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another offer

I am so exhausted I can barely see straight.  Why, you might ask.  Well, it’s hard to say.  We did start a new nanny this morning, which went very smoothly, but I was quite stressed about it in advance.  L wet through her diaper last night, and so she didn’t sleep well.  (I didn’t realize…

status update

N had her last day yesterday.  B’s mother is visiting, and she and B are watching L this Weds and Thurs, and then we start a new nanny on Monday.  Hopefully we will like the new nanny.  She has a lot to live up to.  The interview process was such a pain.  I’ve been sick…

house search continued

We went to see two more pricey houses today.  The first was on Mercer Island, ground zero for centrally located, stellar schools, and beautiful neighborhoods.  The house we went to see has been on the market for six months.  It’s currently listed at 760K, and I think the sellers would probably part with it for…

sick again

After a blissful week of relative health, L passed on a rather nasty cold, which of course became all the more nasty after four straight nights of L-induced sleep deprivation.  Ah, the glamorous life of a pregnant mom of a toddler!  Once again, I’m starting to feel better, and am now 15.5 glorious weeks pregnant….

culture shock

This morning, at my friend’s brother’s memorial, there were a hundred or so people of whom maybe four or five were not Asian.  As I mentioned in my last entry, the service was bilingual.  I’d say the preferred language of the older group was undoubtedly Chinese, while most of the younger folks, his friends, probably…