2009 January: Bates

"I am not an adult". I have uttered that phrase many times this month to explain many of my incompetencies.

Most depressingly, I realized that I have been low-level carbon-monoxide poisoning my family for at least a month. I have had constant head aches and we've all been sick and coughing. Eventually our Carbon-monoxide alarm went off, but because it is a smoke detector too, it is located near the ceiling. Carbon-monoxide fill up your house from the bottom up: so I had to fill my entire house with it before it alerted us. We also got a $178 gas bill for this month :)
The Good News:
-I now know where the furnace is
-I now know there is an air filter I have to change there monthly
-I no longer have daily headaches
It was really scary though, because something like tat can cause SIDS really easy (especially since babies are so close to the ground). So, luckily Orianna has great lungs... maybe she will be a wind-instrument player or a singer.

Orianna is now 7 months old. She is starting to stand a little and can almost pull herself up to a standing position with furniture. She is still crawling around like crazy and has added climbing to her repertoire. She is very active and already shows ADD tendencies (she truly is my little girl). She is super fun and we are enjoying her a lot.

I helped my sister, Marnee, by volunteering to judge during one of her speech and debate tournaments. For the first time I was mistaken as OLDER than I actually was. One of the High School students asked if I had a son competing in the tournament. So, though I may not be an adult, I am already old.

Other than that, I have been job searching (I think it may be time to move on to something else), but haven't come up with any great alternatives yet.
We were asked to speak in church, and yet again were given very little notice (I'm starting to think we're the bishopric's "fill in" couple, because we do that a lot for all sorts of things). I think we need to be less reliable, and maybe they will stop relying on us so much ;)

I hope you are all well, and having fun. Cheers,
-The Bates