I finally started school in late July and I LOVE it! I'm happy to announce that I'm doing great in it! So far I've got all A's! The first 7 weeks is called "core" and they say if you make it through that you should end up doing just fine. Core consists of Study Skills, Computer Skills, Anatomy, Math and CPR. So far we've just done the first 3. We move on to Math this week and honestly I'm very nervous about that. Math has never been my strongest subject. Thankfully I have Dwayne and his big brain to help me through it. Fingers crossed that I ace it as well. My goal is to be on the honor roll or dean's list as those are the students that have a better chance at being permanently hired when school is over. I REALLY need and want a job! That is the light at the end of the tunnel for me.
Calvin started school as well (finally!). He's in a new school this year. His teacher seems very nice and his class size is only 16 students so we're thrilled about that. He had a bit of an issue the first week but I'm sure it was due to not being used to being in class and that we had a house full of unexpected company all week.
My Gramma Marge passed away on August 20Th. She was my Mom's mother and lived here in Las Vegas. I would take the boys over to visit her when I could. We shared many laughs and she was always great with the boys. Lots of family came to town for her simple memorial service. We had a house FULL of family! My Mom and Dad, their Dog, my Aunt Kathi, Jess and Gilbert. Also in town was my Aunt Kim and Kathi's son Eli and his wife Kim. It was a packed house a couple of nights. They didn't all stay at our house but they all came over to visit, laugh and drink wine. Although it was hectic at times, it was so wonderful to have everyone over. It's too bad it takes a death for that to happen sometimes. My Gramma's service was held in her little home and it was short and sweet. Her hospice nurses had a story or two to share, she was quite a character that touched many lives. She will be missed but she's where she's wanted to be for a very long time and she's no longer in any pain. We're sad she's gone but at the same time we're happy for her.
Now our house is back to normal. I wouldn't say it's quiet but it's minus 5 people and one dog. Poor Archie was just beginning to bond with my Mom and Aunt Kathi when my Dad and Jess arrived with Louie. To my surprise though, Archie did pretty well with everyone here. He spent most of the time in our room but once everyone left he was downstairs and back to himself. Although he did give me an ear full for letting a dog in the house. He didn't shut up for days.
Calvin started fall baseball. This time he's on the Las Vegas Bears and it's real baseball where the kids pitch. Last year he was in the coach pitch division. They just had their first game yesterday and they won. Dwayne said he's one of the better pitchers on the team but he has no interest at all in pitching. He did play catcher for a few innings in the first game and he did very well. He even got an RBI that scored the first point. Go Calvin Go Calvin Go Calvin!
Zach is still his feisty self. He's officially potty trained and has been accident free for weeks (knock on wood). He would LOVE to play on a baseball team but he's still too young. He has to wait until he's 5 before he can play. Everyone tells us how coordinated he is, so once he's allowed to play he'll probably be very good at it. We tried a one day soccer clinic but he wasn't interested in that one bit.
We're still searching for a house to buy. We did get some great news about this house we're in though. The bank DIDN'T approve the short sale!! YIPEE!!!!! I no longer feel we have to settle for a house because the pressure is on. Now we're in the best possible position we could be in. We found a beautiful single story but it's a bit further away from here than I would like. We're going to walk through it again and also another house that is closer. The market here is so messed up! We still haven't heard anything about the one house we put the offer on. We also lost out on another home because we weren't pre-approved through Wells Fargo.....even though we were pre-approved through the credit union for 30,000 more that the offer we were going to put on the house!! Grrr! Now all our ducks are in a row though, we have commitment letters from both our credit union and Wells Fargo, so all we have to do is find the perfect house.
Well, that's about it for us at the moment. We hope this finds all of you healthy and happy. We love you all.
