5 Things That Are Up.

What's up?   

1.  Still no real adoption news.   We've passed the 3 month point since we received our referral.   Most families with our agency have been traveling right around the 6 month point which for us would fall sometime around the week of December 18th.   I'd say right now the odds are really good that we'll be traveling sometime between December 1st and February 1st... we're really hoping to be home before Christmas.   The wait is still proving to be very, very challenging.   We are at the point now where we really don't talk about it much at home but it's taking a toll... I think we're all just ready to get our daughter home and get to this next, very exciting part of our lives.   Enough of this waiting already! 

2.  Connor is doing really well in Kindergarten so far.   He's a bright, sweet little boy and the structure of kindergarten is really good for him.   He seems to be learning a lot and he really likes his teacher so all is well on that front.   We're really proud of him.   He has missed this entire week of school due to having the dreaded swine flu.   It really hasn't been that bad and he's been feeling a good bit better since Tuesday but the doctor recommended he stay out all week.   We're going to mostly take that advice... we're sending him back tomorrow (Friday) because they're having a special "Johnny Appleseed" day.   I never really got into Johnny Appleseed that much... I was more of a Paul Bunyan guy... loved that big blue ox.

3.   I've spent most of the past 2 days at home with Connor organizing his gigantic bucket of random lego pieces he got for Christmas into ziploc bags.  The legos are now organized based on size and shape which keeps them a lot neater and makes building new ships a breeze.   Connor and I found a website with every lego Star Wars instruction manual ever... we're looking through them and when we find one we think we have the parts to build, we go to work.  It's been a lot of fun for both of us... we built a mini Millenium Falcon today and I have to say, it's pretty sweet.

4.  I think I'm as un-excited about the new TV season as I've ever been... I just don't watch much TV anymore which I don't say in any way to look down on you if you watch a lot of TV.   If there were a lot of shows that were on that I was excited about, I would probably watch plenty... there just hasn't been much to pique my interest this year.   I'll watch The Office every week... that's still a favorite.   I watched the first few episodes of Glee and kind of liked it... it's REALLY unrealistic and as a musician the non-realistic vocal / performance numbers really bother me.   They will have 6 kids singing on screen when it should be obvious to anyone with ears that you're hearing 20 studio singers coming out of your speakers.   Anyway... I'll watch Lost and 24 when they come on... and Friday Night Lights too but that's about it.   Any shows I should be watching that I'm not?  

5.  I don't know if many of you know this or not but Jessica has gone back to school this semester part time at LMU to get a certificate (I can't remember what it's called) that will certify her to be a principal.   Yes, she already has one more degree than I have (she has a Masters... I just have an undergrad) and now she'll have two!   For Jessica to be working full time at the school, taking classes on the weekend, and still finding time to be an amazing mom and wife, the woman deserves a medal.   I've certainly made the mistake in the past of taking all of that for granted but I've had my eyes opened a bit lately to how impressive and difficult it all really is.   There's no way I could pull all that off unless I figured out a way to get a clone.   I'm really, really proud of her! 

Comments

[jeph]

TV - if you haven't tried it, get the dvd seasons of "House" starting from the beginning. Give it a bit and see if you're not hooked to completion.

Fringe is 'ok'. Shark Tank has been a fun watch so far. "Community" has been good. I heard that "Modern Family" was good.

[jason]

Agreed - "House" is probably the absolute best TV show that people are not watching. GREAT show. Also - when I happen to catch them, both "The Mentalist" and "Lie to Me" have been really good.

[meriam]

Ron really likes "The Mentalist." It's kind of like Columbo for this generation. Oh, wait. You're too young so you might not have heard of Columbo. But he's great, really!

[Marcus Fife]

I think Greg's old enough for Columbo. He's old. Oldy olderson.

[Marcus Fife]

I'm sorry, Greg. I didn't mean it. You don't have to leave us forever. You can post here again. I won't call you old anymore.