A BIRTHDAY AND OTHER EVENTS

First things first. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL!! I hope that your day was a love-filled one. :)

Ruther and I just bought some dinner and ate it at home. I don't mind not celebrating Valentine's Day. As long as we're together, that's all that matters to me.

I love you, baby...

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It was Ruther's birthday last February 8. My sweetie is now 36 years old. Wow. In a few months, I'll be a year older as well. I feel like I've only begun to find my true calling. (Will talk more about this later.) Am I old? Feels so weird. Sometimes I feel like my bones are creaking, other times, I think that I'm only beginning to live...

We didn't get to celebrate Ruther's birthday. It was a Tuesday. But I got him a cake and he blew some candles. Nikki made him a birthday card which was cute. I didn't get him a present. Yet. I figured, if I get him something, I want it to be something bought using my own money this time. And that's what I plan to do. For sure, once I've saved enough, I'll get him something he'll like. Something he'll really like.

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Enzo is starting to eat more these days. Yesterday, he tried eating squash and he liked it. I can't say for sure if he loved it, but he didn't complain or put up a fuss so I'm taking that as a good sign. He's also come to love biscuits and I'm sure it's yummy for him, but it's just so messy! I suppose he'll have to eat them in the afternoons when we're out of the room. I wouldn't want to have to worry about ants while we're sleeping...

Yesterday, Enzo was vaccinated. My sis got the 6-in-1 vaccine so we could update his shots. It's a good thing my sis is here to give him the vaccine, otherwise, I'd be more worried about his shots. He'll be getting another shot next month and hopefully, he won't be getting any more late vaccinations.

I know. Bad mommy.

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And now, for good news.

I have a job! Yay! Some weeks ago, my sister gave me a clipping. It was an ad from a newspaper looking for English-proficient people to work from home. It sounded okay so I took an English test last Tuesday and was called for a training last Saturday. I'll basically be an abstractor. I'll be making abstracts of articles from US publications and get paid. From home. Isn't that great? I've been searching for an ideal job for the past months and I get this. Not only will I be working from home, I'll be able to do what I love doing: writing. I mean, even if I won't be composing anything, it would still be a good thing to do. And I'll be earning money! And I'll be with my boys! And I could breastfeed Enzo! Isn't that amazing? All thanks to my sister. I will start work this week once the company sends me my assignments and I am pretty excited already. Hopefully, I'll be able to do a good job, earn money and be able to spend my extra time with the boys.

Yay! Am SO happy! :D

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I've thought long and hard about it and I want to continue homeschooling the boys. I know it's going to be challenging because of Enzo and work, but I want to try. And I'm planning on enrolling Nikki in a US-based curriculum so that I won't have problems with the local accreditation problems and such. I just want him to love learning. And I want him to develop his character. Hopefully, this is the right move for us.