Re-mem-mem, re-mem-remember, AOII, sisters together

Laughing, singing, doing whatever, we have fun when we're together!

Thursday started rush for us and it was SO much fun! The girls did a really great job, we had fantastic return numbers, and the room looked fantastic-- I'm even borrowing some of the stuff for the wedding! They had cute little red paper lanterns and mini chandeliers that were too pretty. I didn't go last night, but I did go today for Philanthropy and I was really proud of our girls. We apparently always have trouble competing with Breast Cancer Awareness (ZTA's philanthropy, I think), but I feel like they really pulled off a touching and pointed argument for ours-- Arthritis Research! Preference Party is tomorrow, and I'm soooo excited-- I can't wait to see how they do it here! I was also pleasantly surprised to hear one of my favorite AOII songs for the exit number, it's the one in the title line :)

This week was long at work for some reason-- probably because it started with the tan van supposed to have been ready for the afternoon run and then it wasn't so we ran all over the place and had to switch vans around and were late for some schools and Sally had to use her car to go pick up from Avondale and ICS... it was a total mess. Argh! And it's like the kids know when you're having a bad day; they decide to do everything they know they're not supposed to do! Then, Friday, right as I finalized the deposit, one parent walked in with a check for payment! Blargh.

We also got a chance to go to the children's consignment sale and pick up some stuff for Valerie and the now two boys that they're adopting from Africa in a couple of months. We got two car seats for $25, and tons of clothes and toys, enough to last them a month or so in cold weather in Indiana and a couple of things that will work under coats and that they'll hopefully fit well enough to take back to Singapore with them as well as some nice clothes for church and whatnot.

Hope everyone's weekends have gone well, and I'll post more when I know more :)

Indeed

Well, last Saturday Jeremy got here and we've been trying to squeeze him in ever since-- we both just have too much stuff! I've got him a few hours a week at FBC working with me, but there's also a possibility of an opportunity at the Goodyear in town which obviously isn't exactly what he's looking for, but might pay the bills for a while. We're thinking that if he gets that, we'll look at some of the 1 BR apartments (carriage houses, in-laws suites, etc) around town because we need at least a little more space. Plus, the 1BRs around here have been on the market for so long that we might be able to talk them down a little in rent!

Work was kind of crazy this week, but it went smoothly, and hopefully will continue to go smoothly. I didn't get the job at Emory, which isn't a surprise (someone who was laid off in my mom's round of downsizing applied for it, so she had immediate preference), but I'm up for another one which would be great. It'd be really hard for me to leave AS, but I think Richard kind of understands that I do need to find something that will pay more of the bills.

Friday I racked up at a clothing swap with Meg, Sarah, Stacy, Amanda, Chris, and Tracy. It was a lot of fun, I really love Stacy's house, and it was great to go have fun with them. Michael and Jeremy watched Watchmen, which I'll have to watch on my own now, but c'est la vie. Yesterday, we went for Wade and Iggy's birthday dinner with our new second family, and then on to Iggy and Wade's to stomp muscadines for wine!

The pictures loaded in reverse order, but here are a few!

The grapes post-stomping-- tasty!

I'm wearing that stylish t-shirt because Violet puked all over me-- twice!

This is what 41 pounds of Muscadines looks like!

Violet loves Jeremy! Not that we're surprised :)

Great news

Jeremy's here!!

Aaaaaahcrazy

This week was NUTS at work! More kids, more noise, more drama-- but all told, it went sooo smoothly.

My car did decide to punk out, but Jeremy says he's almost positive it's just the fuel filter (which my mother never ever changed, so it's the original fuel filter with 123k miles on it!) so hopefully that'll be all. Best thing? He can change it for me. Since he gets here TOMORROW! Well, I guess that's really TODAY!

My new addiction is Marc Broussard's "Home". It's actually an old addiction, he played Rhodes my sophomore year and I fell so in love with him-- I still have a picture I took with him after he autographed my shirt (since I didn't have anything else he could autograph) and my arm (just for humor value) at Rites. He's got the most amazing voice and energy-- SO GOOD. Though he's way sexier in jeans and a t-shirt than this suit they've got him in for the video I found of it...





If you want to hear the song like it ought to be heard, check it out on YouTube (since I'm not sure how to post them on the blog) because I don't think that NBA performance shows off the music as well as it should.

Anyway, I've listened to that song about a hundred times this week, I am so addicted to his music! I'm hoping to be able to see him in October when he comes to town-- tickets are $30 but it's TOTALLY worth it. Also, Florez is coming to town in September and their tickets are only $8, so maybe I can just tell myself I paid $20 each for the tickets ;)

I'm also kind of addicted to Jump by Flo Rida and Nelly Furtado-- they didn't have the song on YouTube, but you can press play and listen to the song. It was the best I could do-- the rest of them were related to G-Fail since it was one of three songs they licensed, but we all know how I feel about G-Fail...



Anyway, I'm gonna go clear out some more stuff so that when Jeremy gets here tomorrow there's somewhere for all of his things to go!

At least

At least Friday wasn't a total loss-- I finished sorting paperwork for afterschool, put the finishing touches on the database, cleaned out ALL THE OLD PAPERWORK! since we were drowning in paperwork for kids who hadn't been there in two years, organized the immunization forms and created a binder for immunization compliance, and then balanced out the ledgers and started working on a new program which will send out weekly invoices to notify people of balances and credits.

Woohoo!

Last night, I went over and hung out with the K's and was happy to see Violet doing much better than last week and playing in the coolest toy ever that Michael bought yesterday morning. It's big and clunky as far as toys go, but she looooves that thing-- it's bouncy and has lights and sounds and things she can spin, it's her new favorite thing! Julian had his usual Friday night meltdown, but it's pretty much expected at this point, so we just wait for it to happen, toss him in the bath, and put him to bed; usually about half an hour to an hour before his actual bed time. This week, the fit was about a) wanting the cherry Meg had and b) wanting a new napkin since Sarah had taken his to clean up the Mac'n'Cheese he accidentally threw at her. Sarah and I try not to laugh, obviously it's a behavioural issue and we know it would be really irritating if we had to live with it, but when Meg tells him not to splash in the bath and he goes, "Mommy noooooooo, it hurts my feeeeeeelings!" we can't help but crack up! We also hope that he grows out of it, because otherwise he's gonna get beat up a lot on the playground...

Today I'm hoping to get some stuff cleaned up and put away so that there's less stuff in my room for when Jeremy gets here (which is ironic since I spent the rest of my summer trying to get things out of the garage and up here!) so he can fit in. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about my closet-- I have so many clothes!! I may have to hit up Target for some cheap storage bins to stick some stuff in the garage. I'm not sure how much he's keeping here or sending back to Southaven, so we'll see. I know we made some room for him down there, too.

Tomorrow, Richard and I are going shopping for snacks, office supplies, and some small games stuff, and then Monday morning we're working through the day to get ready for Monday afternoon. Wheee....

Why so serious?

The last week has been... exhausting.

The K's had to take Violet to the ER on Sunday because of her cough, the poor baby. She's OK, but they were there just about all night. They left Iggy and Wade's at 9, so I'm guessing they got to CHA at around 920, and they didn't leave until well after 3a!

We got the apartment, but Jeremy won't sign. I understand, but for other reasons I'm a little upset. Among them is that I now have to start the process all over again. I am not looking forward to it. Jeremy's also talking about going back to Mississippi and I really don't want him to. I'm sick and tired of living long distance. I'm also sick and tired of living with my mother and working part time like a high schooler. I'm also, ironically enough, just plain old sick and tired. Basically, I guess it's the right time of year for me to be stressed and worried, it seems to happen in August-ish, perhaps left over from when I had to do enrollment clearance!

I got sick a couple weeks ago and even though I've had a round of antibiotics, I still feel awful! My ears are better, at least, but I'm still coughing and had kinda forgotten how crappy a sinus infection can make me feel.

The work week has been draining on its part because I've been going in at 8 and staying until 6, chasing after more kids than we've had all summer, lugging them around Lake Lanier (which was actually loads of fun-- I'd never been on a waterslide before!), and trying to help Richard organize the afterschool paperwork for Monday so we're on par with legal compliance stuff. Yargh.

Anyway, sorry I don't have a more positive update for you all, and I'll try to come up with something better. How about this?

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER CAMP!!!!

And my favorite quote from tonight's TV:

"Lots of people lie to their parents about what they do-- hitmen, strippers, AIG executives." -Royal Pains

Good Monday?

Who knew!

A good friend of mine (I can't say who yet) found out she's pregnant and told us today, and my friends Emily and Daniel FINALLY got engaged, and I found out Jeremy and I got the apartment!!!

It's been a really great day and I hope the rest of the week doesn't bring it down-- we have SO MANY KIDS at camp because we're the only camp that runs up until school starts! We have 80-something kids this week, and we don't have as many counselors because half of them are on beach retreat with Youth along with our vans! We go to Lake Lanier on Wednesday, though it'll be kind of nice that we'll have to have the charter buses because I can just relax on the way out and relax on the way back!

I've also got an ok schedule this week-- even though I don't like 8a, it's not too bad working 8a-1p and then coming back from 4-6p. The break is helpful, I might actually get something done this week!

I have to talk to Jeremy about the apartment tonight-- he's hesitant to sign a lease because he doesn't have a job yet, but I feel like so much went right for us to get this place that it would be silly to let it go. There are also a lot of places around that are hiring; granted, for smaller jobs, but still hiring. I don't know that we'd have any more luck if he were in Southaven and as selfish as it sounds, I spent the last nine months without him and I'm not about to have him move back to Southaven while I'm still here!

Anyway, I'm gonna go pass off the rest of my milkshake to mom, and then look in to more graduate stuff. Sigh.

Ciao.