Tropical Storm Fay...Missed

Everyone is home for the day. Looks like Tropical Storm Fay passed us by with nothing more than a lot of rain yesterday. Today is mostly clear and sunny. Pretty muggy though. I am just thankful it wasn't a hurricane. I think we have a good plan, but I would prefer not to have to act on it.

Mason and Micah put Derek back to sleep, so I am starting the grading process for this weeks papers. I have some I could completely grade, but I don't really want too. Today is Sunday, I want to relax and be a bum.

I finished my ACSC class this week. Not sure what I got on the final, though I am sure I will find out soon enough (SIGH ). The teacher is more anal than I am used too, oh, and things have been, well, CRAZY throughout this term, so I am HOPING for an A, but would not be surprised to get a B.

Derek is going to have to work for the next 6 days straight, which is going to suck! I have a 4 day weekend next weekend, however, I have the boys, so I am not sure if there is any benefit to it. I am going to try to get more boxes packed, though I feel we are at a stopping point with that. We are still using a lot of the stuff, so I think the 10 days I am off will be spent packing one or two boxes at a time, taking them to the new house and unpacking there. Not a lot of fun, but the best I can think of. Not sure we are going to get the letter we need from the landlord to get the move paid for, so we are on our own. Darn the luck.

The kids are back in school now so we can start setting a routine up. BD is still working at Whataburger, but that's only 10 hours a week or so. Plus, she has a college course in the evening. busy year for her. Basketball starts soon as well. Alexis and Mercedes will be starting back to martial arts in October. They both need the activity. The doctor is concerned about their weight. We are trying to control their food intake as well, which is hard because we want to feed them if they are hungry. It's a parent thing.

I am not sure if Alexis likes the new school, btu she's not been overly negative about it, so I am hopefuly that things will go well. It will just take time, and then next year she will be in high school. I am not sure how I feel about that.
Cedes seems happy with her class so far, but for her it's always been a social event, so I don't foresee any major problems except getting her to do her schoolwork like she should.

Micah and Mason are doing well. They enjoy their daycare and seem to play well with the other kids, so I am content ot leave them there.

It looks like I will be staying in my current unit until we leave. That is not a bad thing for me. I will be moving to another flight commander position in a year or so, then possible deploying so that should cover me untuil we leave. It's something of a relief since I was looking at having to take a remote to make sure I didn't get screwed. My boss seems to think I have a strong chance of being a squadron commander. I am not sure that's where I want to go, but if it happens I will take it and do the best I can. It would be hard on the family, but good for my career if I can keep from being fired. That's a what-if though, so no use stressing over it now.