Spring Again

It's raining here, with a side of occassional hail, which is always fun.  Jacob is supposed to have a ballgame tonight, though the forecast is not optimistic about that.  But he does have team pictures also scheduled for tonight, so even if the game is canceled, I suspect we'll be sent somewhere else to have pictures done.

Jacob got his braces yesterday, blue and orange for the Detroit Tigers.  He's pretty miserable today.  He says it hurts to chew, and when I left for work this morning, he was adding more milk to his oatmeal so he could drink it.  I gave him an aspirin to take to school in case he needed it, but now I'm thinking I probably shouldn't have done that.  Zero tolerance drug policies and all that. 

Sara is presenting the Ms. Fix-It badge at Girl Scouts tonight, along with some help from Dad.  She's very excited.  She loves this Girl Scout troop - the leaders are great and her friend Maddie is in the troop too.  I think we've been very lucky in having such great experiences with Girl Scouts.  She's been pitching at softball and is doing very well.  She gets flustered sometimes and tries to pitch fast instead of accurately, but she usually settles down pretty well. 

We're still house-hunting here, with little or no success.  Even our realtor said last night "I'm surprised by the condition of these houses in your price range" which I believe is code for "For this price, the houses shouldn't be such crap-holes".  It's getting frustrating and is just another added stress we don't need.  If we don't find a house in the neighborhoods we want, it means we have to drive Sara to her school, since her program is offered only at one school and they only bus the kids who would normally be bused.  There is a carpool request, but I don't usually trust those things and I hate relying on other people, especially if I don't know them well.

My job is going okay.  There are a lot of days - like every day - when I sit around with nothing to do and that gets draining.  There have been some other things that concern me, but unless I have another job, I'm not leaving this one.  I've got some resumes out there and we'll see what happens. 

Mitch is busy with work and the guard and of course, driving kids to the orthodontist and helping with baseball and Scouts.  This is always a crazy busy time of year for us, and I just keep looking at the calendar and waiting for it for be over!

The kids are flying back home at the end of June to do a month-long grandparent and friend visit.  We'll certainly miss them, but it gives them something to do and a chance to see everyone.  This will be the first time for them flying alone, which is a little scary for me, but they will be on a direct flight and have an escort and my mom can pick them right up at the gate.  I'm sure it will be just fine.