I am alive!

7:57 AM Posted In , 4 Comments »
Just thought you all should know that I didn't fall off the face of the earth...I'm just drowning in homework and haven't had time for anything really. Hopefully I can get caught up today and start posting and commenting more this week!

Miss you all!

xoxo

update!

3:15 PM Posted In , , 8 Comments »
Just wanted to let you all know that the Supervisor called me back today (FINALLY!) and she was actually VERY sweet and understanding. She is reassigning our case and we should have a new coordinator in a few days. Phew. I am glad that is over with.

As for my lapse in blogging, forgive me. I am SO tired. School is kicking my butt already and it's only week two. Actually, school in general is fine. It's my English class that is doing me in. The amount of reading and homework is CUH-razy.

And then of course, yesterday we bought a new printer so I decide to try and set it up at 9:00pm. Not a good plan...especially when I have a paper that needs to be turned in at 9:00am. I don't remember the last time I was that frustrated. Tears and the whole bit. Nguyen stayed away, which was a smart move on his behalf. I gave in to sleep around 1:30 (after reading a TON of really boring stuff in my English book) and made it a plan to head to kinkos first thing in the morning.

Four and a half hours later, my alarm is blaring and I am rushing to get ready so I can make sure to get my starbucks AND get to kinkos. I did the smart thing and worried about my paper BEFORE my coffee and got that all taken care of. Unfortunately, when I was done printing, it was too late to hit up the drive-thru at buck's so I had to go without. How unfortunate.

I got to school and the entire class was locked out (in the freezing cold) waiting for the teacher to show up. She shows but has no keys (grrr) so we wait some more. My entire face was frozen. I thawed out in the classroom and managed to keep my eyes open the entire class period. That is nothing short of amazing.

Next was my English class...the one I stayed up until 1:30 for...the one I woke up early for so I could go to kinkos (yeah, that one.) It was cancelled. At least my paper is done.

So I walked aimlessly around campus for an hour and ten minutes and then managed to, once again, survive another class. Now I am home and the house is torn apart and I am making no effort to fix it. Just wanted to fill you all in on what was going on. I am going to attempt a nap now since my kids and husband are resting. We'll see if my head even gets to hit the pillow before 9pm tonight. Wish me luck!

Cameron's Holiday Party!

2:28 PM Posted In , , 16 Comments »
Wednesday was Cameron's Holiday party at school, so we got up and got dressed for school on a day that we normally wouldn't. I had to reassure Cam over and over again that he wasn't really going to school to learn...just for fun. He was cool with that explanation.


As soon as we got there they started loading the kids up on sugar. Oye!




It's like you can already see the sugar running violently through his veins.




I was able to snag him for a second so he could take a pic with his (newly red-headed) mom.



Shortly after, Teacher Tammy read "Twas' the night before Christmas."



And then....none other than the Jolly Old St. Nick stopped by. Cameron was really REALLY curious about where the Reindeer and sleigh were. He was tugging on my arm to go outside with him the entire time Santa was there. He really wanted to get a firsthand look at these magical creatures. He finally dropped it when I told him they were on the roof and would be scared if he tried to go look at them.


Then it was time for some one on one time with Santa and Cam was first in line to have a chat. It was almost as if he had rehearsed exactly what he was going to say in the five minutes prior to their meeting.



Santa asked what he wanted for Christmas and Cameron, with a giant booming voice declared, TWO dumptrucks and something else I can't remember...




Cheese!




And wouldn't you know that every other boy that climbed on Santa's lap also wanted TWO dumptrucks. Tonka is going to make a killing this year ;)





Cameron with his cousin An.



And then...what all the kids had been waiting for. THE GIFT EXCHANGE.
Each child who wanted to participate was to bring a wrapped $5 gift and then they would swap. The waiting process was painful for these kids. You could cut the tension with a knife.



and then it was finally time...




The pure excitement and happiness in the room was contagious. I have never seen such giddiness outside of Disneyland.




Cameron scored a Batman shaving set. He was SO pumped about it.


After the gift exchange, Teacher Tammy explained that "the mommies and daddies would be leaving now but the kids were going to stay and play." Tears erupted IMMEDIATELY. Including from Cam who was coming home. It was sad yet comical at the same time.
I assured Cam he wasn't staying so we booked it out of there with our bag of candy and newly acquired shave set.
Cam came home and shaved his chin for about three hours. It was a great day :)

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