::sigh::
"Life goes so fast......It's hard to believe how fast sometimes."
"let me explain...there is no time.....let me sum up"
Life is good. Tori got her first acceptance letter (from Millikin) She still has to audition to get into the theatre program, but it's good to get accepted. Still a long way to go with the whole college thing. She's got several auditions coming up sooner than I think she'd like. Mark and I really need to get busy and get our taxes done so we can get the FAFSA done. Oi!
Tristan is working and starting to dig out of his debt a bit. He's still living with us for now till he gets back on his feet and can afford a place with a friend or on his own. It's a blessing and a curse, frankly, to have him here. Oh and he got his ears pierced. ::rolls eyes::
Aaron got accepted into the C.A.P.A(Creative and performing arts) program at Auburn. This has taken the mystery, suspense and worry out of where he would go to High School next year. Our school district is currently voting on whether or not to go back to a "neighborhood" school program and get away from busing and forced integration. I think both ways have certain merit, but if they were to vote to go back to the neighborhood schools, Aaron would have had to go to the worst school in the district and I wasn't too thrilled about that. I would have liked him to go to Guilford like Tori did, but apparently 85% of the families in Rockford would also like that. I'm happy about this turn of fortune though. I think Aaron will enjoy it and he'll get to really stretch himself and dive into the whole theatre scene much more quickly. I just hope he can keep is academic levels up.
Mark and Aaron and I are in rehearsals for a play "The Song of Bernadette" This was kind of a weird turn of events that we all landed in this play, but it's fun and really a challenge for both Mark and I.
We're still loving it at Heartland. The messages really speak to us. Sometimes in a not so easy way, but it's all good. Redeemer has a new pastor coming. I'm very happy for them. This guy is young and I think will be good for Redeemer. I'm not going to say that we will never go back there, because I can't see the future, but I have no imediate plans to go back. We're pretty happy for now right where we are. But I am glad for Redeemer and can now see God's hand in the way the whole thing with Redeemer went down.
Hurley is still alive and well though he's not quite as "active" as he once was. He seems to mostly sleep these days though when we do get him up, he seems healthy. I'm starting to check his cage more often to see that he's still breathing. Kind of pathetic in a way, but I'm just so attached to that little fuzzy guy.
I've been having fun learning to bartend for my brother and have found the world of catering to be oddly fulfilling. It's hard work and kind of crazy at times (we literally ran out of beer during the Pink Floyd concert. I was a little scared)But it's nice because it brings in a little bit of play money for us so we can go out now and again without dipping into our own budget. That's nice.
I'm really enjoying working days still. (though I do miss the time I used to be able to spend on livejournal staying caught up with all of you) But it's nice to get off work and be like normal people having my evenings free to do things and then getting to go to bed at night!
And...I'm really getting into Buffy the Vampire slayer! Mark got the first 5 seasons on DVD for Christmas so I started watching them from the beginning. Now I know what Mark has been talking about all these years.
Well....I guess that was a little more than a summation. But hey....when was the last time I updated? A...like a year ago I think. Might be another year before I do it again, but what the hey....life just moves to darn fast!
"let me explain...there is no time.....let me sum up"
Life is good. Tori got her first acceptance letter (from Millikin) She still has to audition to get into the theatre program, but it's good to get accepted. Still a long way to go with the whole college thing. She's got several auditions coming up sooner than I think she'd like. Mark and I really need to get busy and get our taxes done so we can get the FAFSA done. Oi!
Tristan is working and starting to dig out of his debt a bit. He's still living with us for now till he gets back on his feet and can afford a place with a friend or on his own. It's a blessing and a curse, frankly, to have him here. Oh and he got his ears pierced. ::rolls eyes::
Aaron got accepted into the C.A.P.A(Creative and performing arts) program at Auburn. This has taken the mystery, suspense and worry out of where he would go to High School next year. Our school district is currently voting on whether or not to go back to a "neighborhood" school program and get away from busing and forced integration. I think both ways have certain merit, but if they were to vote to go back to the neighborhood schools, Aaron would have had to go to the worst school in the district and I wasn't too thrilled about that. I would have liked him to go to Guilford like Tori did, but apparently 85% of the families in Rockford would also like that. I'm happy about this turn of fortune though. I think Aaron will enjoy it and he'll get to really stretch himself and dive into the whole theatre scene much more quickly. I just hope he can keep is academic levels up.
Mark and Aaron and I are in rehearsals for a play "The Song of Bernadette" This was kind of a weird turn of events that we all landed in this play, but it's fun and really a challenge for both Mark and I.
We're still loving it at Heartland. The messages really speak to us. Sometimes in a not so easy way, but it's all good. Redeemer has a new pastor coming. I'm very happy for them. This guy is young and I think will be good for Redeemer. I'm not going to say that we will never go back there, because I can't see the future, but I have no imediate plans to go back. We're pretty happy for now right where we are. But I am glad for Redeemer and can now see God's hand in the way the whole thing with Redeemer went down.
Hurley is still alive and well though he's not quite as "active" as he once was. He seems to mostly sleep these days though when we do get him up, he seems healthy. I'm starting to check his cage more often to see that he's still breathing. Kind of pathetic in a way, but I'm just so attached to that little fuzzy guy.
I've been having fun learning to bartend for my brother and have found the world of catering to be oddly fulfilling. It's hard work and kind of crazy at times (we literally ran out of beer during the Pink Floyd concert. I was a little scared)But it's nice because it brings in a little bit of play money for us so we can go out now and again without dipping into our own budget. That's nice.
I'm really enjoying working days still. (though I do miss the time I used to be able to spend on livejournal staying caught up with all of you) But it's nice to get off work and be like normal people having my evenings free to do things and then getting to go to bed at night!
And...I'm really getting into Buffy the Vampire slayer! Mark got the first 5 seasons on DVD for Christmas so I started watching them from the beginning. Now I know what Mark has been talking about all these years.
Well....I guess that was a little more than a summation. But hey....when was the last time I updated? A...like a year ago I think. Might be another year before I do it again, but what the hey....life just moves to darn fast!