It is official. I suck at blogging. I'm really good at facebook. I treat it like my scrapbook of the big and small things that happen in my days. It is just so easy to take a picture of Keegan and post it to my profile. Alas, I found myself on blogger today and thought I should probably write a post! So here it is:
Today I am 18 weeks pregnant with our second baby and my estimated due date is May 14th. We have our official ultrasound with Dr. Hall on the 21st of December, but I was 15 weeks just before Thanksgiving, so we paid for a sneak peek. WE'RE HAVING A GIRL!! Jeremy and I are just so excited to have one of each. Her name will be Ryleigh Kathryn Plichta. Ryleigh comes from a mash-up of our middle names: Ryszard and Leigh. We went with Kathryn for the middle name to be the same pattern as Keegan Jeremy. So far this pregnancy has been very different. I was very nauseated the first trimester and even got sick after having chili one night. I've only gained 4 pounds so far which is fantasitc! I gained way too much with Keegan so I'm really glad it is going better this time around. I'm also not as tired this time which is good. I think it helps that I'm not teaching anymore.
By the way, I'M NOT TEACHING ANYMORE! I fulfilled my requirements for the Noyce Scholars program and have come to the conclusion that teaching high school science isn't for me, especially right now. I was so stressed out. Basically an anxiety attack every Sunday night, getting very little sleep, and seeing my son and husband for only about an hour a day. It was too much for the low pay (If you calculated what I was getting per hour it was dismal). So, I quit. I felt really conflicted about it because I loved my students, I loved teaching them interesting things and doing cool experiments, I loved my coworkers, but in the end it was just all too much. Instead, I've decided to go back to school.
By the way, I'M BACK IN COLLEGE! After much research about different career options available to me at this point with my Bachelor's of Science degree under my belt and not too old yet, I came upon the Diagnostic Medical Sonography--doing ultrasounds! From everything I've learned so far about this career it seems to be the perfect fit. I get to work with people. I get to do something meaningful. It is similar to microscopy work I've done before. It has regular work hours. It pays great. It requires only 2 more years of schooling. Sold. Currently, my plan is to get into the program at Red Rocks Community College. The campus where the sonography classes are is actually about a mile down the road from our house. Sweet. I've done the two required prerequisite courses, last spring and over the summer, and this fall I've been taking Anatomy and Physiology and Law and Ethics to bolster my application. It is extremely competitive to get in. I'm taking the second semester of Anatomy and Physiology in the spring along with a human diseases course. Applications go in in May and interviews are in June. Because Ryleigh is due May 14th, I should be good to go by June and then school doesn't start until August so she will be about three months old. This isn't ideal, but I can do it! The other program I'm going to apply to is at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, which is even more competitive but a shorter program.
Keegan will be 3 in August so we are currently looking into preschools. There is a Waldorf school about 4 miles away that Jeremy and I have both toured. It looks incredible. There is also a Montessori school about 10 miles away that we are looking into. Applications go in for first round selections in January so we need to make up our minds soon. I think Keegan did really well at Open Air, which was Reggio Emelia, so something similar would be a great fit. We just have to decide which one we think he would do better at. Either way he needs to be potty trained to attend preschool. We are working at it half-heartedly at home right now, but I'm really going to buckle down on him over the next few months and try to get him fully trained by April.
I took my last final yesterday and school picks up again January 22nd. I have a nice break to get stuff done before diving back into it all. Before I know it Ryleigh will be here, the semester will be over, the sonography applications are due, and Keegan needs to be potty trained. Hold on to your seats! It is going to be a wild ride :)
Today I am 18 weeks pregnant with our second baby and my estimated due date is May 14th. We have our official ultrasound with Dr. Hall on the 21st of December, but I was 15 weeks just before Thanksgiving, so we paid for a sneak peek. WE'RE HAVING A GIRL!! Jeremy and I are just so excited to have one of each. Her name will be Ryleigh Kathryn Plichta. Ryleigh comes from a mash-up of our middle names: Ryszard and Leigh. We went with Kathryn for the middle name to be the same pattern as Keegan Jeremy. So far this pregnancy has been very different. I was very nauseated the first trimester and even got sick after having chili one night. I've only gained 4 pounds so far which is fantasitc! I gained way too much with Keegan so I'm really glad it is going better this time around. I'm also not as tired this time which is good. I think it helps that I'm not teaching anymore.
By the way, I'M NOT TEACHING ANYMORE! I fulfilled my requirements for the Noyce Scholars program and have come to the conclusion that teaching high school science isn't for me, especially right now. I was so stressed out. Basically an anxiety attack every Sunday night, getting very little sleep, and seeing my son and husband for only about an hour a day. It was too much for the low pay (If you calculated what I was getting per hour it was dismal). So, I quit. I felt really conflicted about it because I loved my students, I loved teaching them interesting things and doing cool experiments, I loved my coworkers, but in the end it was just all too much. Instead, I've decided to go back to school.
By the way, I'M BACK IN COLLEGE! After much research about different career options available to me at this point with my Bachelor's of Science degree under my belt and not too old yet, I came upon the Diagnostic Medical Sonography--doing ultrasounds! From everything I've learned so far about this career it seems to be the perfect fit. I get to work with people. I get to do something meaningful. It is similar to microscopy work I've done before. It has regular work hours. It pays great. It requires only 2 more years of schooling. Sold. Currently, my plan is to get into the program at Red Rocks Community College. The campus where the sonography classes are is actually about a mile down the road from our house. Sweet. I've done the two required prerequisite courses, last spring and over the summer, and this fall I've been taking Anatomy and Physiology and Law and Ethics to bolster my application. It is extremely competitive to get in. I'm taking the second semester of Anatomy and Physiology in the spring along with a human diseases course. Applications go in in May and interviews are in June. Because Ryleigh is due May 14th, I should be good to go by June and then school doesn't start until August so she will be about three months old. This isn't ideal, but I can do it! The other program I'm going to apply to is at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, which is even more competitive but a shorter program.
Keegan will be 3 in August so we are currently looking into preschools. There is a Waldorf school about 4 miles away that Jeremy and I have both toured. It looks incredible. There is also a Montessori school about 10 miles away that we are looking into. Applications go in for first round selections in January so we need to make up our minds soon. I think Keegan did really well at Open Air, which was Reggio Emelia, so something similar would be a great fit. We just have to decide which one we think he would do better at. Either way he needs to be potty trained to attend preschool. We are working at it half-heartedly at home right now, but I'm really going to buckle down on him over the next few months and try to get him fully trained by April.
I took my last final yesterday and school picks up again January 22nd. I have a nice break to get stuff done before diving back into it all. Before I know it Ryleigh will be here, the semester will be over, the sonography applications are due, and Keegan needs to be potty trained. Hold on to your seats! It is going to be a wild ride :)
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