When last we spoke, I was one day removed from being, well, removed from my job. Now more than five weeks later and I'm still holding out hope that my unemployment claim will get approved. It was denied once, but I filed an appeal and I'm hopeful it goes through. Until then, I wait. And hope. On the plus side, I have an interview tomorrow in Celina, so this might be the one. We'll see. If nothing else, it's an excuse to shave. I haven't done that in a while.
Sebastian turns six in two days. He had a dry pullup a couple days go, but not last night. He didn't even want to talk about it. It was like he was embarrassed to have not peed his bed. Sometimes I think he's wired backwards. He's rarely happy, at least not for long, and he goes through long stretches of depression. He's only just about to turn six. I've never seen any child, let alone one that young, who is so troubled. It worries me. Of course, just as we were getting him going to see a doctor about these problems, we lost our insurance and this doctor doesn't take medicaid. I guess poor people aren't allowed to work through their issues.
Amity has been learning to pee on the potty lately. She's had an accidents, of course, but she's getting pretty good at it. We even drove to Columbus on Saturday without incident. For the record, she wears a diaper to bed and even though she sleeps for at lest ten hours a night, the diaper is almost always dry.
So for the past five weeks I've been a stay at home dad. I make dinner every night and take care of most of the housework. This gig at the network looks like it might actually become more than just a hobby at some point. I've been with them for two and a half years and for the first time, I really think it could eventually become like a real job. We have some news coming up next month and after that, I think traffic will just explode. How cool would it be to work from home? Then I'd get the best of both worlds.
This has been a short post today and it's jumped around a lot. I feel rusty. It's been a good long while since I really wrote something. Let's hope this post knocks some of that rust off so I can do better next time. I'll try not to wait five weeks.
