EH found it hard to get the NAsian work culture and it was starting to weigh on him. Job search started in Feb, and it has been quite a roller coaster ride. First, nothing seemed to come up; then a couple of opportunities came along and dragged on, subsequently decided against. A couple more came up, one of which went really well - just as we neared resolution, suddenly lots of new and exciting ops started popping up - like last minute barrage to blindside you! - but God gave EH discernment and he stuck to the one that was going well....
He is one week into it, and very happy : ). He says, of all (many) jobs held, this is closest to 'dream' job: lots of autonomy and very little red tape / culture crap (eg. come in earlier and stay later than boss even if you are doing nothing more than cutting toenails at desk). Yay! He is in Hong Kong for 2 weeks. Should have been a month, it's just that....
Yep: I am now 37 weeks + 6 days into it! Baby is a girl, average size - should be about 2.7-3 kg when she appears. James was 3.58... Pregnancy has been very smooth save for a little nausea in first tri. She's very active, but not as explosive as her brother - he made me feel like I had a canon ball richocheting around inside me, or a trampolinist practising jumps on my bladder. She is very much more gentle, thank goodness. We are hoping this translates to quiet, mellow baby, but I suppose you can never be sure...
That's about it for major stuff... EH and I are both expanding our repertoire of kiddie songs - and I used to worry that I only knew about 3 kids songs. Am quite proud of knowing words to more obscure ditties like "2 little dickie birds", "Peter and Paul went to pray" : ) Some of these songs stick quite badly in the brain - to the point where EH was whistling "Cockadoodledoo, my dame has lost a shoe" at work, earning wierd look from colleague and condescending "Isn't that a kid's song?"
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