Monday, November 21, 2005

I just wanted to post this from a blog I read sometimes.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

T minus 9 hrs and counting...

until we leave for the Ben Folds concert. I've never been to a concert before...well that's not exactly true. I've been to symphony concerts before. So I guess I've basically never been to a concert with lyrics before. And I'm hoping that Ben sticks to his "appropriate for all ages" show tonight, as advertised, since we're taking the boys. Other than that slight trepidation, I'm really excited!

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Wow! Look at me! Blogging two times in the same week! Yeah...that's all I wanted to say.

Ok. Not really.

I got the apartment! Yea! I am homeless no more. Of course I have no furniture, but who needs furniture? I have three computers. I'm sure William and I can sleep on one of them. :) Actually, I already have offers of furniture cast-offs pouring in. At least from Crystal. :) I'm just looking forward to having a space in which to unpack all of those boxes I haven't opened for four years. I'm sure I'll find some wonderful things in there that I missed a lot without knowing it. And I'm looking forward to doing some interior decorating...with a cardboard box motif until I get furniture. And I'm looking forward to getting up at an ungodly hour like I normally do, and turning on all the lights! Yes. I am not looking forward to getting all my bookshelves and boxes upon boxes of books up three flights of stairs. But I am looking forward to unpacking those books. See there's something I've definitely missed! William's looking forward to unpacking his toys. Oh...yeah. And being the ultimate authority when controversies arise over the remote. That'll be good too. I think this list could go on indefinitely. I'm very grateful to all the family who've roomed and boarded me over the past 4 1/2 years, but I'm also very grateful to have a place to call my own. As of December 11th. Yea!

Monday, November 14, 2005

So...it's been a month since the Feast. Or at least, there's a full moon tonight. I really had an awesome Feast in every way. It was one of my best, without a doubt and I came home really recharged and ready to go. Then I started having to deal with all the stuff that was waiting for me...ugh. Not fun. But oh well. That's life.

William and I are in the midst of apartment hunting. Hopefully, we're actually nearer the end of apartment hunting. There's really only one place in this area that's nice, so we put in an application there and it's like trying to get into Harvard! Today I had to go get a statement (if you can call 2 sentences saying in a nutshell, "I work. Honest." a statement) notarized. And the goofy apartment nazi kept saying they needed this as proof of my income and that when I got my tax return they'd need that too to collaborate what my "affadavit" said. Collaborate. Yeah. But I bit my tongue and jumped through the hoop and hopefully will now get this apartment.

Also new since the Feast is the homeschool curriculum we started. We're really loving it. For one thing, it takes less time than what we were doing before the Feast. For another, it's got a really detailed schedule and instructor's guide...basically an in depth lesson plan for every day that I don't have to make up myself. And for another thing, it covers more subjects. Science is definitely William's favorite. We already have done 4 experiments and it's only our 6th day of classes. How cool is that? Way. (Hi Jonathan!)

(My son is laying here in bed singing, "Most people in Africa have no food." Hmm. Did I mention we're studying Africa in geography right now?)

Since we got back we've been running too. I love running. It's the easiest way to exercise ever. The running itself isn't easy, but the preparation is nothing and you can do it whenever and you can make your kid run with you so you don't have to worry about childcare. :) Actually, William and I walk to the park, where they have a track. I make him jog/walk with me (alternating in 1 minute intervals) for 15 minutes, then he can go play while I jog/walk for 15 more minutes. We've been doing 2 miles that way and today I just ran the whole last 15 minutes, and it felt super. I love that my knee doesn't hurt when I use it anymore. It's such a relief to be whole again.

On than note....I'm going to do some yoga and get some sleep.

Friday, November 04, 2005

I know I should blog...

but I don't want to. I'm tired and irritable. I want to go back to Canmore.

I'll blog after Ryan does. :D