Week 35

This week was a monumentally stressful week around our household. The 7 day tub/shower project was still very much underway with no end in sight. Kevin had to make a quick trip to Norfolk for a few days, and the icing on the cake was when we found out that the nanny arrangement we had with the neighbors was a bit too overwhelming, so we couldn't use her services anymore. I knew that the former lifestyle of working in the evenings just wasn't sustainable for any of us. I of course immediately started panicking, and stressing, and fervently praying that we would figure out a new system when the time was right. None of the few connections we had seemed to be coming through for us, and after one not so appealing interview with a Craigslist prospect, I posted an ad on UT's job board for current students and recent graduates. Thankfully, the first response I received sounded very promising, she had great credentials, had a flexible schedule and could come to our house, and we all hit it off swimmingly in her interview. So after the end of a very long, very overwhelming week, our new nanny solution came like a ray of sunlight and reminded us that for every closed door, there is an another one open right around the corner, you just have to be patient and faithful.

the only shot of mommy's little helper this week