Fun with grasshoppers

There is a major electric storm this morning. I love them. I like the thunder and I like the lightning. The lightning is my favorite. I like to sit out on the deck and watch it.

I met with a recruiter yesterday and they have a couple job prospects in mind for me. They are opening an office just about a couple miles away from me so that will help insure it's closer to home.

That wasn't the only excitement yesterday. Monday night our boy cat Einstein came trotting in off the back deck with something in his mouth then started jumping all over the place chasing it. He had caught a grasshopper on the deck. Pretty soon he had maimed that one and minutes later came tearing through the apartment chasing another one. I fell asleep letting both the cats play with the injured grasshoppers. When I awoke yesterday morning it was really quiet. There wasn't a cat meowling at me telling me to get up and feed it breakfast. Einstein was gone. He was not in the kitchen or hiding behind the toilet, he was not in the apartment! He had made the giant leap off our balcony (about 15 feet) to chase grasshoppers. We didn't find him until last night but thankfully we found him. Now with this storm, I imagine he's pretty glad we brought him back inside. :)

Tuesday happenings

I have an appointment tomorrow with Robert Half, a staffing agency. They have a job near here they think I may be a good fit in. The idea of only driving 20 minutes to work has me VERY interested. I am not desperate yet so they idea of taking my time to chose the right place is comforting.

Jordan's team lost again tonight. She is definitely playing better and much more aggressive so she is seeing decent playing time. She doesn't feel her team plays much as a team and it shows in the scores. She also got on a team (again) that doesn't have a good finisher. I think she is a little disappointed at the way things are going but she is still enjoying herself - it is soccer after all.

Devan was having fun with the digital camera (thanks gram) so here are a couple pics of him.

good bye weekend

It's hot here again but this time the pool is open. We are over our draught so we can swim to escape the heat. Yeah!

I forgot to update you on how Devan is doing. He is doing well, his progress reports were all "A's" and "B's" except a very high "C" in math. He is missing two assignments he is supposed to ask about. He spent most of Saturday with his new girlfriend Mackensi. They are huge football fans at her house and he had fun watching movies on the two big screen tv's they have in their family room (ideal for watching multiple games at the same time).

Jordan and I had to go to Kinko's to do her English paper that had to be typed. Our computer is not communicating with the printer. Since I did the update to Windows Vista (which I truly regret) we have had nothing but problems. I guess I will be on the phone with Dell tomorrow trying to get my computer to talk to my printer. I don't want to be running over to Kinko's every time the kids need to turn in a typed assignment.

This week is all about finding a job. Good luck to me.

Soccer Thursday

Jordan played great! She started! She was stoked. She had lots of field time and a shot on goal again today. They lost the game to Brentwood High School though, it was the big rival game. Varsity lost also. It was a very exciting game and very physical.

Jordan says "HI." French is hard. They move really fast. She got her progress report today, all "A's" of course. Her lowest grade is a 91% but that is in an honors class so add three points to that. She said that her wellness class smells awful. (Wellness is like a health/p.e. class in one.) She ran a timed mile today and is 7 seconds slower than the previous two years. She is totally bummed and obsessing over it.

Devan has a girlfriend. He has a really good group of friends here. I was almost surprised when I met them. They are helpful, respectful, and still like to skate. He said his girlfriend is really sweet. I'm sure I'll meet her this weekend so I'll keep you updated. He's starting to like it here but thinks they are too strict at school. (Jordan agrees with the too strict at school thing.)

I dyed my hair black so here it is. I got the shorter cut a few weeks ago. Enjoy your evening.

You'll have to get used to reading this again

We drove to Hendersonville (where Johnny Cash's house was) for a soccer game. It was just JV and Jordan was an animal. She saw lots of field time and played very good. They like her in center mid. Jordan was having a bad day at practice the other day and finally went to talk to her coach. She told them that everything was going to make her mad so it didn't matter what they answered but she wanted to know what she could do to get more field time during games. The coach told her that she doesn't need to do anything different during practice but during the games she needs to be more aggressive and more confident. Her mind is racing and as she says okay and is walking away from her coach she is wondering to herself, how can I have confidence in a game if I don't ever get to play!? Well, she pulled off the perception of confidence tonight and it payed off. Let's see how Thursday night goes.

There is a 13 year old boy in this apartment driving me nuts! He doesn't like anything, doesn't want to do anything, and doesn't want attention but that's all he's doing, being a pest to get attention. I think I'll send him to bed early. :)

Since my upstairs neighbors are actually being quiet tonight and I'm still feeling a little hindered from my beginning cold, I'm going to bed before they think they need to have a party again.

A Little Time Off

I didn't really plan the time off, but I'm back! It took me a week to finally get my internet working but I did it and it may not be as fast as "borrowing" from some unsuspecting person with an unsecured high speed internet connection, but it's reliable and it's securely mine.

Quick update: Devan - doing well, making lots of friends, likes school and seems to be doing well, I have to verify that by getting on their website and accessing our account. Jordan - frustrated with her soccer experience but trying very hard to learn from it, thinks school is boring and her teachers are "idiots", still trying to get a good circle of friends. Me - getting a cold so cutting this short, job hunting and for those inquiring minds, no I never went to lunch with the computer guy, he never called me back (I don't know that I was that interested in him date wise but was definitely open to making a new friend here).

Getting ready for a big snotty sneeze now so goodnite. aaaaaaaccccccchhhhhhhooooooooo......

Free ride

Since I'm cheap and didn't want to get my own wireless, we have been piggybacking on whomever has an unsecured sight. Well, they must have figured out we were doing so because the really strong signal has now secured their connection. We can find one but it's weak and usually only lasts for about 5 minutes before it kicks me out. It's very irregular so that is why you haven't heard from me for a week, I haven't been able to get a decent signal while still conveniently "borrowing" someone else's wireless connection.

My mom is here to visit. She came in Wednesday and it leaving tomorrow. We haven't done as much as I would have liked but we have visited a few places - The Grand Old Opry, The Hermitage, and she has gotten to spend time with her Aunt and Cousins who live here. She scheduled her trip so that she will get to see three of Jordan's soccer games. Two down, one tonight. The time difference and the heat here are a slight hindrance since we start our day really early.

The kids are glad that Labor Day is over so now all their friends in Oregon will be starting school as well!

Happy belated Labor Day. Hope you all had a great day.