I’m an Auntie! Well, not for the first time. My middle sister (we’ll call her RJ) has two boys so I’ve been an auntie for a while now especially since the oldest is, dare I say it, going to be 11 in December.
No, my baby sister, RL, just had her first child. A little girl. She was due on July 2nd but had been starting to dilate about a week ago. Yesterday’s checkup showed she was just about fully effaced and up to 3cm. Her OB gave her the roto-rooter treatment and from experience (I delivered the twins a scant 12 hours from experiencing the same thing) we knew it was imminent. The phone rang at 7 this morning, she’d been admitted to the hospital.
I just got the call from my mom, who is heading out there with my dad to be with the new grandbaby. The little one was born at 2:30pm weighing in a good sized 7lbs6oz. Both mother and baby are doing fine. I’m pretty sure my BIL is recovering. He had a trip to the emergency room after passing during the epidural. Hehehe. And he comes off as such a toughie! Geez.
Anyway, I have to leave work early to pick up my monkeys who were granted an extra day of school this week just in case this happened.
I want to thank everyone for their well wishes and good lucks for yesterday. Both interviews went very well and I’m pretty sure that the law firm job would be mine for the taking, all I have to do is tell my recruiter that. I’m just not sure that the job is something that I really want. I seems to be very similar to the job I’m currently doing minus the good employee discount but also minus the evil/a-hole boss and add in that I’d be on a team instead of being an island unto myself. I know there are no sureties in this working thing, but I’d hate to have to explain to prospective employers NEXT year at this time why I only spent a year someplace else. Not very good. Is it work that I can handle and a job I can serve well? Yes. But a great deal of the responsibilities are things that I just absolutely abhor about my current position.
As for the other interview? I haven’t heard any feedback via the recruiter so I don’t know if they are seriously considering me. I do know that before they make any decision, I need to take some kind of technical test and will have to go back to their office to do it. I was hoping to arrange that for tomorrow afternoon as I do have summer hours to take advantage of. Next week is going to be tricky, depending on how long mom and dad are staying out with RL and the grand. The kids are on vacation Wed-Fri and I’ve pre-arranged to take Tues-Fri off to be with them. I can come into the city to interview if necessary on Mon and Tues, but after that, I’m stuck, potentially alone, with the monkeys. UGH.
I’d really hate to turn down the law firm for the prospect of the other place that would never materialize. But then again, if I got an offer this quickly after entering the market again, I’d suspect that there would be others also. One of the advantages of being employed while looking is that I don’t HAVE to take the first job to come along. I do have the luxury of waiting a tad to find the right place. Grrrrr.
Any wonder that I’ve spent the last two nights spinning???!?!?! I managed to fill up two bobbins on the Vermont Wheel (Juno) and offloaded one already to a spare majacraft bobbin using the electric bobbin winder. Oh so cool that baby is! I’ve spinning the black corriedale that was fondled at NYSW, shared with Marcia and then processed by Spinderella recently into some gorgeous roving. It has a small amount of lanolin left in making it supernice to work with. I’m spinning it long draw to what will probably be a fingering to sport weight plied though it might bloom viciously after washing. I can’t tell yet. But yum!
Craft on!
11 responses so far ↓
1 Kathy // Jun 21, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Well congrats to you too, I became an auntie again on Monday too. The much anticipated third girl materialised as a boy.
I am glad you get to spend time with the little ones of your siblings, I feel it is very sad that I don’t, so I enjoy seeing close Auntie relationships.
I try to be a good auntie from a distance, but it is very hard to truly show them what they mean to me.
Congrats to the Mommy and I hope Daddy is better soon too, my hubbie was always told to leave at epi time.
LOL, probably a good thing.
Kathy
2 Kim // Jun 21, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Congrats! That’s funny that your BIL ended up in the emergency room. Really hard decision about the job so I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe while you’re spinning on Juno, the answer about the job situation will come to you.
3 Nancy // Jun 21, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Congrats to your sister and her family on their new addition.
The work thing will become clearer although I’ve always believed that if you have misgivings you shouldn’t do it. I think our subconscious picks up on things we miss and that’s where the doubts come from.
Ok I’m putting my inner new age flake back under the bed now;)
4 --Deb // Jun 21, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Congratulations! To your sister, to your new baby niece, to your brother-in-law (who may never live that down), and to you! Wonderful news!
5 janna // Jun 21, 2007 at 10:43 pm
I laughed out loud about your BIL — poor guy!!
Good luck on the job front – be careful with your decision and don’t take something just because it’s there…. (And good luck on the child care front next week. I’d help out if I were nearby!)
6 Jessica // Jun 22, 2007 at 8:57 am
Congrats Auntie again!!
Glad all went well (despite dad having a little mishap!). Good luck with the job decisions. I know it can be tough having been there not too long ago myself (I turned down a university job for my current position, still not sure that was the best idea career-wise, but I’m fairly happy). See you next weekend!
7 Nancy // Jun 22, 2007 at 11:15 am
Congratulations! Have fun this weekend. Your babies are old enough now to enjoy a new baby in the family.
Sorry for all the job stress. Lots of parameters to consider. Your right about the law firm job – you don’t want to leave a good one too soon. But… and so it goes, round and round. I’m sure you’ll spin your way to resolution (and have fiber to knit with when you get there!).
Hope the next week goes as smoothly as possible. Breathe.
8 Cheryl // Jun 22, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Congrats to your family, that’s great news! Good luck with the job hunt, there’s nothing I hate more than job hunting. Well, maybe car shopping. But they’re very similar. You have to make a big commitment with only the information that they’re willing to show you. And often you’re desperate and in a rush. Ooh, I’m getting stressed just thinking about it.
9 JessaLu // Jun 22, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Congratulations!
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Good luck with the job thing…
10 Laurie // Jun 22, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Congratulations on another family member!
11 Hillary // Jun 25, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Congrats on being and Auntie again. Happy to hear that the interviews went well. I know only too well the misery of a lousy job. I say hold out for the job that sounds most likely to make you happy.