Did you miss me?

Sorry I was gone so long. The computer was completely out of commission. We had "blue screen death." Thanks to an overnight stay with the computer repair-a-medic, it's all better. :)

School started this week.
They both started Monday, bright and EARLY. They aren't liking the early part. Jordan had only a half day Monday. Jordan has at least one soccer teammate in each class, so she's at least got someone to talk to. She's also making herself step out of her shell and talk to people. She hasn't attempted to eat lunch at school, it isn't as organized as the school systems the kids came from and it's much more crowded, not all the kids are getting their food before lunch period is over. Soccer is going well. It has been over 100 degrees here for over a week (taking into consideration the humidity). Soccer practices have been held at the indoor center and when they have games they stop the game about a quarter of the way through, have all the girls go to the sidelines (remaining on the field), and get a quick water break. They do this during the second half as well. She isn't a starter on the JV team but their coach said that she won't start any freshmen for the beginning of the season. Instead, she subs Jordan in after about 10 minutes and then keeps her in for the rest of the half. Jordan has turned into the coaches go to girl. She's well on her way to getting to swing for Varsity.

Devan has had a rough week this week. We couldn't get his schedule last week so he had to show up Monday morning and get it from the office. He was late to his first class, couldn't get lunch because they hadn't set up his lunch account, and didn't get a locker because there were more papers to sign and return. The air conditioning wasn't working in his art class (the room was 93 degrees) so they held class in the hallway. Tuesday he caught the bus at 6:35 and again, didn't get lunch. Yep, still not set up. At about 3:15 he came thundering through the door, flushed and dripping with sweat. He couldn't remember what bus to take, asked for help, and they put him on the wrong bus! They dropped him off at another apartment complex about a mile down the road from us. He had to walk a steadily non-sidewalked incline in 102 degree heat. Luckily he knew where he was and how to get home. He was so distraught by the time they dropped him off he didn't even think to call me to pick him up. It has gone much better since then. He figured out how to get lunch and knows what bus to take to get home. He has made some friends (he's already got a girl calling him) and seems to like the school. He said the kids at school are friendly. He's met a couple skaters and has plans to hang at the mall with a couple kids on Saturday.

How am I you ask? I'm not sure. I'm bored, hot, content, hot, happy, hot, motivated, hot, and did I mention I'm hot? :)- I'm trying to get the rest of the apartment in order now that the kids are out of the way. I'll be job hunting now that the computer is fixed.

Oh, and I just found out that the really cool bookshelf that I ordered in July and was put on back order with the stipulation that it would be delivered by Aug 18th, yeah, that one. It's now giving me a delivery date of OCTOBER 25th!!!!!!!!! Guess I'll be requesting a refund on that and ordering the other ones I had deliberated over and ultimately chose the one that wasn't in stock.

Gotta get to bed in order to get up before the kids. Glad to be back. 'Nite.
-K