My Day in Pictures (thanks Evelyn for the suggestion)....

Like other PAPs, I, too, have become an adoption blog addict.  There are too many great blogs to mention, but I would have to say that Evelyn's blog is one of my favorites.  I love her honesty.  One day last week, she posted this suggestion....to take a picture, every hour (or, as often as you can), which will document a "day in the life of Amy."  And so I did.....

March 17th, 2010

It began like any other day.  I don't have a job where I have to wake up at the exact same time every day, to be in an office by 8 or 9am, somedays I am up at 5am, other days, not til 7or so.  And, every day is a little different, no two days are ever alike!  On this particular day, I had to be at a local hospital to present to the Director of Pharmacy, but also had to be on a teleconference minutes before.  My alarm went off:

And, I said a quick "good morning" to my two doggie friends, Abbey and Ellie, and then to my husband, who apparently didn't want to be photographed first thing in the morning (while asking me, under the covers, "what are you doing, crazy woman?")

And my girls need their morning meds (both have "conditions" -- maybe some IBD).  Abbey gets her metronidazole, glucosamine and Proin, and Ellie gets her prednisone and Imuran:

On my darkest day, January 19th, 2010, I couldn't sleep.  Heck, I could barely breathe because I had been crying so much.  I remember Doug telling me, "Amy, tomorrow, the sun will shine."  At that time in my life, I didn't think it was possible, but it was.  After 3 days of pouring rain, the sun did shine again, and perhaps, so did I:

I hopped in my car (yes, its filthy, and yes, that is what I get for living in New England :) ).  My mom gave us the Ethiopian flag decal after our match with baby Tam.

Now, because it rained for 3 days, and I probably could have taken a canoe to work, I hit a little detour along the way (road closed due to water!)...I stuck my arm out of my car to take this "shot," -- I wonder what the officers were thinking....:

And I arrived at a small community hospital to give a presentation on HPV.

But first, I had a quick teleconference, by phone, in my front seat (welcome to my life on the road):

I arrived home around noon, and had to get ready for a teleconference presentation.  Same topic, different audience (I cover all of MA, ME, NH, and VT...and for the past 3 years, I have been covering Syracuse to Buffalo NY, however, that will finally end at the end of May).  Notice I am a big Snoopy/Peanuts fan?:

Next, was our teleconference with WHFC about the new 2 trip rule (I will save my commentary for a different post).  I had a picture of Doug joining me in my home office, but apparently he decided not to download that picture of himself for the purposes of my blog :( ).

While I wait for our referral, I had to learn to do something, other than reading blogs, so I took up crocheting.  Doug calls me "grandma," but hey, at least it keeps my mind off of things while doing something slightly productive.  Below you can see the beginnings of my Ethiopian Flag blanket for our older child (plain green, yellow and red stripes).  Stay tuned, and there just may be a giveaway one of these days :) -- oh, and say "hello" to Miss Abbey.

It was a beautiful day in Massachusetts, so I decided to go on "Poop Patrol."  Yes, its always a project after the winter snow finally melts away and we are left with pounds of poop from two dogs over five months! So not fun!  Notice the UFO patch to my right.  Don't laugh....we have a pop up pool.  Best thing ever on those hot days!!!

Tonight, I cooked dinner (after a trip to the store).  Pasta with a yummy meat sauce:

I came home from the store with two squeaky toys.  "No Abbey and Ellie, they aren't for you!"  My brother and  his wife are bringing home a new puppy this coming weekend, and they were a little gift from the dogs to their new doggie cousin, Bella.  If you look really closely, you can see a rubber bracelet on my left arm...that is an Ethiopian bracelet that I put on in early December, and vowed not to remove it until I bring my children (at that point, it was child) home safely from Ethiopia.  It has even more meaning for me now:

More work before turning the lights out, and giving Abbey night night kisses before heading to bed:

And that, my blog friends, is a day in the life of Amy.  Really exciting, huh?  hahahaha

And Emily, I hope you had a fabulous 40th birthday :))).  We had a great time!