Getting ready for work this morning I begin to wonder how many more days I'll get up and go to work. One day soon our little girl will decide she's had enough and I won't go to work. It seems strange that I'll be taking 6+ weeks off from work. I'm grateful for FMLA which allows me up to 12 weeks off if I want it. I'm not planning on taking all 12 weeks, but I am planning on taking a little extra, returning to work just after the Thanksgiving weekend. I thought this would work out well so that I don't have to request off any days around Thanksgiving to go see family or anything, I will just continue my leave until after the holiday weekend, and then return to work. That being said, please don't be upset or frustrated with Michael and I if we are unable to travel or ask off for any events or activities for various reasons between Thanksgiving and New Years. My job has been very good to me throughout my time there and especially throughout my pregnancy. I am not going to ask my co-workers and my bosses to cover me even more after I've had over 6 weeks off. So if you would like to see us or want us to come visit you for some reason, please let us know so we can make plans before the end of my maternity leave. After Thanksgiving I will be working my designated schedule to help out the people who have graciously helped me the past 15 months, and especially the past 9 months. Chances are good you won't see us much between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But know that we love you and care about you and will do what we can to see people during the holiday season on and around our days off from work. :)
I love my job and my co-workers. :) They have been so great and understanding throughout my time at Belden's, and especially throughout my pregnancy. They have worked through me having 2 jobs at a time and scheduling conflicts. They have done their best to give me the days that I request off. They have covered for me when I've been sick. They are great people and I enjoy working with each and every one of them. :) Belden's has really been very good to me, making me a full-time employee right when Michael and I needed it for the health insurance benefits. With the benefits of being full time, my entire pregnancy has been covered under their health insurance, which has been great! I also get short term disability through them, which allows me to continue being paid a portion of my income while I'm on maternity leave! What a blessing! I mean, Michael makes enough to support us, but with me still bringing in a little money (very little), it will give us just enough extra to do a couple nice things a month, and to cover some of the new and unexpected expenses that come with a new baby. :)
If there's one thing Michael and I have learned over the past 3.5 years, it's how to manage our money. You kind of have to learn this hard lesson when you're living on one income at a time and you're living paycheck to paycheck (which we have done a great deal of during our marriage). We know how to buy groceries to make them last a whole month. We know how to cut out extra things like tv, internet, eating out, and entertainment. We know how to have fun for little to no cost! Yeah!! :D We know that the bills come first, always, and that what is left over if what we have to use to make do. It hasn't been easy, and it hasn't been fun, but we get by. God has always made sure that we've had just enough to pay our bills and care for the puppies and ourselves. And as long as we are able to do all of that, the rest is just gravy. ;)
So I'm off to work another day, wondering if this will be my last. Paying careful attention to each little ache and pain, casually monitoring the time to see if I'm noticing any consistancies. We're getting so close and I'm getting so excited and anxious! Our lives will change soon in extraordinary ways! I can't wait to see what the future holds for our family. :) Remember, I would love to see each and every one of you at the hospital the day our little angel is born! Keep reading here and on facebook for the alerts that she's coming. Very few people will get phone calls, but we will send out texts. So have your phones on you and your facebooks refreshing, because sometime in the next 16 days, Baby Voss will be on her way! Oh yeah, and don't get offended if Michael makes you sit down before you're allowed to hold her. ;) At least I talked him out of the idea he had from Scrubs where he throws a ball at you and if you can't catch it effectively he doesn't let you hold her at all. ;)
Have a wonderfuld Wednesday, my friends! Stay tuned! Baby Voss is making her debut someday soon! :D
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