Crawling

The baby is crawling. he practically flies across the livingroom going toward any and every hard and unforgiving surface (the glass bottom stand of the tv, under the high chair, the sliding glass door). The sliding glass door is my favorite so far, as he doesnt quite have the concept of glass down yet. He tries to crawl through it and when his head "thuds" against the door he looks up all perplexed and then proceeds to either keep trying to crawl through it or bangs on it with his hands. Either way is pretty amusing.
Work is work. I am trying to finish up all my requirements so that I can get my Profesisonal Certificate of Teaching (I have my temporary now) so that I dont get fired this summer. I passed my subject area test for math 6-12 (woo-hoo) and i turned in my portfolio (hoping i did just enough to get a passng score although i may have to fix it and re-submit) and I have another test next week thats required. WHile trying to study and complete homework for another required class i need for certification i am also trying to teach (hmmm, what a novel idea...teaching when your job is a teacher) but i seem to be falling short inthat department somewhat...whatever, i'm not even sure if I care. I am also applying for teaching jobs at some private schools. There are 3 that I would consider teaching at. Ransom Everglades that has no open positions, Columbus HS which I have an interview at next week, and Gulliver Prep, my first choice by far but i'm still waiting to hear from them to schedule an interview. I'm pretty sure i'll get hired at Columbus but after talking to a friend who knows someone there I am re-considering. They are super rigid (which definately has its benefits) with both their students and teachers. and by rigid i mean (oh and did imention its a catholic all boys school?) they have a unform, which is fine, but when you dictate what shoes you MUST wear (sketchers model XXXX to be exact - dont actually know the model) I feel thats a tad extreme. SO if I get hired that means taking out all my earings and probably having to buy a whole new wardrobe to fit their stiff and uncompromising rules and regulations (anyone else see a problem with this?)...hmmm, but i also have to think of the baby....if i do work there i'm sure he'll go for free of a super discount which would be greatly needed as i REFUSE to send my child to public school here. they are horrible and i actually want to give my son a good education and foundation for college not just the ability to take the FCAT. so we wait to hear from Gulliver......hopefully soon.

And to add to the mess of things going on we are trying to buy a house. The first one we really wanted fell through. Not because we werent approved or whatnot but becasue the edition on the back of the house has code violations....which means no permits....which would require us to probably have to tear it down and rebuild it. no thanks, we'll keep shopping. a few others we liked are in good shape and affordable but we want one with enough space on the side to put the jet skis...2 jet skis side by side on a double trailer. and if you live in miami you understand the difficulty in that. .....find a house where you cant reach out your window and into your neighbors isnt all that easy...but we're still trying.

Wedding and more....

So my parents and step-parents threw me and E a "wedding reception" this past saturday. Despite all of the possible things that couldve gone wrong everything actually turned out pretty good. The 4 tangueray and tonics i had certainly helped. There were hors d'oevers that were brought around and a cheese spread i think (i didnt get any of them.....i dont even think i was offered as i was required to "mingle")...but they looked good on other people's plates! And then there was serve yourself stations of food. The alfredo was good and the pesto and shrimp pizza was also good, although I only got a few bites of each. I shouldve ate more, but oh well.... Then there was dancing and such and more tangueray......all in all things turned out well. yay. i was worried. After the party me and E and our friends went out in Providence......Club Prov if anyone actually cares. More drinks, a little dancing and some high-flying superman fun.....then becasue we didnt want to drive and the cab couldnt get to where we were as they close down the streets in providence when the clubs get out we decided instead of walking to where the cab could get us we thought it would be a good idea to walk all the way back to Federal Hill. We had a room at the new little boutique-y hotel Dolce Villa (part of the restaurant). It was nice, all white and pretty comfy. And good breakfast the following morning at Dolce Villa the restaurant.

The baby has decided he wants to be mobile......he has taken his first little crawls (can you make it a singular verb?) He took one crawl?? whatever...he has successfully moved forward with 2 crawls, then lays flat on his belly and does it again. He is officially mobile. and that is pretty scary :) i'm sure i'll get pictures of the "wedding" and when i do i will post them.

sorry this post sucks, i though i should write about the party even though i'mnot so much in the mood to write.