David: Ribbon cutting at the new office went SPECTACULAR!!! David and his Partners had a record attendance (for a ribbon cutting) of 120 guests. David enjoys his new position and work place very much. There are a few things to tweak, just as any new situation would bring. David is welcoming any new referrals and is hustling quite hard to drum up tax appointments. Every Wednesday night, David still attends his Better Men (Man??? lol), men's group where he has developed a lot of new friendships and the group seems to be helping David quite a bit. Tomorrow, David takes the first of 3 tests for his EA license. You need at least a 70% to pass. I know David will pull this off! :-) Thankfully, there is no suspense...they will let David know immediately if he passed or not.
Anna: Where do I begin?! Well, tomorrow is my job interview at FOX again. Unless they give me an offer that I absolutely would be a HUGE financial idiot to refuse, I will be working additional hours in my current Personal Assistant job. I currently work 10 hrs a week and my increase will get me up to 20 hrs week, giving me 1 day off during the week. I get a day off?!?! Heck NO! That day will be my running errands, grocery shopping day and putting out any new fires in our lives day. Grateful to have that ONE day though...I know most don't! I didn't even realize that my current job could go up to 20 hrs a week (which will really put a cramp or tire around my waist for my exercise schedule I've got going). There is I think, plenty for me to do, and my hours work perfect around school schedules and sports so that's a huge bonus. I know why God has me there, but I will miss the opportunity to be socializing (working) with many different people and many different personalities. I go from one house (mine), to another house (theirs/work)...with a variation of the same challenges that I struggle with in my own home. So no real escape. I'll write it off as "character building". ;-) lol
I have also been juggling "maintance" concerns/problems/landlord(s)/repairs over the last week. Sifting through minimal available rentals that our Realtor e-mails us weekly and going back and forth in my head about moving or not. Every time (ok, it's only happened like 2x since he freaked out at me) I try being graceful and calm about the idea of staying here for another year, something else breaks, backs up, or crappy communication with landlord happens and all grace and calmness goes out the window! "Damn it I'm pleasant"(!), but come on, "you're killing me Smalls"(!).
Still battling LAUSD with the Lice/Nit Policy and now my latest issue/concern with the buses. I am so NOT blogging about that issue just yet! You can thank me later...
Trevor: No need for the Police Academy, Trevor is fix'n on citing people (brothers and parents) left and right if they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing! Holy smokes! This kid needs a CONSTANT reminder (always has) who are the parents and who is the child. With all the pointing out of people's short comings, Trevor has been especially helpful lately. Nearly 99.9% of the time lately, he's been doing what he's been told to do the first time. PRAISE THE LORD!!! Amazing concept and I hope this willing spirit continues on forever. :-) It's spell-a-thon time at school which means Trevor will soon be learning the spelling of some very difficult words, in order to raise money for his school. He really embraces this challenge!
Tonight was his first baseball practice (see previous post for details) and he loved it! Oh, his team is the White Sox.
Jackson: This kid gets funnier by the minute! His witty comments take me by surprise quite often and scares me a bit too...he's a lot like his mother! lol ;-) Jackson definitely has the Italian blood in him. Screaming at everybody one minute, your best friend the next. He knows everybody's business and doesn't hesistate to spill it to everyone around him...wait (!), I'm not like that! hahahahaha... Jackson's baseball team hasn't come up with practice dates or times yet, so he'll be joining big brother this Thursday during their practice so Jackson can get warmed up. I almost forgot! Jackson got drafted from another baseball team during selection (what's it really called???) time. He did so well during the baseball assessments, that 2 teams were going back and forth (nicely) about having him on their team. He is now team, Angels.
School is going really well! 100% I believe on every spelling test this school year and finally his math skills are catching up with his awesome reading skills. :-) There was quite a difference before, but in the last 6 weeks, I have really noticed a positive difference.
Nathan: I think it's been about a week and a half with no requests of homeschooling! Thank God! I want him to enjoy school...in any setting. Nathan is on his last set of site words for Kindergarten and then he'll move on to 1st grade reading words. They're called the "gold" words. He is SO excited for the "gold" words. lol Speech Therapy is still every week and that's going well. I have no clue what team Nathan is on in t-ball so I look forward to hearing who his coach is and getting some details about his practice schedule.
Perry: Still probably the most nervous dog I have ever come across but he's still super cute. He's sporting a new haircut so he's all clean. Unfortunately, he's thrown up 3x (that I am aware of) in the last several days but I am hoping and praying that it's just a little viral bug that will pass soon. Otherwise, he's still at our heels and thinks he's one of the kids.
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