc. at our house. So really I don't have a day off at all. So, needless to say, I'm pretty tired all the time.

Anway, Haven is now 2, and the brat factor is increasing accordingly, but what can you do? Amy's due date for #2 is June 21st, so we're making preparations for baby. Another girl, by the way, for those who didn't know. I'm going to be floundering in a sea of estrogen pretty soon. It's fun though. Haven gets all excited about the new baby, so I'm hoping the jealousy period is short and she's able to go right into being a big sister.

So that's pretty much all that's new. We are now an official blue-collar family with a mortgage. Yay. Hope everybody else is doing well, and I'll try to keep up with updates.