Goodbye September

Kara has been busy the last few weeks with lacrosse and driving. She is ready to get her license and I am sure she could pass the test, but we aren’t ready for the insurance jump. She is taking lessons and drives frequently, mainly to her 3x weekly lacrosse practices. Lacrosse is going well. She has been playing goalie, which is not her favorite position, but no one else wanted to do it, so she reluctantly volunteered. She is hopeful that the regular goalie will return when the high school season starts. 

Anna has been busy studying for the SAT and unfortunately is not enjoying her senior year. She does not like her classes and is both ready to graduate and not quite ready to be done with this chapter of her life. Both she and Thomas ended up doing another night at HHN with Kara and me. This is the first year they have gone more than once and I wonder if maybe Kara and I are converting them to frequent attenders in the future???

Jack is busy with band, clubs, tutoring and college applications. He has something going on almost every day and it feels like we don’t see him much. 

Luke was a guest player in a baseball tournament this weekend. He played first base and did really well on both defense and offense, including an over-the-fence homerun! School is going okay for him. He has already missed a lot of days this year. Some were unavoidable due to his mouth surgery, but he has also been ‘sick’ a few times (and it’s only the first quarter!). I don’t think he is faking it, but I also don’t think he’s too sick for school. However, it is hard to judge, so we err on the side of caution and hope that he isn’t developing bad attendance habits. 

Thomas and I came close to applying for open positions in Bremerton, WA. They told us if we got the positions, we could wait until the end of the school year to move and Kara was onboard with having her senior year someplace new. Ultimately, we decided the timing wasn’t right. The kids have the Bright Futures scholarships and we are both licensed in Florida. We still feel like our jobs are not very secure and if we do get fired, it seems better to be in a place where we can work in our field (and have a lower mortgage to worry about). I would also feel bad leaving my sister as the only one helping my dad. We just have to hope that two more positions open in a couple of years. Ugh, the chances seem so remote that they will have two positions open, in the areas we are qualified for, on the schedule we need. 

Hmmm, something positive to end on??? I finished a puzzle. Luke did it with me. Normally, I like 500-piece puzzles, as they fit better on my puzzling surface (and they're easier). But, this one was a 1000 and it was still fun.

That wraps up the month of September.