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I finished another 2nd interview with another job! Phew. Got that out of the way, but now I need to really send in my license application for my LCSW. Fast. I just need the acceptance letter to take my exam to get hired (if they want me). Thankfully, I gathered my references while I wasn’t working so now I just have to get my application notirized and a money order check. So I go through the documents to make sure I crossed my “t”s and dot my “i”s so to speak, when I call the ASWB to clearify the fees…and lo and behold…I find out that I filled out the OLD application.

The baby’s already crying her head off because now she wants to eat. The room is 80 plus degrees and I’m feeling faint from it (I never did well in heat/humidity). The printer keeps rejecting my photo paper to print a dumb 2×2″ photo of me to mail in, also, and after the phone call, the printer is OUT of black ink to print out the new docs! And I just feel screwed. I have to contact all my three references (who are out of state) AGAIN and have them fill out the papers AGAIN?!? What a hassle!!!

I feed baby, get an extra fan to cool both her and me off (window fan wasn’t cutting it), finally get the stupid printer to print the resized photo (which turned out crappy because of low black ink), change out of my business clothes and call the ASWB people, again. The woman tells me the references are OK to send. Thank you, God!

Now I can breath. The migrane is now a headache and I bask in front of the fan a few seconds and put baby to sleep. Now I need black ink. I’ll just have to wait until Nadia wakes up to head to Staples (you can recycle your ink cartridges and get money back!) I’ll just have to settle with sending it in priority/express mail on Saturday. Is this day over yet?

Oh, please pray I get this one…if it’s meant to be.

We house-sat my sister’s place when she went to Canada with my parents, and I wish they invented some! Babies need crash helmets as they slowly crawl across hardwood floors (one misplaced hand could lead to the forehead crashing down) and when she’s hanging off of furniture (though she’s only 2.6 ft tall, the fall is hard on her little skun all). One can only chase after her and she’s so quick, too. Let’s just say Auntie’s pad is NOT baby proof.

That’s too bad, too. Since Martin and I can’t wait to get our own place that has HARDWOOD floors. Reasons: 1) It’ll do wonders for my allergies. 2) It’s soo much cleaner and easier to manage. 3) It looks so much better than carpeting (!), that’s been there who knows how long with stains just as old.

Even having little rugs (unless they’re extra extra plush and placed EVERY WHERE) won’t help soften her falls, not that she choses to fall in the softest of landings! My poor baby. She comes first before our beloved hardwood floors.

Oh. Did I mention that I turned 26 last week? I don’t feel different. I guess I’ll just be stuck at 25 :P

Wedding festivities will begin in two days–I never knew how much work it can be and I’m not even the bride! Also, the costs! If one of us (Martin or I) were not in the bridal party, then we could bring Nadia to stay for the festivities. We’ll bring her for the rehearsal stuff but we can’t watch her on Saturday. That’s where Auntie Sav comes in! Nadia will be “her pretend baby” for the day and Friday evening, when Martin and I attend the bachelors and bachelorettes parties. I won’t say what we’re doing because a certain bride or groom may peruse this site (I love that word!). Peruse, peruse, peruse.

The bridal shower was fun–thanks Cassandra for handling the details and planning! I love Jocelyn’s family–well, the  ladies anyway! The men stayed far far away from the party. It was also nice to catch up on life with old colleages–to compare in-law stories (or over-involved parents), marriage, jobs and life. Grown up talk. It was refreshing and I could enjoy it knowing that Nadia was in good hands (her daddy’s). I could have done without the 4-5 hour drive to and fro Mass to NY though. However, baby gave me ‘tude the following day for leaving her. Doesn’t this start much later in her drama princess girl life?

That’s what I felt like happened when the neighbor below me blared–blasted–Real McCoy out of his stereos. At first I thought it was some annoying car blaring their music to show off their base or something (yes, people still do that. Does the fact that it bothers me is a sign that I’m getting old? I prefer mature.)

I suddenly flashed back to junior high (who wants to go there?) and high school (the rough years). But…then I couldn’t help singing along. LOL!!! It didn’t help that he decided to do it around Nadia’s nap times. How rude. So she refused to nap all day…I never knew how DRAINING she can be. She had sooo much energy and constantly wanted me to be her play buddy–or at least a stand in for a jungle gym. How do you tell an 8 month old that I need “mommy time” and she needs to leave me alone for half an hour or so? Graduate school did not teach me that. Communicating Personal Time to Infants 101.

3 more days until I attend my first Bridal Shower party–where I’m in the actual bridal party! Yay Jocelyn!! I’ll be in New York that day if you can’t get a hold of me. I do have another friend that could potentially invite me to another one of these things…no pressure

Yes it is! Nadia has two little white teeth (did I really have to specify the color?) coming in on her lower gums. Yay! They must hurt though, ouchies. I can’t remember the last time my teeth came in and how it felt like. I noticed them on Saturday. I had a feeling to just check them and low and behold, the beginnings of teeth! She also has a cold–her first sickness. Her tonsils were red and she had a throat culture for strep. Baby just has to use Infant Motrin until it clears up. Poor baby. She’s been congested for a few days and has trouble sleeping.

I hope she doesn’t get an ear infection. The Doc said babies are likely to get one if they have a runny nose. She’s almost 8 months! Yikes! She still doesn’t crawl but loves to stand when you prop her up. My lazy girl. She simply rolls to her destination, which can be dangerous! They don’t say anything about rolling in the  ababy development sites. They say flipping over and stuff, but not repeating it so that she gets from point A to B!

So the job hunt begins… and soon, daycare for Nadia :cry:

A lot of things happened this weekend: On Friday, Nadia turned 6 months!! Ever since then, I’ve been watching old videos of her in awe–she really looked different back then! Martin and I can understand why babies are called alien-like when they’re that age. She was also eyes and mouth.

Then on Saturday, our little family celebrated Mother’s Day early by going to an Indian restaurant, Indian Palace. YUM! It’s as good as our fave in Boston, India Quality without traveling that far. We got our fave, chicken tikka masala with roti. Their appetizer, Chicken Manchurin (not on the menu but we were told to order it any way), was very delicious! A bit spicy but YUM! We topped it off with their mango ice cream.

On the actual Mother’s Day, we went to the Boardwalk and enjoyed a leisurely stroll. Martin kept commenting how “Nadi” would like a dog like this or that (whatever we saw one walk by). This Momma does not want a doggie of any kind! We later ordered dinner from Boston Market to celebrate the day with my mother-in-law and ate cake. I think I’m over cake. Small amounts are okay, but a “normal” slice is too sugary for me. Is a torte cake supposed to be lighter than a regular cake? Didn’t feel like it… So that was my first Mother’s Day weekend!!!