Aminals
September 17th, 2007 by amylherzog
Well, I think it’s pretty safe to say we’re all immensely enjoying the new computer. One of Jacob’s favorite parts is the new Photo Booth program, which lets you take pictures through the built-in web camera. It’s not exactly an SLR, but it is mighty handy for taking quick family snapshots.
It’s so much nicer to use than the old computer that I’ve had a much easier time doing… well, everything. Blog stuff, here and on my knitting blog, photo manipulation, work, email, music… everything. It’s just such a joy to use.
There are other changes going on, too. As I may have mentioned here, we’re moving to a different house in a sunnier part of the Monterey peninsula (very close to where Jon works) in a few weeks, and we’re all pretty excited about that. I’ve started working for my old company part-time, now. I have a babysitter coming in 15 hours a week to play with Jacob while I work. I have mixed feelings about it, to be sure–one of the big advantages of this move was supposed to be that I could quit my job and just raise Jacob. But we really need the money to accomplish the things we want to accomplish in the next couple of years, so honestly there’s not much choice. And I do fully recognize that this is the best possible way to work: few hours, from home, with my child here having fun and being cared for as well as I would care for him. Still, I have good days about it and bad ones.
One of the down-sides is that we’ll see less of our friends in San Jose this way. They’re just about the best part about living here, so we’re trying to make extra effort to see them on the weekends. This weekend we went up and played D&D on Saturday, and spent Sunday at a local Japanese garden/petting zoo/amusement park. Jacob had a lot of fun with the animals, but was actually more interested in the machine that dispensed the feed. I think the goats might have been offended.
He refused to go on the rides–sometimes he’s unbelievably timid–but greatly enjoyed the waterfall in the Japanese garden and the train tracks that ran through the picnic areas:
This weekend is Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. We’ll be fasting and praying. I’m trying really hard, with all of our upcoming changes and plans, to start the new year off right. I am not usually one for resolutions, but I’m going to do my best over the coming year to focus on only the best parts of our lives. There are many. And even if things aren’t always the way I wish they could be, I have a lot to be thankful for.