Beautiful view from a neighboring neighborhood, lunch by the docks.
Hello everyone! Feels like it has been awhile. I know this because I have been too tired to even check Facebook for a week now. So wanted to check in with everyone and fill you in on the monstrous changes we have undergone since my last blog post.
First things first, we have now successfully moved! It was a process, but we did it. For those of you who are organized, here is our new address:
633 W Emerson St Apt A
Seattle, WA 98119
We basically moved all day Saturday, cleaned all day Sunday and ached all day Monday. I'm impressed that we have most everything in its new space except for a few more boxes that mainly consist of medical bills or anything of that annoying nature. And really, there is no good place for things like that in a new home. We do love the new space though. Joe is certainly most excited about our new patio and God has confirmed our new home by giving us some beautiful weather for the past few days to enjoy it. All of you back in the midwest - humidity doesn't exist here...so nice weather means we pray for 70 degrees, usually stay in the 60's. I think I'm most excited about our potential dining room (which happens to be housing all of the medical bills, etc.) but it has great potential. We've also managed to hang some pictures - something we never accomplished in Apt B so we're feeling on top of our game here. There is a small empty room in the back awaiting for us to transform into a baby room...we might need some more time on this one though. (But I was persistent not to - as we usually would - throw our miscellaneous belongings in there, so its pretty much empty.) So we're happy.
Just as I was recovering from the move, I started my new job yesterday at the Omni Group. I will say that I am still overwhelmingly thankful for the job; however, despite this gratitude, the first day was rough. The company is unique to say the least. Think Google style work environment, shrunk down to a company of 40. Not trying to rub it in or anything (as I said earlier, overwhelmingly thankful) but the benefits are amazing. Lunch is served at 12:30 everyday. Today was sloppy joes, waffle fries and always a salad bar. Dinner is then served at 5:00. Joe is welcome to join for dinner every day of the week. Turns out, I can even eat breakfast there as they have a vast variety of cereal. My work hours can either be 9-5 or 10-6. I went in at 9 today and by 9:45 there were maybe 5 people in the building (most of whom were eating breakfast.) I'll probably catch on though because my coworkers who come in at 10 then eat dinner for 30 of their last 60 minutes of the day. Then there is fully paid health insurance for our whole family, massages, a game room, a theater....I mean, it's ridiculous to say the least. One of my favorite parts is that it is .7 miles from our house. While it is a short difference, I will blame both the incredible inclines and my 4 month old fetus for being out of breath on the way to and from work - but its so nice to get some fresh air everyday.
As for the job (I guess it is a job after all) it's not bad and hopefully I'll catch on. Basically the company makes 5 programs for Apple. They run on Apple computers, iPhones and iPads. My job is to keep the customers happy by answering phone calls and emails. My official title is "Support Ninja". Since they are a smaller company, there isn't exactly a training program so I'm kind of on my own, but I think I'll get the hang of it sooner than later.
So, day 2 was significantly more relieving than day 1 - and I now have friends to sit with at the lunch/dinner table so that makes everything easier.
And then there's our baby! Everything seems to be going well. This is too much information but I'm not enjoying some of the symptoms, particularly losing bladder control. I have a whole new empathy for Aunt Missy reading her Christmas poems but I'm pretty much out of luck if I sneeze. What a bummer. My stomach is popping out and I'm waiting for the day when I can feel him/her move around. We are disappointed that our ultrasound to find out the sex is not able to coincide with my mom's visit after all; but we are SO excited for my mom and Tom's visit in 10 days. Turns out they will be here just one week early and since they will be measuring the heart chambers they won't let us do the ultrasound early. It's all part of the bigger plan though, I know. So we'll find out boy or girl on June 21st!
So anyways, we are good - tired, but good. Joe is quite the partner through all of these changes and has an amazing ability to just hug me while I cry sometimes! :) I'm pretty lucky.
We love you all and think of you daily. Hope this update makes you smile - God is definitely good.
Love,
Robyn
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