forward motion is good

A job offer has come my way & I have accepted it.

Next month I begin work as a grader of this state's student assessment tests, specifically the composition section. I will be doing so on a full-time basis for about 2 months. After that there is a possibility of earning a more permanent place among them, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

Good thing #1: I finally get to use the degree I worked so hard to earn. Good thing #2: regardless of how long I work there, it should improve my resume & lead to bigger, better jobs in the future. Good thing #3: a weight is lifted off of my shoulders, and off V's shoulders too. Good thing #4: it means I didn't turn in my notice to vacate my apartment on March 2nd for nothing.

Yes, on March 2 I will finally leave my DFW homeland for Austin. This gives me less than 2 weeks to pack my stuff, make some necessary arrangements, & get rid of whatever I can get rid of. As soon as I finish this blog I will be looking into my options as far as moving & storage go.

I'll be moving into V's apartment, which will save us money. We won't stay at her current place for too long, as we'll need more room soon. Plus, it isn't the best of apartments heh. Moving in with her requires me to store the majority of my belongings for the next few to several months, so I'm trying to figure out where to store them and whether I should go with a controlled-climate environment. Anyone with good suggestions on storage & moving company options should comment or send me a message.

I'm also hoping that the weather will be nice enough one weekend soon to have a yard sale at my parents' house. Preferably a weekend BEFORE I move, but if not I guess I could always come back and do it once the weather stops freaking out. I don't know why all of a sudden Texas has decided to embrace winter full-on, but I wish we could've voted against it ahead of time. If you'd like to know what I have to get rid of, ask & I shall do my best to let you know.

So yeah, I have lots to do but I'm excited to finally be on my way. Every week it gets harder for me to leave Austin behind; now I won't have to.

baby giraffe

Well, it's finally happened...I'm going to be a dad this year.

Yep, V is pregnant. She's at 11 weeks now, and both her & our love-spawned parasite are doing well. So we're finally letting people know.

Answers to the questions that inevitably come up from this sort of announcement:

1. No, we're not getting married. At least not any time soon, if at all. She's telling people we're holding out until gay marriage is legal, heh. Which may be true. At any rate, she has to propose to me first. But yes, no plans to do so any time soon. Really, I don't see a need for it other than to satisfy the desires of certain relatives. And that's no reason to get married. I'm committed to her, she's committed to me, & we're both committed to our baby...that's all that matters. Well, that & the fact that we're very happy of course.

2. No, we don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet, and we don't plan on finding out until he or she arrives, screaming and covered in goo.

3. We DO know that the baby giraffe will arrive around the end of August. And that V's only having one baby, not twins or a litter or anything like that.

4. No, we haven't decided on any names yet either, but we have been talking about them as of last week. I'll keep you posted on what options end up gaining the most favor from both of us.

5. Yes, we will let you know once we have a wishlist so you know what to get for us if you want to get us baby stuff. Sounds to me like we'll be covered clothes-wise as it already has 15 cousins on her side of the family to acquire hand-me-downs from. (And really, why spend a bunch of money on new clothes for him/her to grow out of?) So that rules out clothes but leaves plenty of other stuff to be bought. There will certainly be a baby shower down the road too, so I'll try to inform interested parties of that as well.

Any other questions? Feel free to ask and I will of course happily address them.

We're both very excited, more so with each new day. And those who have already been informed are also excited for us. We've heard a lot of cries of joy lately hehe. It's pretty awesome.

Now to get myself to Austin...