A Full Day

Talk about your crazy days...this one has been a doozy! I had two big exams today, Zac had a huge presentation and Tyson had early out for parent teacher conferences (of course). Zac's presentation prevented him from being available to get the kids off to school. I had arranged for a neighbor to help out with getting Tyson to school(A, thank you tons) and another neighbor to pick him up (thanks S-you're a lifesaver). I thought I had it all worked out until 6:50am this morning I woke up to a text from a friend alerting me to the snow storm and a message from my professor. Aaghh! It's a terrible feeling when someone throws a wrench in your carefully thought out plans!

Somehow I managed to feed the boys (forgot to feed myself), throw on clothes and get everyone where they needed to be by 7:30. The snow kept coming but with the help of a good Christmas CD I made it to my 8:30 exam on-time (despite the horrendously slow traffic) and with a decent attitude. I took my test,pushed through two other classes (with the help of the clementine I happened to find in my book-bag) and took my aural listening exam as well. By 2pm I was on my way home.

Zac was able to book it home via public transportation,slosh through the wet snow (the snow changed to heavy rain) to pick Tyson up at a decent time and even did my dishes for me. I arrived home with enough time to eat a bite (literally one bite) of his delicious guacamole and tamale and head to the middle school to pick up Tim and his friends. The poor kids were soaking wet after just a few minutes of waiting outside for me.

After that...forty-five minutes of pure bliss, aka nothing...

Then piano lessons, dinner and Tim's band concert to top the night off. The band's rendition of The Raiders March (from Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark)was my favorite. Phew! It has been crazy, but all-in-all, it was a good day!

Happy Halloween!

Another B+ Paper

It's not a bad grade, quite the opposite, however, I really put in an A effort as in "A" lot of time. Better luck next time, right?

Come on Neurotransmitters!

Yesterday I had my piano lesson and my teacher helped me figure out some new fingering (this is the song I'm working on). I had practiced quite a bit the previous week, yet after receiving the new fingerings I found myself absolutely stuck. My fingers simply sat there frozen. I kept looking at the music then looking at the keys trying to figure out how in the world to make it work. My mind hurt it was thinking so hard, in fact I wouldn't have been suprised if a cloud of smoke had started spewing from out of my ears. Yet try as I might I couldn't force my body and mind to make the connection; the synapses were not firing. Eventually, with tedious amounts of repetition, I was able to push through the passage and make some headway. Unfortunately, I still left feeling so flustered! I haven't felt that way since AP Calculus in high school!
Luckily, tonight my workload was much lighter. What did I inflict upon my brain instead? Not much. I went for a much needed haircut, fixed dinner and then sat down to update my blog. Aaaahhh!

Tyson's Baptism

My baby was baptized this past weekend. Because our ward clambake ended up being scheduled on the same day, we were given the option to have the baptism at the beach. Tyson decided that he liked that idea and so, on Saturday we got together with friends and family and watched Zac baptize Tyson in the cold, Atlantic ocean at Crane's beach.
It was a wonderful sunny, windy day. I'm not sure I ever quit smiling. One of the highlights was having our bishop accompany the songs on his banjo. Our friend (and ward relief society president) took some perfect pictures of the event. Thanks EP!
I think one of my personal favorite parts was watching Tyson splash and play in the waves with his friend just before we got started. The other nice part of this baptism was being able to see all three of my boys take part in it. Tyson was baptized, Zac did the baptizing, and Tim gave a talk. Pretty cool. Oh, and it was really awesome being able to actually see the baptism. I've attended many in the last four years, but Tyson's baptism was the first I've actually ever witnessed in New England. Neat stuff!

Wahoo For Me!

After almost a year I finally beat the last level in my Wii DDR!!! WAHOO!

Scout Camp

I just wanted to post about Tim's scout camp experience. It was actually a couple of weeks ago now, but I thought I would still write about it. It rained at least half the time he was there, but he said he still had a great time. Best of all, he said he was really happy to be home. Yay! I was glad too!