There is a guy that calls himself The Naked Cowboy and he wears a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and tightie whities and sings and plays the guitar on the streets of big cities. Well, Owen may not have the hat, boots or guitar, but he's my Naked Cowboy and he's much cuter!!
Here's another picture of Owen enjoying his horse:
Owen has been getting all over the place and getting into everything, so we try to keep him wrangled in the living room. He finds LOTS of stuff to do in there, including playing with Ace
and standing up and banging on the TV!
He loves to pull himself up on any piece of furniture, and sometimes even peeks out the windows! He did manage to pull one of our curtains down, which kind of stinks because we have a big window in the front of our place and I hate that people can see in better now, but the curtains that are there are UGLY, so maybe he's just telling us to finally change them!
This last weekend, Owen and I went to Elkader. My oldest brother lives and works there now, and my other brother and his family were in town visiting, so Owen and I got to see the whole family. On Friday night, we had a fish fry out at my parents' acre, and my nephew Ian got my dad to give him a ride on the tractor, and Owen ended up getting his first ride, too! I think he liked it!
Saturday was a hot one, but my mom and I took Owen for a walk across town and ended up in the park, so Owen got his first experience on a swing (aside from his indoor baby swing and sitting on my lap in a big swing). He seemed to have fun, but the design of the baby swings in parks isn't great, so he was sitting kind of awkward and it looked like it hurt his neck, so when we got back to my parents' house, my dad put up the baby swing that they have. He definitely liked that!
Sunday was another HOT day, so it was time for some pool action. Ian jumped right in and had a good ole time, but Owen was definitely hesitant. I'm not sure if the water was too cold for him or what, but he would stand up in it fine, but if I tried to make him sit or get on all fours in it, he screamed. We haven't been back to the big pool since that one time we went to the Cedar Falls pool, so maybe he just needs more experience with it. He's been wanting to only stand up in the bath now, too, but I think that's just because he's curious about all the stuff in the shower and wants to play with everything (and by play, I mean shove it in his mouth!).
I finally got a job!! It's not a teaching job, which stinks because I worked SO HARD to get my degree, put in a lot of hours in the classroom, and it's something I know that I like, but it's a job. I start on Monday and I will be the assistant to the CEO (or something like that!) for Impact Marketing Technologies in Waterloo. There are so many good things about this job, though, that makes it not being a teaching job, OK.
1. I get paid every 2 weeks. It's the same amount of money every time and we can actually make a budget!! Right now, my husband and I both work at a sports bar and it makes budgeting IMPOSSIBLE because we rely on tips. And if I were substituting again this year, it's still not guaranteed money.
2. By the end of the year, I'll be making more money than I would if I were a teacher.
3. Weekends off!! (Same as if I were teaching/substituting, but not if I were waitressing.)
4. I will be awesome at this job. True, I don't know what all it entails, but I can be good at anything!! ; )
5. Good experience. If finding a teaching job never works out for me, and something happens to this new job, I have my foot in the door for another career path.
6. I can't wait around forever for teaching jobs to open, and I need to do what's right for my family!
I'm very, very, very excited for this opportunity. I HATE starting new jobs, though, because I don't like not knowing how to do my job, but that will turn around in a few weeks or so. I'm still sad that teaching didn't work out for me this year, but I will always have my degree. Wish me luck!!
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