yes, i know, it's been a while

what can i say? time flies when you're having fun?

well, not really. we are all healthy at the moment, which is good. and aubrey is doing fabulously. but, i have been dealing with an unhealthy amount of work-related stress. my colleagues at the office are, in large part, difficult people to work with. (i am straining politeness here.) it is hard to tolerate the cattiness, finger-pointing, and constantly shifting standards.

and business has been slow for the past few months (faltering economy, anyone?). for a while it has been questionable whether some of us would continue to work full time. (scary...i really can't afford to work part time right now.) so you can only imagine that this added stress makes everyone even more intolerable. it is hard to put on a sunny face sometimes.

things are on a slight upswing at the moment, thankfully.

pete is in texas for the next two weeks on business, so i am going to try and make an effort to post while he is away.

i can't even begin to write about how much aubrey has changed over the past several months. she is starting to put together words into short sentences. she is starting to show early signs of potty-training readiness (we're not quite there yet, but i think by summertime she'll be ready). she is starting to identify feelings (aubrey sad...aubrey happy...monkey funny). it's really amazing.

this weekend we are headed down to my folks for a visit. my sister had a baby girl two weeks ago, so i'm excited to spend some time snuggling with the baby. will be good to get away, i think.