Well...I am sitting in the living room of one of my day care parent's house with my friend Natalia...we started babysitting yesterday afternoon and have the two boys until Monday morning. It is kind of nice being able to sit with another person....NOT that I can't handle it by myself, but more because I like the company. I HATE being alone....so it is nice to be able to hang out and just chill with someone. We already got paid...and we definitely made some sweet cash for the work that we have to do. REALLY...it isn't tough stuff. We both work until 6 most nights...and the boys go to bed by 8...and all of the meals are already cooked (they just need to be nuked)...and they are old enough to be pretty self-sufficient. SO...we are both excited for the amount of cash we made. God is SO cool like that...He totally provides in time of need. I was getting gas on Tuesday night, and the owner of the Getty in Ashland came up to my car and looked at my rear tire. In his Lebanese accent, he said, "Oh, you need rear brakes..."...OK!...and then he went to my front tire and was like, "OOOOOOH! You need front brakes too!! And you better get them soon or else you will have to get your rotors replaced!" YIKES!!! So, needless to say, the money came at a perfect time! :-)

Life is going pretty well at the moment. Work is work....not a whole lot to say about that! :-) Definitely frustrating at times, but seems to be going ok. I know that this is not where I am supposed to be forever (although I've been saying this for 8 years! ;-) haha...)...but what I am supposed to do or where I am supposed to do it remains a mystery. Ideally, I would like a job where I can make more money and do less work...I suppose everyone wants that...but I am tired of working in a profession where the pay scale is equivalent to that of a fry cook! It is seriously a messed up thing in the United States...where investing in the lives of young children is looked down upon...and where it is deemed as a job where one goes if they do not have any skills/education. I would challenge anyone who thinks that this job does not take cojones! Today, for example, I had to work in the infant room all afternoon. We are in the process of trying to get an eight month old little girl acclamate to the classroom. She is one of those "difficult" children...which in lay terms means that all she does is SCREAM!!! Good Lord....having to be in a room with a child like that is enough to make you lose your mind! Well, enough of that....but my point in all of this is this: I could get a job answering phones making more than I do at being a director of a daycare and dealing with people's most precious belongings. How twisted is that?? Anywhoo...I think I want something with less responsibility and more pay. That's all...

Hmm...what else? Ok, church is going amazing. It is more exciting than I could ever have possibly imagined...and yet busier than I could ever dream. Sometimes I feel like it is SO hard to connect to new people and follow up with them on a consistent manner outside of Sundays...all the while doing real life and keeping up with EVERYTHING else that needs to happen.......why does it seem more difficult than when I did it for youth? Is life just busier now? I'm not sure....all I can say though is that I can't imagine being Pastor David and Ginelle! Holy Smokes! I don't know he manages all that he does! I pray that soon enough he is able to fully focus on and be able to invest all of his time in LifeSong stuff...and not have to spread his time between two day cares and IT support at MWWC and running a brand new church and everything that comes along with it....

OK...so I have been seeing someone. For about 10 weeks I have been spending lots of time with a Brasiliero named Pedro. Yeah, as in "Vote for Pedro"....haha....I met him through a friend of mine at the day care. He is younger...22...but definitely doesn't seem that young. We get along famously...and he treats me like a queen. Basically anything that I want to do we've done... We've done dinner in Boston at some of the best Brazilian restaurants (Zagat rated....NO...not Fagats! ;-) hahahah....have you seen that episode of Will & Grace?? OH, gosh...it's hilarious!!), gone to a Red Sox game, gone to the Revolution play off game against Chicago Fire, and most recently went to the Patriots game against the Colts (yeah, they played like crap and lost...but it was still my first game ever, so it was pretty memorable!). Oh...and there have been the normal dates like bowling and movies and such...which have all been very fun. Well...that's all I'll say about that...but we are having fun.

Alrighty, Lee...I hope this post suffices! :-) I really should update on a weekly basis.....they wouldn't have to be SO long if I wrote more often! hahaha.....

Hope all is well with you all!!!

Love ya!

~Jen