5 Updates and EMeals

1. Remember when I said that I hoped Kara would continue loving school for a few more years? She didn't. She didn't even last for a few more months.

2. But, on a positive note, Jack hasn't had any more aggression issues. I can send him to a friend's house (almost) without fear. He has clipped up every day this year (2016) on his behavior chart at school. What a relief!

3. Also, about Jack. Remember that huge ER visit just two week ago? Well, I took him to a birthday party this weekend and forgot his Epipen!?!?! Fortunately, nothing bad came of it, but still.  Sheesh!

4. Last blog I said we rescheduled Kara's Pump it Up party. Well, we did, but then we decided it didn't make sense to have a birthday party a month after your birthday. So, we let her choose something else she wanted to do and she said Dutch Wonderland and Hershey Park. So, hopefully we can make that happen this Spring, which will still be way after her birthday, but there won't be cake or singing involved.

5. The Job. I think I already mentioned this, but I did not get the job. I don't know why or if I was even seriously considered. The interviewer said she would call regardless, but she didn't. I suppose I could call her, but what would I say? Why didn't you hire me? Should I apply to any vacancies in the future? So, they never called me, I never called them and at home I stay. I am moderately content. I still think I would prefer to work and I feel frustrated that after 7 years of college and almost 10 as a military attorney I'm not really qualified to do much. I also haven't lost any weight.

Random note: recently I signed up for e-meals. For $48 a year, I get healthy dinner menus with shopping lists e-mailed to me weekly. Best money I ever spent! We have loved almost everything we've tried. You get 7 dinner recipes a week and I usually make the 6 that sound the best, which leaves a night for leftovers. One of my favorites was a taco recipe that sounded so strange I wasn't even going to try it (greek yogurt, no cheese, etc.). But, since we are committed to trying new things, I made it and it was unbelievable! One of the best things I've ever tasted. Almost every night, Thomas comments on how glad he is for all the new stuff we are trying. We rate everything on a 1-5 scale and the lowest we've given anything is 3. Last night, we had "italian tuna melts." I thought it was just okay (a 3 in my opinion, as much for ease of preparedness as taste), but Anna couldn't get enough. She said she was going to have to remember this one as a potential birthday meal! Anyway, it has been fun to try all these new recipes and have my shopping lists made and organized for me.