I am such a slacker.

I keep putting off blogging for forever now, don't I?? But don't worry, soon I'll have more time on my hands than I know what to do with, so blogging will be back up to speed. Actually, I'll probably be shocked at how little time I have while adjusting to taking care of a toddler all day, every day. That little feller can MOVE. And as this belly grows, I'm geting slower and slower....

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Mine was wonderful. We are very lucky that both sides of our family are so big, and both sides want to spend all of the holidays with us. It's a headache, but we could be lonely, and that would be so much worse.

I'm getting to a better state of mind about this whole laid-off thing. Still freaks me out, though. I have been consistently employed since I was 16. I started at K-mart, then continued working there while I wrote for a little paper, then continued both of those jobs while I started off at my current job, but as assistant to my position now. When my boss was picked up for soliciting a prostitute, they decided to interview for his position. He tried, and so did about 20 or 25 others, and I got the job. I was so excited - I truly felt like I had won the lottery. I had gone over to mom's house, and they called there to let me know that I had it, and my whole family was jumping up and down and had tears in our eyes. This is not only a job, it's a calling.

I quit the other two jobs when I started the full-time position of Director of Research and Publications. This means I've been continually employed, no breaks, since I was 16. Now, 16 years later, I'll be facing the first time in my adult life that I do not have a job. That's hard to wrap my mind around.

I AM looking forward to spending time with little man, and I AM REALLY looking forward to some rest, because this pregnancy is whipping me, but I think I'm going to be far more tired now than ever. Happier? Maybe. I hope so, but I fully expect to go back to work when this new little one is a couple of months old. That's just who I am. But who knows? Maybe I'll discover a new me. Earth Momma Cindy. I think I'd like that.