Well, life is busy around here... I'm teaching piano students (mon.-thu.) and just recently took a part-time teaching job at Delgado Community College (their main campus is in New Orleans; the job I took is in a Covington campus, just 20 min. away). I'm only teaching one class, but that's enough! It's a music appreciation class, a fine arts elective for non-music majors. I've taught two classes, so far, and it seems to be going well. What's most time consuming is the lesson plans/making quizzes... Michael has homeschooling duties on Tue. and Thu., me on Mon. and Wed. - Fridays are very short (1-2 hours at the most) so long as we've stayed on track mon.-thur. Michael continues to apply for jobs weekly - all over the United States and one out of the country: Beirut! (not sure of the spelling) He's applied for a total of 30 or so just since November of '09... He's still painting and working on ceramics- it's important he keeps a current body of work when applying for jobs - they won't want to hire someone who is not "practicing" their art... He's even applied for non-art related jobs around town: Walmart, Barnes and nobles, and I think Michael said Target... Their response to him: he's overqualified! Overqualified! That makes sense - someone smart to work at your store, but they don't want him...
Say your prayers for us. We really need him to get a job this time around, BECAUSE, we are expecting another child. Yup, that's right - I'm pregnant - 14 weeks (estimated due date according to an ultrasound: July 21st). What makes this all the crazier, is that my sister is pregnant too!!! And her due date is the same as mine. What are the odds?! I only wished we lived closer to each other! I am very excited for both of us... Josephine and Maureen are super excited to have a new baby sister or brother. They're already choosing names for the baby! I asked Maureen if she thought the baby was a boy or a girl, and she said "It's a girl, and I want to name her Stara-Clara." Veronica, pretty much doesn't understand - maybe she'll understand better once my belly grows big.
