Wow. It's been like six months since I wrote here. I still lurk, like so may before me! I'm including a recent picture of the little Leah girl. She is still just as much of a handful as she has been since conception. And, we have a little boy that is due to join our family September 21. About 3 more hot, sticky months to go! Then, this body will never grow another baby. We're done. And I am thrilled. I love my children but I hate being pregnant.

I got laid off mid-February, at about 8 weeks pregnant (my boss had no idea and I still think he feels bad). Ah well. Wish I could say I was upset about the thing, but I wasn't. It was very hard working for him the last 12 months with so little work to do and so much crap from him. I've yet to find a new job but have been working on some projects here and there that pay really well but don't last long. And unemployment fills in the gaps.

I've found it hard to find full-time work, due to the baby belly I assume. I'll have lots of excellent phone interviews only to be told "we've decided to pursue other candidates" (I know full-well there are VERY few other candidates, if any, in my field) once the in-person takes place. Sigh. I expected it, though. And I can't say that, on a business level, I blame them. Who wants to hire someone, train them, then have them off for three months before you get anything good out of them?! Then risk you not returning after the baby comes. I've taken the path of just telling recruiters up front now, to spare myself all of the interviews and flights to who knows where. So far, the strategy seems to be working. LOL Only one interview since taking that direction and it was scary. If they offer me the job, I am under obligation by the state to take it, or unemployment goes away. It was such a horrible interview, though, that I hope they just...dunno...just go away. I couldn't work for a woman like that. She'd just end up firing me due to personality conflicts, anyway.

So, once the little baby Cameron arrives, it is back on the weight-loss and fitness trail for me. I barely have the energy to get through the day, not to mention actually exercise. Ah well. And lets not even talk about food--ack! So, a few days postpartum and I will start gradually back on that path of taking care of myself. I've been off that path since I was put on bed rest when I was pregnant with Leah in 2009!