More About Me September 8, 2008

Welcome! My name is Vanessa, and I am 27 years old (and I seriously just did a mental math problem to figure that out–sad). I am trying to figure out this whole adult thing (when did that happen, exactly?) and find my way in the world. I have a wonderful husband and a delightful daughter.

Current life, short version–

Family: Married to Andrew for 6 years, and I still like him the vast majority of the time. That’s pretty good, right? Andrew is the worship leader at our church, and that has been a great adventure so far. Baby Girl will be 2 in September and is a wild, crashing, screeching, fearless, unbelievably adorable mess.

Work: I am a school psychologist for a local school district. I am lucky enough to work only three days a week and spend time at home with the above-mentioned mess. I live in my car (a whole other mess). I am especially interested in research on autism spectrum disorders, dyslexia, and depression/anxiety.

Other stuff about me: couldn’t find my way out a paper bag (seriously, very bad with directions), lover of books, coffee, chocolate, and chai tea, cycling rapidly between debilitating perfectionism and slacker-mom-syndrome, and slowly discovering that I am at least partially hippie at heart (at least that’s what my husband thinks).

Newest interests: cloth diapers, bread-making, making my own cleaning supplies/detergents, and (of course) figuring out how everyone gets their blogs to look so cool when mine looks so lame.