But there's more! April has been a busy month already. I had my first job interview in Belgium, conducted entirely in French. The interview was with the Brussels Department of the Environment, a severely underfunded and understaffed city agency (what city agency isn't?), who is in dire need of a water resources engineer. News should come within the next few weeks about whether or not I got the position (and whether or not I accept). In the meantime, I'm sending my CV to other companies in the Brussels area. There aren't many interesting jobs advertised, so I'm mostly sending out cold CVs. We'll see how that works out.
April also marks the month where Luke started daycare. He goes to a daycare facility in our neighborhood, about a 10 minute walk away. He goes there on Wednesdays and Fridays. This gives me enough time to breathe and focus on my job search. In May he will start going full time, and hopefully I will have a job lined up around that time as well. The daycare is big - they have three floors broken up by age. In the baby section are probably about 10 babies with 2 or 3 attendants. It's hard to judge how happy Luke is at the daycare. There are signs that he doesn't mind - he doesn't cry when Alex drops him off, nor does he cry when I pick him up. But what happens in between? How do we know he gets the care we want him to have? I'm sure this is a common concern of many parents, so if you have any insight in this, let us know.
The weather here has been surprisingly sunny, though still quiet cold. But the days are once again delightfully long now that we've switched to daylight savings time. Here are father and sun catching a few afternoon rays on the couch.
It's even been nice enough that Luke and I can enjoy our terrace in the afternoons. I set up him up with his favorite toys, grab a drink and book for myself, and we enjoy the sun like only the Belgians can.
We had several friends drop by on us this month as well. Carrie and Lona took advantage of meetings in the area to spend some time with us. Here's Carrie with Luke. We don't have a picture of Lona, but she was equally smitten with Luke!
Luke had his 5-month check-up with the pediatrician today. He weighed in at 7.7kg and measures a healthy 68cm. All seems to be well...except for the colds he keeps picking up at the daycare.
Well, this seems to be a long enough posting. Hope all is well for everyone out there!
