More Personal stuff
So - now it’s safe to discuss all this - as anyone who I know who might stumble on this blog already knows. This, I promise, will be the last “personal” related post, and once I pick up again, we’ll go back to our regularly scheduled scripting. 
SO - here’s what’s going on in my (personal) life in a nutshell…
Some of you may or may not know that I have a daughter. She’s turning 5 this summer. Well… she’s getting a baby brother come the end of September. 
My work-life “balance” at the moment is completely tipped to the “work” side. A lot more than it was when my daughter was a baby. And I didn’t want to have to work the kind of hours I do while trying to take care of an infant. (Yes, there’s day care - which is what my daughter did - but it wasn’t for as many hours as what I’d have to do now). We live in New England - aka. one of the most expensive places to live - housing is ridiculous - and there was no way we could live on one salary and not be forced to eat mac-n-cheese every night. So, we sold our house (in ONE day - I told you the real estate market is NUTS here!) and we’re moving roughly two thousand miles away to the west/mid-west - where housing is a WHOLE lot cheaper. Plotting it all out - with two kids, and my not working - the tax difference basically makes our “take home pay” almost the same!
So, I’m quitting my job - and going to stay home with my daughter (and the baby, when he arrives). We’re hitting the road in about three weeks, actually.
My plan is to continue to freelance as much as I can (without it turning to a “full time job”) so that I can stay current with scripting and web design. You know the old saying - if you don’t use it - you lose it. But the nice thing will be that, different from what I’m doing now - it will only be part time. Right now when I do freelance, that’s after a full day’s worth of work doing the VERY SAME TYPE OF STUFF. That’s part of the reason why I haven’t blogged that much. After spending too many hours doing this at work - the LAST thing I want to do is work on it some more at home.
So hopefully, that will mean more posting here - I have some ideas for WP plugins I’d like to try my hand at (that’s if someone hasn’t already gone and written them!!! There’s a fever spreading of WP Plugin-writing like I’ve never seen. Just about every possible plugin you can imagine has been written. I’ll have to be sure that the ones I want to write, haven’t been done already.) As well - that may also mean - depending on how much availability I have - that I’d be available for freelance projects from here as well.
In any case, the first thing on my list, well, is to move. 
I also have a new design in the works for this site - so that I can finally *finally* upgrade WP here. Then we’ll see where we’re at.
May 5th, 2005 at 9:25 pm
Congratulations on the news of the new baby!!
May 5th, 2005 at 9:36 pm
Wow! Babies and moving and coding - oh my!
All the best to you and your family.
May 5th, 2005 at 10:27 pm
Congratulations! How exciting it all must be. Be careful though- I quit my job over 15 years ago to take care of my babies- and I haven’t gone back yet. It’s a good gig. Enjoy it!
May 5th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
Congratulations, lovely news :o)
May 5th, 2005 at 11:51 pm
Congrats about the baby… and I didn’t know you lived in New England (so do I… rad.)
May 6th, 2005 at 1:41 am
Congratulations
— I was beginning to worry for a while there 
May 6th, 2005 at 1:59 am
I appreciate your realistic outlook and taking the necessary steps to make your life and the life of your family meaningful. In the face of personal indetification via job and financial gain, I find fewer and fewer people with your outlook and willingness. Peace.
May 6th, 2005 at 2:38 am
Congratulations! Best of luck with the family and the move.
May 6th, 2005 at 2:44 am
Congrats on the bubby
and great to continue with the frelance stuff, I know there’ll be a demand!
May 6th, 2005 at 3:22 am
Congrats!
May 6th, 2005 at 5:26 am
Best wishes !
May 6th, 2005 at 7:00 am
As a long time (silent) reader and (relatively) new father, let me congratulate you on such wonderful news!
May 6th, 2005 at 8:13 am
Congratulations and good luck on your move! I wish I hadn’t read that about the housing… we are moving to NY in less than a month.
May 6th, 2005 at 9:22 am
Congratulations!
It’s a pity that you had to move to the Red States, but I’m sure your son will more than make up for it
Did you try Western Mass/Vermont; its pretty cheap up there…
-RS
May 6th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
Rahul - we did - however that would have made my husband’s commute excessively long. His company has a location out west - so it made sense to just ask that they transfer him. This way, it’s sort of a “quality of life” upgrade for the BOTH of us.
It’s also working out that my entire family (parents, brothers, etc.) are all moving out west too (a little further - to CA). It all sort of happened simultaneously. So they’ll be closer as well. Well, at least a shorter plane trip anyway. 1-1/2hrs is better than 5!!
May 6th, 2005 at 2:36 pm
Congratulations on ALL the good news!
May 6th, 2005 at 4:11 pm
Wow! Quitting your job, moving, a new baby on the way! Things are so exciting for you! Congrats & good luck!
May 6th, 2005 at 6:07 pm
Congratulations Jennifer to you and you family!! Its a fun but a busy time for you
Best wishes with you always!
May 7th, 2005 at 12:08 pm
All the best wishes on your move and forthcoming child! I wish you and him and your family the best of health!
May 8th, 2005 at 12:44 am
One of my very favorite blogger’s is with child! Jennifer (AKA ScriptyGoddess) has announced that she and her husband are expecting a baby boy to join their little girl.
Jennifer will also become a full-time Mom (which is very admirable and a j…
May 13th, 2005 at 11:57 am
Wow! Congrats and the best of luck to you all!!
May 18th, 2005 at 4:12 pm
May I add my congratulations on the new baby and the move to the long list? I wish you all the best with the move and a happy, healthy, and uneventful (totally boring) pregnancy!
June 4th, 2005 at 1:22 pm
Many congratulations! Hope the move goes well.
June 5th, 2005 at 12:02 am
CONGRATS!!!