Joel celebrated his 29th birthday again. We got to celebrate with him before the big day because he went back to California the night before his birthday. He got to celebrate the actual day by going to Disneyland for free. We are jealous. This photo was taken in December 2005. It is one of those photos that when our kids see it they are going to say, "What were you guys thinking!?" I thought it might give you a good laugh.
I haven't posted in awhile because we have been settling into a new routine. I got another job and after two weeks of doing both jobs I quit the cleaning business, hopefully for good! I was hired part time at the Douglas County Aids Project. I am working as a social worker doing case management for about 22 clients infected with HIV. I was hired on a grant position that goes through next July so we will be here until then. It has been very interesting work. I have learned a lot about AIDS in the last few weeks and am very glad that I don't participate in any of the high risk behaviors. It is good to be back doing case management, which is where I did my internship in college, before I worked in the school districts. It is a very small non-profit agency so that is fun and challenging. There are only 6 employees, I think only 3 are full-time. I work two days a week normally but this week I worked full time which was exhausting considering I was up most of the nights all week with Jude who has had the flu all week. Luckily I flew Joel in to provide child care (the airplane ticket was the exact same price as what I would have paid for five days of child care) so he took care of our sick baby all week during the day. Adelle got the bug last night and will be home from school tomorrow. Hopefully by the time Joel leaves Wednesday night everyone will be healthy again.
