First Day of School...

Well, technically it is...being as it is 1:47 a.m. and I WIDE awake! School starts in 6 hours!!!
John is very excited about his first day tomorrow and I cant wait! I will post pics! I am excited to be going to first grade (haha). This wknd was rough, woke up sick Saturday with major sore throat and ear throbbing....but thought it was allergy related so I popped some allergy meds and headed to Auntie M's. It was like 30 mins into our drive that I literally stopped functioning and fell asleep. Remained in major pain, major fever and sleep zone until about 9 this morning! Went to the emergency clinic to learn I have STREP THROAT!!!!! Man, I think its worse than the FLU- but probably only because it hurts to talk and eat - my two fave things. But, the doc gave me a shot in my a** and penicillin. Around 9pm I regained my strength and ate for the first time since Sat morning- and now here I am WIDE AWAKE at 2am ----- AND SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW!

Oh joy, this school year is starting off fabulously.

More later, XOXO.

Uncle Dana's BDAY!

And, here are some pics from my sweet Uncle Dana's 55th Bday dinner!

Movies are awesome, books too...

I went from NEVER going to a movie (for people over age 5) to seeing THREE this wknd! YAY! Saw 'Swing Vote' for a date with Josh...was VERY good. Rented Nim's Island AND August Rush and WOW- both so good. And, Im getting into reading again. I LOVE books and reading and I havent done that in way too long. I love the smell of books. Im hoping it gets me off the computer- Im on it way too much. (Blog excluded, I wont give this up).

Let's see, Sydney has her cast. Most of you know that. She climbed up her dresser and jumped off...fractured her wrist....and OF COURSE they give her a entire arm length cast- makes perfect sense to me! Well, she has been caught on her dresser nearly everyday since so I guess the doctor knows what he is doing.

John is all ready to go for Kindergarten and had a great day school shopping with Yia Yia (THANK YOU) . He even organized all his clothes so he could be ready for school. He is going to be going to the school where I teach in Conroe, Armstrong El. I wanted him to go to our neighborhood school but the logistics of coming and going dont work and we cant afford childcare for him. Barely will for Sydney. The positive is that I wont miss his first day (all day!) and all the fun K things like the K program, class parties, field trips, etc.

Josh's job is up in the air, he is a pilot and these are the times. So, if youre reading this- please say a (BIG) lil' prayer for us. We are supposed to know very soon if he gets to keep it or not. Which means also keeping our health benefits!

There was a great quote at the very end "Swing Vote" that just touched me. It went something like.... "How is it that in the richest country in the world....good people, with a good education and good jobs, can barely afford to live here?"

Yes, Im getting all emo again- so I will end with that....

XOXO, us