'bout time, eh?

So, I guess it's been a while since we've updated this. In the last few weeks, I've started and quit a nanny job, picked up 15 hours per week more than I'd been told I'd work at Charlotte's, attended the January PATA auditions, and started hosting a life group! We're not over-achievers...
So yes, while the family was here over Christmas, I got a call from a family to interview to nanny for them. They had an almost 6 year-old girl and almost 4 year-old boy. The boy was home with me all day, but the girl was in full-day kindergarten. Anyway, I did not last long. These kids were extremely high-maintainence, needed to be engaged with me the whole time, could not play on their own. There were also really competitive with each other, and kinda neurotic. The mom left me a schedule of what a normal day looks like that was three typed pages long! Oh, I forgot to mention, the boy was also extremely allergic to eggs and all tree nuts.
On the upside, I only worked for them for a week, when Charlotte's offered to bring me on full-time. Needless to say, I was not sorry to say goodbye to the Gilleys. And I now work Tuesday through Saturday at Charlotte's Weddings. Still working towards cards with my name on them, but next week I get my picture taken for the website!
Two weeks ago I did the January city-wide PATA auditions. They were rushed, and I was a little shakier than I like to be when I audition. But I guess they were decent because I did get two calls out of it! Last week, I did a screen test for a casting agency that handles a lot of commercials and tv/movie extras here in Portland. At the end of February, I'm doing a callback workshop for a company called Original Practice Shakespeare. It combines Shakespeare and improv, so I'm excited.
At church, Adam is still working out the official details of his internship, but he's been taking on more responsibility. This last week, he's attended a couple of leadership/planning meetings and is excited about things the church is doing. He's also meeting with several small group leaders to get their groups up and running. The group that we're hosting has been meeting every Thursday for about a month now. They're wonderful people, and we've both enjoyed getting to know all of them better. We've also gotten connected with some other great people at church. Adam has found all kinds of computer nerd compatriots. I've found some girls to go to movies with. A couple of weeks ago, I attended Ari's first birthday party. They got him a mini-cake that he could dive into. He pretty much high-fived it and was so grossed out by the frosting on his hand that he wouldn't touch it again.
We also finally got Adam (another) new car. It's a 2000 Chevy Malibu with 120,000 miles on it. So far, we're very happy with it.
We're currently waiting for what feels like the 20 W2's we should have coming in from both of our multiple jobs over the last year. We've also been told that spring usually starts to hit Portland around mid-February. Looking forward to that! While we only had 1 day of snow, having two solid weeks of rain, 1 day of sun, two weeks of rain... can get wearing! We're also stoked to be able to hit the beach again, get Adam started in school, have me at 1 job longer than a couple of months.... and the list goes on!