The Promised Land- Texas!

It's official, and it has been for more than a week-I just haven't updated the blog. We are moving to Sugar Land, Texas!!! After receiving three job offers (I can brag about my husband, right?), Ryan accepted a position as "Management Assistant I" at the City of Sugar Land. He starts June 1st!

Cleaning Lady's Top Ten

I really like my job. I’ve liked all of my jobs except Convergys and Weber State Credit Union. Since I was a little girl I enjoyed cleaning. Some have questioned my sanity, but there’s a feeling of accomplishment after folding three batches of tide-fresh cloths and towels, or vacuuming the carpet in neat rows without leaving a foot print. Here’s my list of top ten favorites of my part time work:

1. Singing primary and Disney songs to Bella, while mixing and refilling cleaning chemicals.
2. Carrying Bella in the Snugli on my back. It’s like a papoose, and leaves my hands free.
3. Telling Bella princess stories in Spanish as I de-lint the dust cloths.
4. Finding her tummy-time blanket empty, and spying the office manager bouncing Bella on her knee as she makes phone calls. She informs everyone she talks to that she has the cutest, tiniest five month old baby on her lap.
5. Balancing Bella on my hip as I vacuum and scan inventory.
6. Folding cloths one handed, while holding Bella and keeping her fingers away from the little hairs on the back of my neck with the other.
7. Folding laundry twice as fast when Bella is sleeping, or otherwise occupied.
8. Watching the office manager’s husband play with Bella on the floor while I change vacuum bags.
9. Letting Bella play on carpet while I clean the dusters and change the laundry.
10. Seeing Bella smile and curl up with excitement when I peek at her from the backroom door.

My least favorite chore is cleaning the vacuum beater bars. It is doing wonders to cure my aversion to detached hair though. I haven’t gagged for two days now.

I definitely need to get a Pack’N’Play for Bella though. She just started getting up on her hands and knees. I’m afraid she’ll be crawling before long, and access to bottles of Formula 900 and Mean Green might be a small problem.

Kersaint Cobb Makes Me Eat Crow

So far seven scammers have responded to my work queries on Craig’s List. Kersaint Cobb is my favorite con artist thus far, but Mayowa Wilson is a close second. They sent identical emails (poor grammar word for word, except the names) asking me to tutor a son who would be visiting from Germany. Kersaint wins because he responded a day sooner. For my convenience, they would be willing to pay me 40$ an hour via Western Union, plus they would send me extra so I could pay the “nanny” that would bring his son to lessons. I told Kersaint that I only accept cash and that he needs to pay the nanny himself, and so far he hasn’t responded.

Crow tastes alright, if eating it means we will be able to leave Lawrence with no student loans. I’ll be using my Bachelor’s degree in English—with an emphasis in creative writing—to clean offices. I get to choose my hours, and I can bring Bella. What more could I ask? I start Thursday at 3:00.