Long time, no talk

So, life has been pretty busy lately. I know that that is pretty cliche, but it is so true. Work has been keeping me quite busy and although it is a good busy, I'm still not used to it. I mean, I still love my job, but working and no schoolwork to worry about makes the time just speed by! How is it November already? Soon it'll be Christmas...

So let's see... What notable stuff has happened since I last updated? Well, on labor day weekend, I hurt my knee badly enough that now, eight weeks or so later, it still hasn't fully healed. I've been doing physical therapy two times a week and my mobility has increased from 74% disabled (100% means you're bedbound) when I first started PT, to 23% disabled. A pretty awesome increase!!

I also adopted a bird last weekend. He's 13 years old, but although that sounds old, it actually isn't.   His breed's
lifespan is 50 to 60 years old... so I'm hoping he will be my lifelong featherbutt. And in the meantime, he will be my buddy while making my cat super jealous... He never has wanted my attention as much as he has since my parrot moved in. I say it's a lot like living with two very freakysmart preschoolers!

I've also applied for a new job, which sounds odd since I just expressed my love for my current job. The one I just applied for is in the same agency but a different program -- and it has the potential to go to full-time, whereas my current job doesn't, not really, and if it did I would have to juggle so many different schedules and families. The new job would be part-time and I'd only have four families as part-time, instead of my current 7 families and their respective schedules and school districts and counties. (I'm covering two counties and four different school districts now.) It would also be nice for other reasons... So hopefully I'll get it. But if not, not the end of the world I guess, haha.

Let's see, anything else...? Hmmm... Well, it is November which means National Novel Writing Month! (Aka NaNoWriMo.) 50,000 words, 30 days, 0 excuses. Yay!! Because I was so busy in 2013 and 2014, I didn't take part those years, because of grad school. I "won" in 2011 and 2012, though, so I know I can do it. 2,078 words written for it today so far, so I have a good start.

And a definite hooray for self care!