Husband working....
K has been working a new shift for the past two weeks, thanks to the government shutdown. He works 3-11m pm every day except Wednesdays and Thursdays. I've been a little whiny about this lately, but a visit to my aunts snapped me back into shape. When we told them about K's new schedule, K said it was hard for me, and my aunt scoffed- my husband didn't see our kids for whole year! And then she told us about how she believed she embodies the American dream because she came here with two kids, 1 and 4, by herself with one suitcase for all her belongings. When they started out here they really had nothing.
So it's pretty hard to whine about stuff when I think of what my aunts did. Now that we've gotten into a new rhythm, it's not really that hard. N seems to really miss K on the weekdays because she only sees him in the mornings, but right before we turn out her light at night we call him to say goodnight.
I just invited 13 little girls to our house for N's party next month. What have I done? I hope some of them can't make it. I ended up deciding to invite all 8 girls from her kindergarten class instead of just the 4 she talks about. This, because I realized the 4 girls she talks about are the white girls. So we talked about how we are inviting everyone because it's only the beginning of the year and she may become friends with the other girls, and in the mean time we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by leaving them out. I'm very proud of my little N- today at a birthday party a former classmate of hers got overwhelmed and started crying, and I asked N to go over and hold her hand to see if it would make her feel better. She did. It didn't help, but we tried.
K bought me a google chorme book, which I am using now to write this. Maybe now I will start posting more. I like this little thing. I missed having a key board.
So it's pretty hard to whine about stuff when I think of what my aunts did. Now that we've gotten into a new rhythm, it's not really that hard. N seems to really miss K on the weekdays because she only sees him in the mornings, but right before we turn out her light at night we call him to say goodnight.
I just invited 13 little girls to our house for N's party next month. What have I done? I hope some of them can't make it. I ended up deciding to invite all 8 girls from her kindergarten class instead of just the 4 she talks about. This, because I realized the 4 girls she talks about are the white girls. So we talked about how we are inviting everyone because it's only the beginning of the year and she may become friends with the other girls, and in the mean time we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by leaving them out. I'm very proud of my little N- today at a birthday party a former classmate of hers got overwhelmed and started crying, and I asked N to go over and hold her hand to see if it would make her feel better. She did. It didn't help, but we tried.
K bought me a google chorme book, which I am using now to write this. Maybe now I will start posting more. I like this little thing. I missed having a key board.