A number of big changes

You can tell that I’m swamped at work when I don’t blog as regularly. It’s so glaringly obvious.

Well, while I’ve been swamped at work, Jordan’s had some big changes in her world.

First, she transitioned into a new classroom this week. She is now in a room with a majority of kids who turn three in the next month or two. It’s kind of strange to see Jordan as the littlest kid after she’s been very much in charge in her classrooms for the last 6 months or more. But the change is perfect for her. She’s so dang verbal that in the last week, her speaking has improved dramatically because she can really talk to the kids in her new room. PLUS, a lot of these kids know how to use the bathroom. And that means Jordan was immediately motivated. We made some progress in that department – even though I haven’t moved forward to an all-out training method just yet. (P*tty training bloggers, please do not leave comments, I have my own system thank you very much)

Jordan also officially grew out of her shoe inserts – it was a painful realization. I had noticed a red spot on the side of Jordan’s foot, but it rapidly turned into a blister that bled. Randy noticed it when he dropped her off to school yesterday, so I immediately went on emergency shoe patrol. Before yesterday, Jordan had three pairs of shoes: sneakers, a pair of dressy/casual brown shoes and a pair of black dressy shoes. All three pairs had the insoles pulled out to fit the inserts. Well, without the insoles or shoe inserts, Jordan would NOT wear them. So I ran to Target and bought some new Dora sneakers. I also splurged and bought a pair of princess sandals. I realize Jordan will get new inserts and won’t be allowed to wear sandals again. But in the meantime, I wanted to give Jordan the chance to play with a pair of sandals. She LOVES both pairs of shoes. She spent a lot of time at school yesterday and today telling the grown ups about her Dora shoes and how she had princess shoes. (By the way, Jordan’s pronunciation of princess sounds like “penciss” and confuses people who think she’s saying “pencil”)

I’m thinking about really working on living a pants-free lifestyle in the house this weekend to get the real training underway. I’m feeling inspired… Even though I need to read three graduate projects and two graduate project proposals.

Yeah. I’m crazy.

Speaking of crazy, Randy and I were both told we are getting promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor. That’s a big honor and it’s nice to be recognized for all the hard work we give to our jobs.