Visit to Jupiter and more

Last weekend, Britton and I went to Jupiter to visit my parents and to go to Artfest by the Sea. The last time I was in Jupiter on the weekend of this event, I was getting married and had no time for the art fair. ;-) We had a nice visit and the weather was beautiful.

Then we returned to Tampa, and Britton began the first of five weeks of night shifts, 16 hour shifts starting at 4pm Sunday-Thursday. Needless to say, I only get to see him on the weekends then and the house is a little lonely. Thank goodness for Samantha and her attention-needy personality or I'd really feel down.

This weekend Britton and I had two wonderful days of homemade dinners and breakfasts on our newly screened-in porch. Our days were filled with little errands and projects. As a result, we have all new pulls and knobs on our kitchen cabinets, Samantha got a bath, and...we have a stroller and a car seat! Yikes! We went by a local maternity/baby store and wound up finding a special that we couldn't pass up. Driving home with a car seat in the backseat and a stroller in the trunk was definitely weird...in a cool way. We had not bought anything for the baby yet, so this was a big step. We are planning on getting a lot of our big things (car seat, stroller, crib, highchair, etc) early so my nephew, Connor, can use them when he comes from Taiwan to visit in June (which I am more than a little excited about!). So we are not completely crazy buying things at 19 weeks. ;-)

On the work front, my job was supposed to change in 2 weeks when the woman that I'm replacing comes back from maternity leave. She just called my current boss on Friday to say that she is not coming back! Unfortunately I have already been assigned to an off-site outpatient clinic at TGH to cover for someone else for 2 months. Will I be able to stay in my current position which I love or will the other off-site clinic insist that they claimed me first? I suppose a lot will unfold this week. Unfortunately, my current PRN (contract type) status dictates that I'm the chess piece, not the player, so we'll see. If they post a full time position for the one that I'm currently filling, I will apply for it.

Now, Britton has gone to work and I'm left home alone again. Waiting for the weekend...