For the last two days I keep coming into my scrap room/office and standing here. I feel compelled to do something, but apparently not compelled enough cuz here I sit. I sit here and look at the empty counter and think to myself, I think I want to scrap. How dumb is that? I leave the room and then I’m drawn back and yet I’ve still done NOTHING. It’s not for lack of things I could do. Afterall, I have two projects sitting here that are either half done or just waiting for photos. I could easily finish up that, yet I haven’t. I need a kick in the pants or something!

Yesterday was packet pickup day at school. The kids found out what teacher each of them got and got to meet them. Packet pickup day is also the day they take school photos, so each of them did that also. This is Dilly’s first year at the “big kid school” and while he seems a little excited he is equally, (if not more), freaked out by the entire event. We put him in the full day kindergarten program after much debate and I’m hoping it works out for him ok! Cross your fingers that I don’t get a phone call shortly after I leave telling me he is having some sort of melt down, lol. I can already hear the conversation, “Mrs. Dera, we seem to be having a problem with Dylan. Could you come up to the school?” Yikes.

Ethan is pretty cheesed off as he doesn’t have any of his close friends in his class this year. While I think its sad to split kids up after they have established close friendships, I can see how it would give him a bigger circle of friends so that can be good. We’ll see the first week how it works out. Ethan is usually pretty good at adapting, so I’m not super worried about it.

Tonight is “cirriculium night” at the school so I would imagine Denny and I will get a list of more school supplies to add to the ones I picked up before my surgery. On top of finding out about all the other plans for the year. I’m not sure how it is going to work out with two kids thus two different classes. The time slot is 6-7pm period and I don’t know how they expect us to be at the same place at the same time. I know I could send Denny to one and do the other class myself, but I don’t have a real good feeling about that. I know if he goes I’m going to miss out on at least half of the important information that I need for the year. Not that he isn’t able to pay attention, he just isn’t real good at retaining information. Let’s put it that way. All you moms know what I’m talking about. I’m the one doing the “school work” all year long so I’d like to be informed directly. KWIM? No idea how this is going to work when he have all three in the school at the same time. Eventually I’m going to have to give up some control. I’m not real good at that.

I’m on day two of my Slim Fast routine. After paying a vist to the scale during my first post op check up I decided I had to loose some weight. Considering I had lost some organs you’d think I would have been significantly lighter, lol. And well, lets just say I wasn’t. Even taking swelling into account I weighted a lot more than I want to, or than I should for that matter. Once upon a time I was a twig, and frankly, I enjoyed it. I’m not happy with the weight I’m at now, and haven’t been for a long time, so I need to do something about it. The whole Slim Fast thing is how I lost it after I had Dilly, so hopefully it will work again. I just need to stick to it and not let Denny distract me with his ice cream additction!

~j