What's up?

I have a few updates. We got Dylan's baseball schedule yesterday. If anyone is interested in coming and watching a game let me know and I'll email you a schedule. I would rather not make it public, if you know what I mean. He's having a great time this year. Joel said he's hitting and fielding really well at practice.

I got to peek in and watch a bit of Maddie's ballet rehersal for her recital in May. It was amazing. She comes home from ballet and says she never learns anything, but what I witnessed showed me otherwise. It was beautiful.

Spring break starts this week. Maddie has that damn cold of course. She gave it to Joel. I have worried a lot about it turning into pneumonia again, but today is day 4 and she actually seems to be getting better (cross fingers).

Yesterday was Maddie's parent/teacher conference. It wasn't a bad conference. She had earned her self-manager badge by her good behavior and the teacher sang her praises for that. She's a little bit behind where she should be, but she's making really good progress and should be where she needs to be by the end of the year. The teacher was worried that she would lose some of it over the summer and suggested summer school, but I think we're going to go for some home tutoring. A little more flexible and I think (know) she will respond better to that. Especially if it is Dylan and I doing the tutoring (mostly Dylan). Joel and I are convinced that the only reason that she is a little behind is because she was sick for so long. She was sick pretty much from the beginning of December clear until the middle of February when she finally had the pneumonia and then got better. If you don't feel good your brain doesn't work at the level it should. I think that is how she fell behind a little. Poor girl. She's smart, that's for sure.

Today was Dylan's parent/teacher/student conference. He really wanted Maddie to come so he could show her his classrooms and locker and everything. She loved that. All of his teachers sang his praises as usual. He always seems a little embarrassed about that, which is funny. He should be used to it by now.

I had a job interview yesterday. I am always looking for something better and more ideal. When you think of working from home you think of flexibility in your schedule, but that's not the case at all. Almost always when I apply somewhere I get a job offer. It's hard to find a transcriptionist with as much experience as I have, so that does make me feel good. At my current job, my line rate is in the higher bracket so I have a difficult time find a job offer with an equal or greater line rate. I would love to find one with better hours, but that is near impossible as well. This current job offer was for full-time only. While I wouldn't mind working full time while the kids are in school, I can't do it over summer. The pay was equal to what I get now though, so it did mean more money. In the end, I turned it down. I have a really difficult time leaving my current job. The company is stable. In fact, the last place I was offered a job at went bankrupt and was bought out by my current company a week after I turned down their offer. The lure of full time on a temporary basis was tempting so I spoke with my current supervisor and asked to increase my hours by 8 every week. It's not full time, but it's 32 hours. This will last only until the kids get out of school and then I'll go back to my regular schedule. I feel a lot more comfortable with that. While she had me on the phone she told me what an awesome job I am doing. I had a minor HIPAA violation last month that turned out to be really nothing I could have done different to change anyway. All my audits are passing or within a half a point of passing. I never have any schedule noncompliance or complaints against me. It felt nice to have someone appreciate what I do.

Okay, this boring serious post is done. I got things to do.