What a week!

OK so my week started off with a job interview. I think it went well but I really have no idea. I am trying to get in with the school system here as a Teacher Assistant. Can't get an interview at our kids home school for the life of me, go figure, it would be 1- 1/2 miles from our house. So anyways I have to take a Work Keys test to make sure I am HIGHLY QUALIFIED. Oh did I tell you that TA's have to drive bus here too? So I have to be HIGHLY QUALIFIED to do that also. So anyway, the principal that I interviewed with, wanted me to call her as soon as I knew my scores. She knew I was taking the test on Thursday.
So here was my week,uggggg....

Monday afternoon, after the kids first day of school, we showed up to a 6 o'clock soccer practice for Ryan- CANCELLED!! Could anyone of called? UGGG, Back home I go after I rushed to have dinner on the table early, for us, and rushed the kids to eat, bad mom, and out the door to a CANCELLED practice.

Tues. is our only slow day of the week, so uneventful here, THANK GOODNESS! Just another school day for the boys and Madelyn wondering why no one has taken her to play school yet!(I feel so loved)

Wed.-I was still mad from Monday's practice that I sent Scott with Ryan for tonight's practice. So happy he had an early day and was home kind of on-time. That is 2-1/2 hours I didn't have to travel and sit and watch in the HOT HOT HOT weather we are STILL having!

Thursday, ok here goes Test day, so I can have a better shot at this job. Scott changed his schedule, went in really late, so he could stay with Madelyn, even though she asked again if we were bringing her to play school, uhhhhh-NOOOOOO! So off I go and I get there I am in the room waiting for the instructor to get there and start the test and I had 2 other people ask me what I was doing and who was I waiting on. I told them and they said ,"oh we have not seen her today". UGGGGGG!! Back to the front desk I go.... It was cancelled b/c the lady called in. So I wasted my gas, my time, 30 minute drive there and 30 minutes home. But that isn't the kicker....after the first lady at the desk didn't want to help the other lady came back from lunch and tried to help as much as she could, made phone calls etc... and found out that the lady scheduled me for the wrong date altogether, they only give the test on Wed. at that location-TODAY IS THURSDAY!!!! However the test was cancelled on Wed. because the lady didn't show up then either!!! So need-less-to-say I am going to a different campus on Wed to take the test. I had to call the principal and tell her beyond my control...UGGG I want and NEED this job!! No one seems to understand how crucial this test is before I can get hired, no one cared but me at that moment. So this 4 hour test took me an hour and 20mins maybe to drive back and forth and get info. After I got home Madelyn hurt her finger and I asked her if it was broke, because she was carrying on so bad, she said, "No, it didn't fall off". hahaha:-) Later on Zachary had soccer practice from 7-8 which I hate b/c 1- he is 9 and 2- we have a bed time of 8:30 on school nights so by the time we get home and to bed it is well after that. Plus HUGE storms came through-we needed the rain BAD- then lightning strikes and the coach still has the kids running- so we all had to practically pull our kids from the field and come home early:-)
That bring us to today, Friday- I tried so hard to not go anywhere and stay and clean the house but that it just sooo BORING!! Madelyn and I ran out for just a little bit then I felt better to come home and clean, kinda. Final day of the first week of school-no homework is great! Zachary had soccer practice from 7-8 and Ryan is helping coach a rec. team on top of his soccer and they practiced tonight from 8-9. I left him there brought the other 2 home to feed and drop to Scott and then back to get Ryan. That is just to late on Friday night to practice soccer, like no one has a life. Well, ok, we don't but still... Plus I have been trying to get ready for a PartyLite show that is tomorrow late afternoon-let's hope it is a BIG show-we need the $$

So now that that I plugged my business if anyone want to see the new catalog you can go to my website www.partylite.biz/SamanthaHimes they have some really awesome Holiday designs and the candle scents are wonderful again.
OK now it is after midnight and I have to get to bed, night,night:-)

Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork!!!

I think I need a doctor! I have severe hand cramps from all the paperwork that is required to be filled out EVERY school year. More than half of it was the same thing over and over and over again! Your name, your kids name your name again and now a phone number please and your kids name again and what teachers does he have, I want to say, DUH, not only has my name not changed since last year the phone number is also the same and so is my kids name, oh and by the way the 4 teachers that typed and handed this paper out, you are his teachers!

The new school year paperwork drives me CRAZY! I want to scream and hide. Get this... in our middle school you return signed papers for a grade. Now tell me, what did that kid learn about science by having their parent sign a paper about my, the parents name, address and phone number? He gets a grade on that and if they are not returned next day the most you can get is a 70, WHAT IS THAT???????
PLUS, I am already being hit up to volunteer. If I want to I will but do not bug me when I only have 1/2 of a foot in the door at open house!

OK I am off to make lunches and try to get to bed in 30mins. New school times this year Elem. starts at 7:45 bus here at 7:27 Middle School starts at 8:30 bus here at 7:47. I have to be up at 6:30 and last time I checked I wasn't a morning person!

First Day of School:-)

Ahhhh, can it be? No, already? Yep- today is the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!! It is 8:24 a.m. and I already have 2 kids off to school and one still sleeping. Peace and quiet- that is rare in this house!
OK, OK , that wasn't nice of me, I should miss them right? Right?????? Give me until about 2pm I will wonder what they are doing, how their day is going and if they met any new friends etc... then 2:15p.m. will hit and Zachary will be home starting in with Madelyn and then I will ask myself, why aren't school days longer??. Then Ryan will get in about 4:20p.m. and Zachary will start with him and Ryan will already be in a bad mood because I am making him take the bus this year, so WWIII will begin between "The boys". I will probably then ask myself... Why doesn't school run OVERNIGHT!???
I LOVE this time of year!

Now let's catch up!!
We went to NY this summer for about 5 days, we camped, sort of. Do you think I would actually rough it camp? We stayed in a cabin at JellyStone Park in Mexico, N.Y. we had a great time seeing family and playing in the river there. The kids tried to fish, caught nothing but a couple minnows and a crayfish. They went tubing down the river and had a blast with that. We got together with family and friends for a cook out at our cabin site, that was great! I really love to try and see everyone when we are home but always run out of time so this was perfect, if we go up next summer we will do the samething. It was great to see everyone!!!!

Today I have another job interview~ wish me luck:-) After 12 years of doing mini~jobs, I am trying to find something full-time. Today I have an interview with an elementary school.

Ryan is entering 7th grade today. I am not sure whether he is excited or not. He knows the little girl that he has liked for years now is in his homeroom and Math:-) He is also playing FCCA Soccer this year. We are very excited and proud of him for making the team. Ryan loves to play soccer, he says that when he is older he is playing pro-soccer and knows what teams he wants to play for. FCCA league will def, strengthen his skills and he should def. make the soccer team at middle school this Spring.

Zachary is entering 4th grade today. He is excited!! He wanted to go back 2 weeks ago. He has a great teacher again this year. He is playing Fall soccer at our schools rec. league. He seems to really be liking it again this year. He wanted to play Fall Baseball but we do not have it at our rec. association right now.

Madelyn is 3 years old and is at home with me for now. She wants to "go to playschool and play with all those kids". I feel the love;-) She wants me to go to work so she can go. Talk about a kid who doesn't want me around. I waited forever for her and she wants to go and play with kids!!! She is hillarious with all that she comes up with and saysand the faces she makes, she keeps us laughing. I can not think of a quote right now but now that I have this site and as she says them I will jot them down for you to read.

Ok I really have to get going and email all of you so you know I have this up and running. Until tomorrow...maybe:-)

ok,ok,ok already!!

OK, this is especially for Amy, who keeps telling me I should do this. I even just read a note on Paityn's Place saying I should try this. So here goes.... Give me today to get this going...