Reboot

Mr. bejos and I hit the trail recently for the first backpacking trip that we have been on since bejos boy came into our lives. Thank you mama and papa bejos!! After much debating we finally settled on a trail. We knew we wanted a not-to-long trail, water, and warmer weather to avoid the situation we had last time we tented. Have you noticed the patterns of decision making difficulties that we have endured around these parts recently...jees, make up your mind already bejos clan.

It started out a very hot and dry hike, but we knew that there was water just a mere 4 miles down the trail. 

And the oasis below made it well worth the trip.

A good dose of dis-connecting, sweating in the desert heat, and swimming in the hidden gems of Arizona wilderness make mr. and mrs. bejos happy people.

bejos boy

I have been trying to get a good shot of this busy body forever but he doesn't exactly sit still for very long. Don't you just dig that hair??

Not usually a drama queen

In a recent email conversation with my aunt I realized that I glossed over the "big life changes" comment I made a couple of weeks ago here. And while, as I suggested in the title, I am not usually a drama queen, I think I may have overstated the level of life changing changes that the decision will make. I am just not good with big changes to the normal routine. I have to warm up to ideas after torturing myself for a short period.

It all started a few weeks ago when I received an unexpected phone call from a local Montessori school that I have been flirting with ever since I moved to town. Out of the blue they offered me a teaching position. Thrilled, I was thrown into a 2 week period of tormenting over the decision of leaving a job I love for a teaching position I wanted. It's a good problem to have in the current state of US employment, and I didn't take that lightly.

Have I mentioned that I am a Libra? A blessing and a curse if you ask me. I can look at an issue/problem/situation/decision and see every single angle, pro and con. I am awful at making decisions - poor mr. bejos! After many, many pro/con lists and flip flopping with my decision multiple times from the moment I woke up to the moment I (finally) fell asleep I decided that I would take a leap of faith and enter the classroom again.

Come this fall I will say goodby to the incredible flexibility and travel that I have enjoyed with my current job and step into a much more set schedule. I expect to work very hard, as one does with a new job, and be very tired. I am quite worried about getting out the door in the morning. I have become too accustomed to working in my pajamas from home with very leisurely mornings. I suppose it is time to move on. Did I mention the real kicker that put us over the edge in choosing the teaching position? The school offered bejos boy a space in their very, very good toddler program.

So the overblown drama is over and I am looking forward, with conviction and excitement, to the changes for the bejos clan. 

Memorial Day Weekend

A nice long weekend with projects, games, and hikes.

We have some visitors in town for the next couple of weeks. 

Get used to these faces and expect the completion of a few projects.

on my needles

a hook to be specific

Someone is sporting a swanky dinosaur tail.

blurry pics but you get the picture

Mother's Day

Still no pics from mr. bejos's iphone but here are a few other highlights.