Time flies... stops... then flies again

So, it has been a while... let's see, how about a family update first, youngest to oldest?

Thomas is doing really great in kindergarten. He has to work on small motor skills, which means he has bad printing. That's okay, we are working on it. He is reading at an end of kindergarten level, which is great. He loves to read Captain Underpants books. Not my cup of tea, really full of potty humor, but it is greatly amusing to someone who is 5, so there you go. He is submitting his first ever science fair project on 3/26. It's entitled "How do airplanes fly?" and it is really pretty interesting. Next time any of you see him you should ask him about it.

Glee is the top student in her class. Her teacher refers to her as the student teacher. Glee has decided she wants to be a teacher when she grows up, which I think would be perfect for her, but it's a little young to make permanent choices like that I think. She did a biography on Eleanor Roosevelt for her class and we learned a lot. She made a newspaper to hand out to her classmates because Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a newspaper article a week for almost her entire life. Glee will be doing science fair this year too, and we are in the process of growing crystals in four different places in our house. Sugar and salt crystals... the sugar ones are yummy... the salt not so much.

X just endured a program shift at Work which has him working more hours, which is great, but there's lots of complaining about the changes. At least no one has been laid off... he is signing up for summer hockey soon.

I'm still the troop leader for our brownie troop (and man, will I be glad when cookies are done!). I am also building the yearbook for the school, helping with multicultural fair, and help in the kids classes when the teachers need it. I started going to a womens' business networking group and I have made some great contacts. I also found a guy who will transfer vhs tape for me, so that will be something new I am adding.

In family news, my grandpa died last month. He was 93, and only really sick for a week or so before he passed on. It brought my mom, dad, brother and his girlfriend out, and I got in touch with some other family I hadn't seen in a long time (a couple I had never met). That was stressful, and I feel I lost a lot of February and part of March. There was lots of expectations put on me that I didn't think I would have to deal with, but got them all the same. I survived going back to the hospital where my MIL was, before she was sent home to the end of her life. My grandpa died in that hospital. It was hard to walk in those doors, but I really wanted to be there for my mom, and I hope I did a good job as her daughter. I am happy with what I did.

So, a short recap, but let me say this, on this of all days, thank you to my wonderful and amazing best friend and husband. He has been there for me through so much, and he still sits, listens, and weighs in even when it is about stuff as minute as PTA drama. He has been the other half of my soul since 1986, and I am one lucky person to be able to say I know him. Thanks. I love you...