workin' girl

on the eve of my 1st day back to work...in 5 years...i am filled with a variety of emotions, but mostly excitement! i figured i'd write this post to answer the numerous questions i've received over the past week about this new venture. (sorry i haven't responded to everyone's emails and such)

i will be working as the marketing director for precision collision in lorton. fyi...this is a 6 minute commute from our house! i will certainly learn more about what i'll be doing tomorrow, but here's the short of it...my job will be two-fold; for one, i will be visiting with current clients to ensure that they are satisfied and will continue to be our customers. second, i will work on securing new clients, from a list of what i would call "referrals". much of the job will be spent schmoozing the current and potential clients. i will be working 3 hours a day, 3 days a week...perfect! for now, our neighborhood sitter will be watching the boys, while she's home from college. in september, we will most likely have a part-time nanny watching jacob, while andrew is at school...these details are still being finalized.

seeing as i can not wear workout clothes or my bathing suit to work, i did some business clothing shopping this weekend. it was fun to buy these things and it definitely gave me a "sense of self" back...and that was only the shopping...imagine how i'll feel once i'm actually wearing them on the job!

speaking of which, i need to head upstairs and figure out what i'm going to wear tomorrow...i feel like it's the first day of school :)

here's to hoping i can sleep tonight!!!

PS...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

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brotherly love...

many of you have emailed me asking how things went with soccer last week. to make a long (and exhausting!) story very short, we went every day...andrew did not participate at all. when asked about soccer camp, his response has been something like..."it was boring"..."i cried a lot"..."it was stupid" at first glance i thought "what a waste of money!"...but now i realize it was money well spent! i think he learned a lesson about sticking it out...even if you don't love it!



aside from that update, i wanted to post this adorable picture of the boys...i don't get too many like this, so i wanted to share it...ENJOY!

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let's play...

last night derek and i met with a resident in counseling at creative therapy associates. this group was recommended to me by a friend who once worked there, in an effort to get her license in play therapy. this whole concept of play therapy is so fascinating to me. it's truly amazing how much they can learn from children, while they are engaged in play.

i was quite nervous as we drove there last night, thinking about what this was going to be like. i just kept repeating to myself, why do we have to do this? i realize now that we are definitely doing the right thing for our child. derek and i both left the meeting feeling very confident about the counselor and how she could potentially help our family. after learning about her, the group, and exactly how play therapy works, she had us tell her about andrew. derek spoke first, which was nice. it was good for me to hear him describe what we've been experiencing. i then added some things to the conversation. many times i feel like people may think i'm exaggerating this whole thing, just because i'm the one who gets the brunt of andrew's outbursts, because i'm home with him more. however, it was obvious to me last night, that derek understands exactly what's going on and is fully on board with us receiving help for our son.

after hearing everything we had to say, she told us that she thinks we're coming in at a good point...before things get out of control. she said that a lot of what we told her is "developmentally normal" for his age. she shed some light on several of the issues we discussed and really made me feel that there is hope! she is definitely concerned about the anger and outbursts. she did mention that she'd like to explore the issue of sensory integration, which is interesting b/c i've been thinking about that too...with his sensitivity of noises.

we scheduled andrew's first visit for next thursday...i'll keep you posted.

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