Months go by...

... and I have been silent.  So here is a quick update for you.

I have found a new job, and been working at it for a couple of months.  I'm now a project manager for a company that is based in Chicago, but lucky enough to do most of my work from home.  I go into the office for a couple of days every two or three weeks.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed the work load picks up soon.  Reactive work is not my style, nor my preference, if I am totally honest. (Which, except for one notable exception, I am.)

Matthew is continuing to do well in school and the fun of math is picking up a bit.  The other day he asked me to teach him how to count by fours.  He continues to work on his reading, but is becoming a bit stubborn about it.  Hrmm, I wonder where he gets that stubborn streak from?!?!

Lastly, I had stated somewhere on this thing about rediscovering the world through my child.  The intention of that statement was somewhere along the lines of seeing the world again as a child does, rather than the somewhat cynical view that developed in my adult years.  Here is an update to that intention...  I am seeing the world again through the eyes of a child, but I am also seeing the world as my parents saw it, while raising my siblings and me.  I have developed a whole new respect for them, and the choices they made.  Way to go Mom and Dad!!