Life has seemed to go on, without much involvement from me. I have been busy studying, and hope to take my final exam for medical terminology this next week. Cross your fingers, and send a few prayers heavenward for me please!!

Girls have been doing well on their schoolwork as well. Lots of reading that we were missing out on when I was working all the time. Des is having a great time not only reading her schoolbooks, but reading many other books. Her favorite right now is Boxcar Children #1. Meg’s reading has come a long way as well!! Writing nicely is still a challenge for Meg, as she mixes capitol letters with lowercase, and sizing is still an issue. Des is doing okay, as long she is paying attention. Math is going well!! It’s not all textbook stuff though…We played monopoly the other night and had a great time!! Where is math in monopoly?? Monopoly is full of math…you add the spots on the dice, you count the spaces you move, you use money to buy your cottages and castles (we have the Disney version), you use your money to pay the rent and such….It all went well. I will warn you though, it does make for a longer game when you are taking time to let the little ones do the counting and adding….but it’s great, that’s real quality time.

My cousin came down yesterday!! I haven’t seen her in over a year. A few years ago, okay, so it’s probably been more than a few, but anyway, she and I were as close as sisters….and you know, it’s still pretty much the same!! She’s great!!! So grown up and responsible…it’s kind of hard to imagine…I still see her as a young girl, a preteen….We had so much fun!! We played baseball and soccer with the girls, went out to eat, and chatted….I think the chatting is what I miss most. We, years ago, growing up, would take LONG, and I’m talking LONG walks and just talk about EVERYTHING….It was much the same yesterday, without the walking part (too hot outside). We have plans again in acouple of weeks. I’m so excited!!!

*yawns* I’m tired….I haven’t slept much the past week. I can’t count how many nights I was up all night, or how much sleep I’ve had in the last week. I thought when I quit working that I would actually be able to have a normal sleep pattern…*LOL* I should have known better!! I’ve always been a nightowl, staying up until 2 or 3am before I was even a teenager…And it’s not that I haven’t tried…there have been nights that I’ve went to bed at 10 or 11p, and I spend the night tossing and turning….So this past week I spent many of my sleepless nights cleaning house and such. Not that my house shows it…*LOL*

It still amazes me that we can clean the house one day, and by the next it doesn’t even seem to show it. We’ll have laundry and dishes piled up again, and these carpets are pretty rotten, so it always looks like I need to vacuum. In any case, we do try!

Well anyway, I finally got a personal entry in here….Now I think it’s time to make a sandwhich (yep I’m eating dinner at 11p), and get back to studying. *hugs* to all my friends, and know that even though I haven’t made the blog rounds, I still am thinking of you, and miss you dearly!!!