stress

I will not stress, I will not stress, I will not stress! Maybe if I say it enough it will be true :-) With trying to get the kids ready fors chool, having visitors, and preparing for the move, I am a bit overwhelmed. Plus I have work and health things going on, all of which has a shorter time frame, due to the move. I will get through this too. I got my lazy self out of bed this morning and worked out, which Ithought was a real breakthrough. I only walked for 20 minutes, but I was worn out and sweaty so I must have been doing something right. I plan to get up tomorrow morning and do an Abs workout. The Abs and glutes class was just too much. Those people are crazy. I feel guilty for not sticking with my workout routine better, but at least I amtrying to start back before a year has passed.

This is Derek's last day of school so he will be stress-free after this week. At least he should be. There's no telling. He's going to have to start focusing on the move though, which will probably stress him outeven more. His graduation present is scheduled for Friday. It's a man's spa package. He gets his hair done, a massage (the part he really wants), and a manicure. Hee hee hee. The manicure kind of threw him. He will probably like it though. I am trying to get him to apply for government jobs at Aviano, but he's not gotten that far yet. He's had the suggestion made several timesthat he should be a teacher. That is not a career path he wants to pursue though. He might be ok teaching martial arts or something, but teaching school would probably not work for him. He would kill someone or himself. I don't think it would be a bad idea to post his resume onthe site where they have Air Force Civilian Personnel. At least it gets him in the system.

I will be having surgery next week, followed by two weeks ofconvalescent leave. After that I am limited to walking and light activity for 6 weeks. Basically until we leave. The surgery is supposed to be pretty easy to recover form with minimal side effects, sothat's good. I am not into the pain thing at all. This will fix the damage done from 3 children, though, which I am really happy about!

I ordered all of the kids Halloween costumes, so we can send them toItaly so they will be there for the holiday. Mercedes wants to be a Diva (how appropriate), Alexis asked to be a pirate, Mason will be a vampire, and Micah gets to be Roo from Willie the Pooh. They will look so sweet.

I am finishing up my last two classes until October. Unfortunately, theschool screwed something up with my September classes, so now I have to wait. It slows me down by a month and I won't graduate until after January, probably March. As long as I finish, I think I will be ok. Bythe time I finish I will know if I made Major, so that will determine what my next step is. Overall, it's not a bad deal. I've bought all of my books, so I just have to keep them where I can find them.