Current Events!

If I had to pick one word to describe our life....chaos. But a good chaos...not the burning stuff, police, blood shedding, 911 calls kind of chaos. But the "I need a bigger planner" type of chaos!

It seems that all the kids' dentist appointments hit at once..followed by appointments for fillings, of course! Factor in field trips, practices, meetings, other appointments, shopping for summer clothes (even tho it's not really warm yet...but how else do you get Yana off your hind end about needing summer clothes????)

I am in the process of going thru orientation/processing for a new job. I have tallied it up and have 33 hours of "stuff" to do before I can do training in the clinic where I will work....8 hours/week. Seems like a lot of "stuff" to work just one day/week. Oh well, I will be well "orientated" (I hate that word, by the way...it's not a real word!)

Vita is going to start job hunting soon...trips to the mall remind her that she needs more money than we provide. Good thing to learn early on! She wanted to work at the movie rental place....but I had to explain to her that you have to be 18 to work there. That wasn't good enough, she wanted to know why. She still isn't clear on why she can't work some place, legally, that rents porn, until she's 18. We'll try the movie theater instead....

I was tucking Jakob into bed last night and he was very serious and said: "Mom, I don't know what I would do without you, or Dad. I guess I would still be in the orphanage or dead. If I were in the orphanage at school, it would be bad because I wouldn't understand anything they say because I don't know Russian." Bless his little heart.....

Noah has been stressed out lately....he's having a hard time figuring out if he wants to:

a) not get married/not have kids
b) get married/not have kids
c) get married/have kids

I wish he would relax and think about less grown up stuff...but that's Noah, a planner and a worrier. Not sure where he gets that....

Yana is on a wild rollercoaster ride of moods like all 14 yr old girls...unfortunately, we are all along for the ride! Some times we just cock our heads and look at her...not really sure what to do!

Levi has been on a birthday party frenzy of late! His own and some for his buddies. I am least looking forward to the pool party. Of course it's a single dad who is hosting this for his kid....I have to wonder a little bit about ulterior motives on this one! The party does encourage me to lose a few pounds. It's a tough decision....let Levi get in the pool without me and pray I don't have to jump in fully clothed to save him OR take one for the team, yet again, and don a bathing suit, scaring all the children and providing gossip material for all the young moms, to protect my non swimming child from drowning. Should I wear the one with the skirt????

Through the grace of God and medication I will get through the mom gig!