It's All Good....

Tuesday morning and Little Lambs was so much fun, we just weren't ready for the moms to come at 11:00!! So they had to wait for us. Next week is already our last week and it is kind of sad to see the season come to an end. What'll I do with my Tuesday mornings!?

Yesterday Craig had a PD day and we did the Spring cleanup around the rental properties. It was a nice day to be out and about. We started our day with a welcome assembly at the school. I had the car so it was nice to be able to attend that. We also had an informal session with the Keystone supervisor afterwards which cleared up a few questions. People seem desperate for Korean recipes, but the cookbook I have was already at school. I just took it home again. We have been eating regular North American food. Last night I announced that we would have spaghetti and Eddy said, "Yeay!!" He has been exposed to Western food, but grew quite excited when he spotted Korean noodle cups in the cupboard. Joe, Ed and I went to Food Basics for ground beef and some fruit and Eddy proceded to show us how to find the perfect watermelon. He and Joe went through both pallet crates of watermelon to find THE ONE! It was fine and made a great snack for lunch today.

So things are going well. Sleep is good and there appears to be little homesickness. He looked up what time it was in Korea and he laughed when he found that at our time, 9:00PM, it was 6:00AM, so he was going to bed in the morning. I suspect that some of the kids are having trouble with the time change but will adjust soon. It is Eddy's 3rd trip abroad, and for some of the students...their 5th and even 7th time, but for some...their FIRST time. Many tears in those households and not much sleep yet, or eating! We are quite fortunate this time around.

I am doing some laundry and am planning to finally get into my studio space and do a little rearranging! I'm so excited. I have gone in there from time to time to just hold my new ribbon and flowers up to the pad of paper I bought in Port Huron, when I was shopping with Helina. I had so much fun both of those times. I do have really fun and kind friends here. I also have a sweet lady to teach Little Lambs with. We always have nice visit and contemplate life on one level or another.

Later I have to open the church for the Parkinson's support group and might as well clean the sanctuary while I am there, so that's a job done. Then I can squeeze in an extra job on Thursday morning when I will have the car. I can put car-requests in on Sunday nights when the carpool schedule is being planned for the week. I guess I won't get into the paper and flowers after all...but I just HAD to update y'all. It is nice and sunny again, a bit on the cool side, but nice in the sun. I have to stroll down to church, I already have my cart upstairs, the radio in place (Craig is borrowing my earphones, so I don't have an MP3...), and the CD is ready to spin. It is really cool to get back to good old fashioned cranked tunes, where you hear the music through your whole space instead of just in your head. Although I'm sure that wouldn't be conducive to a space that you share with a studying spouse....or upstairs neighbours for that matter.

My ring is fixed again...I'm surprised to find out how little it cost. It turns out that it's the gold that makes my ring so expensive and not so much the stones. Although I guess it depends on the size of your rock.....


PS- Craig has had three soccer tryouts and has made the competitive team for his age group in soccer. There are several levels and his team moved up to the Premier level while they played Intermediate last year. The next level is Elite and their team can move up if they finish first in their division. Last year they finished first in their division and the top finishing teams move up to Premier with them, while the top three Premier teams have moved up to Elite. THis keeps the competition fairly even, and gives them a more intense level of competition. I can't say I enjoy being a spectator at the these events, since a lot of the parents take it way too seriously....but it is neat to see Craig so excited. He didn't make the school team. Over 50 kids tried out and usually only one ninth grader is chosen. Soooo....now he will have a manageable life.....I think. This weekend is the year end tournament for Reach for the Top, and it is being held in London at a university campus. Joey is going to Cadet-O-Ree across town. They will be racing their Kubcars as part of the festivities, a highlight for the boys every year. Eddy and I will hang out here, and go to London tot he Asian food store with a friend whose boys are also both at Cadets. So we'll have a fun trip to town. Eddy reads all the store front names out loud in English....so it'll be fun to drive through London with him.

Oh...that's a big PS...Life is never boring here....