Well, they’re not really new faces, as much as they’ve moved to a new home on the Internet. My brother and his wife have started up a new blog, hosted over on my dad’s site, where they’re keeping updates about their family, and pictures of themselves and their little son Jackson.
If you’re so inclined, go check out The JCJ Blog!
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In a departure from our usual blogs about Natalie, I’m now going to blog about myself and my myriad accomplishments in life. Or, maybe, just last October.
Any of you that are familiar with the licensing process for Engineers know that Engineers must endure two tests to complete their licensing as Professional Engineers. The first test, the Engineer-In-Training exam, may be taken any time after the first two years of college. The second test, the Professional Engineer exam, may only be taken after a successful EIT exam, and 6 years of qualifying work experience (college counts, go figure). You may recall, in October, I blogged about my trip down to take the test. Today, in the mail, I finally got the results.
Now, the EIT is pass/fail, and scores are not reported. So if you fail, you don’t know how badly, and if you pass, you don’t know how well. Fortunately, that means that when I opened the envelope this morning and saw the word “congratulations!”, I didn’t need to read any further. I’ve completed this first step in my licensing as a Professional Engineer, and now have letters to stick after my name.
You may all now refer to me as Toad, EIT. 😛
So, last night was the first of Natalie’s baby showers (to which she politely sent her mother so she could be in attendance). I came home for lunch this afternoon, and lo, the house is full of babythings. Now, we’ve had a lot of babystuff around the house for a while: the changing table on the bedroom wall next to the exersaucer, and she’s had more clothes than I do for quite a while. 😉 Now, though, we are surrounded on all sides by Natalie paraphernalia. There’s a 20′ clothesline strung around half the living room with outfits pinned up every several inches, new pillows, blankets, and baskets, and many bags of assorted babythings all around.
Don’t get me wrong, though, I’m nothing but thankful to have this stuff, and to the people who gave it to us. It’s just something of a unique feeling to see the house filling up with stuff for your first child, and I thought I’d mention it here. 🙂
(Natalie countdown: T-73 days and counting)
Today, as the calendar tells me, it is November 15th. This is a momentous occasion, for on this day, eighteen years ago, I gained not one sister, but two sisters, at the same time.
Happy birthday Ali & Joj!
