Work was good. Very busy of course after being off on Friday. We had a "mandatory" staff meeting this morning to get updates on some stuff going on. First, all state agencies are moving to a universal financial system, which is supposed to go live on the 1st. We all have to take a million training courses on the system, and got a minor reprimand because nobody is taking them. But, in our defense, they've made it beyond confusing and complicated to sign up for the classes. Next, our office is being "reorganized"...some sections are leaving the office, some are combining workloads, etc. We may lose our manager with the shifting, but that's not for sure, and our section shouldn't be affected any other way. Finally, of course, the shut down. There hasn't been any progress made on the budget, and the higher-ups don't really know anymore than we do, so it's still just a waiting game. Our boss does not believe any projects would be kept open if we shutdown, and doesn't see anybody in our office being named as essential, but that didn't surprise me. Late tonight, on the news, they did say that the legislature did bring a budget proposal to the Governor today that was a big step in the right direction, but, they are still $1.8 billion dollars apart, so there is still a ways to go. One good thing came out recently, stating that due to the nature of the layout, we may actually be able to continue carrying our benefits, we just need to pay our insurance premium (what we normally have taken out of our checks) out of pocket. So, that's great news.
After work, I picked up the girls, and we were off to Target. Amelia was quite restless the entire time we were there. They were cooped up in the house all day because we have a bit of a heat wave going on right now...today it got up to 98! Very strange for this time of year. Seriously, we had snow on the ground a month ago, it's supposed to be chilly and rainy this weekend, and it's 98 today...gotta love Minnesota weather!
I got a glimpse into Amelia's mouth today. I mentioned before, she has two bottom teeth, one top tooth, and there are 3 top teeth poking through, that just won't come out all the way. Well, I saw a surprise 3rd tooth tonight, basically all the way out already! Sneaky! And, her other top middle tooth is out now. So, she's up to 5 teeth now, and 2 more that are THISCLOSE to coming out. I've said it a million times, but I can't wait to be done with teething.
Finally, we ran home, let the dog out, ate some dinner, and got in a little play time. Then, it was the chaos known as bedtime! Baths, PJ's, keeping the girls wrangled up so I could actually get them to do these things, then, bed. Olivia actually went down great tonight, no complaints, no pretending she had to go potty. YAY! Amelia took a while, but went down with little fight as well. Then, I was off to water the plants. Of course, the dog ran away because he's a PITA. But, by the time I finished watering, he was home, so whatever. Who knows what he does when he runs away...then, I was finally off to bed. LONG DAY, and 4 more to go! LOL.
We had pizza for dinner, and Amelia was ALL ABOUT it. Too funny.
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