Back to School!!

It's back to school time and I must admit that this is one of my favorite times of the year. I get almost giddy with excitement when the pencils, notebooks, and folders hit the store shelves. I can't resist picking up a few items just for old times sake. I enjoy the nervousness that often accompanies the first day of school and I am somewhat sad that I will not be participating this year. My mom will be in her second semester of nursing school and my youngest sister will just be starting her nursing program. My brother-in-law is starting a masters program at the U and my other brother-in-law will continue is automotive training at Weber. There is a twinge of jealousy on my part, as these and others get to start back to school tomorrow. Brian will get to go to the first day of school, not as a student, but as a teacher (finally :-)), so that will be a new adventure for him. I will be teaching one micro lab at the community college, but it's just not the same as having my own black speckled notebook to record lab results in. My mom recently sent me a package that included some work that I had done when I was in kindergarten. As soon as I saw it, I knew exactly what it was, and I was transported back 25 years to Miss Wood's room. Oh the joys of education. Leah will be starting preschool next week and she is so excited. In fact, she thinks that after one week with Ms. Heather she will be promoted immediately to kindergarten. Deep down I hope that she is just as nerdy as me when it comes to approaching a new school year. I guess one of the good things about having kids is that you can relive your favorite times through them. So for those of you starting school tomorrow, good luck and have a great first day!

Losing time

Yesterday, I opened my blog and glanced at my baby count down. I have to admit that there is some satisfaction watching the days vanish as my due date grows closer. Well, yesterday it indicated that I was only 19 weeks along and still had 147 days left. I almost went into cardiac arrest. I knew this wasn't accurate, but I still freaked out a bit. I tried to fix it and apparantly there is something buggered up in the widget world. When I looked at the comments from other widget users, I was not the only pregnant lady who experienced the shock of being bumped back to 19 weeks along. The weird thing is that this was not the first incident where pregnant days have been taken away from me. At my last doctor's appointment the resident comes in to do the initial part of the visit and has the nerve to tell me that I am only 24.5 weeks along. Again, cardiac arrest is close. When I told him he was mistaken and I was 29 weeks his response was, "Well, this is what your chart says" (apparantly the medical chart is all-knowing). I began pleading my case, I showed him my bandaged arm where blood had been drawn minutes before for the dreaded glucose test (which is typically done between 26-28 weeks). He proceeded to measured me and wasn't convinced that I was as far along as I was saying. Well at this point, I am practically hyperventilating. Luckily, my doctor came in, measured me again and reassured me that I was indeed 29 weeks along and things were on schedule. Do people not realize the importance of those numbers as they move along? Apparantly not. I think the person in charge of the baby count down in widget world needs to be severely reprimanded for the shock that entered the hearts of thousands of waddling pregnant girls nearing the end of the whole process, who were kicked back to the first trimester. The resident might want to brush up on his skills as well.

Home Sweet Home

Just a quick note to let all of our peeps in Vegas know that we are back. We had a super fun time in Utah, but we are glad to be home. It was so nice to sleep in my own bed last night. The girls have a hard time adjusting back to normal life. In fact, it is 10:00 in the morning and Annie is taking a nap. Hopefully they will back on a rountine soon!

High School Musical

On Saturday, Leah, my mom, my brother and I went and saw "High School Musical, the Musical" (a bit redundant, I know) at Capitol Theatre. I have to say it was pretty fabulous. Leah loves Sharpay, Troy, Gabriella, and the rest of the Wildcat gang, so it was fun to take her and explain the difference between the movie she knows and loves and the on stage production. She did surprisingly well considering it was a theatre production. The funniest part was the fact that no photos were allowed, period. The curtain had the the words High School Musical on it and I suppose that Disney is worried that if you had documentation of those words, you might try and make a spin off or something. The usher closest to us had a knack for seeing flashes going off. She would run over to the offender and tell them they needed to delete the picture. It was out of control. Every time she spotted someone in violation we would chant, "Swarm, Swarm." It was out of control. Regardless of that, we had a good time and the show was pretty good. We can't wait until October when the 3rd and final movie will be released in the movie theaters. Go Wildcats!!