Ack! I had a big long post almost finished and apparently hit some set of shortcut keys that closed my whole window. Grr! Let's try again, I guess.
Anne Marie - Congrats to your new driver in training. Good luck!
Glynis - Sounds like a fun weekend! I'm so happy that it's working out for your to go to London with Alan at least part of the time! What a great trip that will be!
Debbie - Hope your trip prep day went well and you got everything done.
Deb - Congrats to your boys on a good year! Lots of good thoughts on the job hunt coming your way.
Tammi - Sounds like a great trip! Does the site you're using pull up similar spelled/sounding names? The one Phil was using would do that to an extent at least. It made it a lot easier for him, I know. It's amazing how many different ways there are to spell Canolopolous and Mikopolous. Plus since it's Greek, the women didn't have the "S" on the end so there were more searches. It's am amazing feel though being in Ellis Island knowing your ancestors passed through there. I felt it even just being with Terra and it being her history. Congrats to Alyssa on the dance teams! I watched one of your videos and noted how beautifully she holds her hands and positions - a very natural grace and beauty there. Hope Nicolas has fun at camp!
Elin - Hope Bob's enjoying working again. May the rest of your vacation be better than the first bit.
Jennifer - Hope the house is coming together well and your wrist is feeling better.
Things are good here. Terra is recovering well from the loss of her hamster last week. She make him a burial site in the backyard and I'll find her sitting back there every once in a while. She has her last softball game this week and I think she's ready. She's been torn all season between having fun and hating it. I think the fact that the season started right about the same time as the worst of her anxiety batter this spring didn't help it. She definitely enjoys it sometimes, but others it's been rough on her. Regardless I'm proud of her for sticking it out. I told her after the first month that she could choose whether to quit or keep playing after 3 more games (trying to get her into a better spot to really give it a try first) and she kept playing after that so that was good. We went to Six Flags with the whole family on Sunday and she was ready for her first roller coaster! She did mine train and loved it. We didn't try anything else because the others all jump to really big, really jerky or upside down and she wasn't ready for that. She's dying to try Splash, BTMRR and Tower of Terror when we (ever?) get to DL later this year.
Deva is a crazy little girl. She's talks constantly and rarely stops moving except to watch "Wu-bee" (Wow Wow Wubzzy). She loves anything Mickey and even finds Hidden Mickeys randomly around. LOL She's the goofiest little girl and makes the funniest faces when she's being silly. She seems tiny to me sometimes, but I think it's just because she's at least 5-7lb lighter than Terra was at that age though not much shorter. Definitely makes it easier to carry her though!
I know she's right in the middle of the growth curves though so it's not a worrisome thing at all.
Phil is still at Target, though still looking for something else as well. He's averaging about 25 hours a week now which is better than the 10-12 for a little while, but still not near enough. The tough part is that since Target is so diverse now almost any other retail is "competing" so he's got to find something totally new and can't just add a second part-time job.
We're working hard to figure out how to get to Boston in August for my cousin's wedding. We'll do most of the week in Western Mass probably since we can get my parents condo for free and then do a couple of Boston days at the end. Unfortunately my honesty that Deva "might" have had hand, foot and mouth cost me my one big paycheck of the summer the first week after school was out so things are right while summer schedule has my work a lighter. (As it turned out her kids both broke out in it by the end of that first day anyway so it was for naught, but she'd already adjusted things to keep them home and away from Deva's germs the whole week. Ah well, we'll make it through.)
Disneyland is still up in the air. Phil's mom has changed plans for/on us a couple of times already. We haven't talked to her again since May though so I'm not sure what the current thought is. Terra is leaning toward Halloween or Christmas decor time so that would help. She had been on a "we need to do right away" thing so putting it off to late summer was already more than she wanted, but now she's thinking more about what she wants to be there for which should make it easier to plan both around them and around Boston without disappointing Terra yet again on this whole matter.
Well, I think that's about it around here. I'm just trying to finish up camp paperwork, clean house, sort through WAY to many boxes of stuff that needs to be sold/donated/thrown away/organized. My slower summer is supposed to be helping with that, but so far I just want to enjoy that slower time and do things with my girls. Ah well, it will come together eventually. I don't think we'll move until early next year because I want to make sure no money issues come between my mom and having her knees replaced. She is in so much pain and I want to be able to help supplement their income while she's out of work so she doesn't put it off again because she can't afford to be only making disability pay.
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