Hubby's furlough ended late last Wednesday, which is good. He should be receiving back pay, which is good, too. We just don't know when he'll get it. He thinks it'll be in 2 weeks. I don't. I guess we'll see!
He said having that time off made him realize just how much he dislikes his job. I told him that if he dislikes his job that much then he should start looking for another. I know he probably wouldn't get paid as much as he does now, but we can adjust accordingly and I think it could be good for his mental and emotional health.
I am so so so SO proud of my kids. SS has been doing great in football lately (even though I don't like the practice/game schedule it's really cool to hear) and his behavior at home has been better, too. Granted, he's fighting with the other two like regular siblings. He's been getting good grades on his spelling and math tests.
DD is doing really well in school, I think. I am really impressed with her reading. She helps me read every night and in doing that I've discovered that she can read most words up to three letters, knows a lot of four letter words (ahem...not curse words), knows all of the spelled-out numbers, and she has been mentally sounding out words! She made me so proud that I had to stop in the middle of the book and give her a good squeeze. She also loves doing her school work. She asks for homework every night (though she usually doesn't have any at all) and when does have homework or a project to work on, she'll sit down with me and work on it until it's finished or we have to stop.
In reading every day, DS is memorizing the books we've been reading and usually when DD gets stuck on a word he chimes right in with the correct one! Sometimes he extends the sentence a bit longer than it's supposed to be, but it makes for a good laugh. I know that's the start of reading for him...memorization and then recognition of words. I had heard that boys develop slower than girls in some ways (is that true?), but I think because he has a big sister he picks up things faster. He walked before his sister. I think he has picked up talking faster than his sister did, though I still can't understand what he's saying at times...especially when he's tired. He was fully potty trained long before his sister was. He's not even 4 years old yet and he's been sleeping through the night with just regular underwear and no bed-wetting. He does have the occasional mishap, but I think that's because I sometimes don't limit his liquid intake as I should. I don't think DD slept through the night without wetting the bed or a diaper until after 5 years old at least.
Baby-wise, we officially decided about 3 weeks ago that I would stop taking my pill. I've been charting just so I have an idea of what's going on, especially after whatever that was that happened last month with the 2 weeks of pain and such. So far I had a short cycle (like 20 days) and it appeared to be anovulatory, which is disheartening. Not because we didn't conceive the first month, but because it makes me wonder if that plus last month's issue could be indicative of a greater problem. I haven't been pregnant in almost 4 years and I'm almost 30. I know my body has changed, so I'm not expecting this to be as uncomplicated as it was before. When we decided to do this we agreed that we couldn't be actively trying, whatever that means for us. I am charting so I at least know what my cycles are like now and with regular intimacy and his expressed excitement maybe we're not not-trying. I think I've confused myself.
Anyway, I think any more talk of this will be written in my baby/kids blog that I don't update. I don't know who has found my blog and don't particularly want people (specifically family and co-workers) to know until there is something to share.
I suppose that's it for now. Work starts in 6 minutes!
