Pre-School Screening---Yikes

This past Friday afternoon, Chloee had Pre-school screening!! Yes, that is right --- Pre-school .

She was thinking the school bus was going to come back and pick her up. Since the bus goes by our house in the morning and evenings. She was ok with Will and I taking her. When we first got their, they had stations and everyone sat the the big table and played with Play-Doh. However, Chloee was more interested in watching the other kids that where in the same time slot as us. That is her, she likes to sit and watch/ take in what everyone else is doing.

I feel she did good during her screening. We get results in a few weeks and I think she was the oldest in the group we attended, but that is ok.

I think we are going to have to take the leap this fall into Pre-school, which mom is NOT ready for! She is excited and talks about it ALL THE TIME! We shall see......

Cubs Game

Being the oldest of 4, I never had anyone to look up to, talk to, etc. However, over the years my brother Ryan and I have become quite close. He is 4 years younger than I am.

He happened to score FREE tickets to opening game day at Wrigley Field for the Cubs game, which is tomorrow -- Monday April 12! I was kind of excited when he was telling me...thinking he would ask me to come with him. But to my disbelief, he asks my husband, Will to go along :( Ryan tells me that I now work on Mondays ( yeah, but I can take days off and you work on Mondays to Ryan!! ) and the fact that he didn't think it would be any fun since being pregnant!! ( Really?? I can make that decision myself....the bars serve pop!! )

It will be a great time of bonding with Ryan and Will as they don't get to see much of each other! And with Will's schedule, does not allow much time for things like this. I am sure they both will have a fabulous time!

Easter Dinner

Hope everyone had a great Easter. I cooked a sprial ham, made mashed potatoes and gravey! However, as we where eating, I then thought I should have taken a picture to show how lovely everything turned out! But I did not :(

I was very proud of how it all turned out and it was very delicious!

Chloee hunted for easter eggs and had a blast doing it. Made it to church 20 mins late and had to sit in the very front row!! Grrr, I dislike sitting that close, but church was packed and pretty much our only option! THen of course, Chloee HAS to go to the bathroom!! really?? like we did not get enough looks by coming in late and now I have to walk down the middle of the aisle to take her to the bathroom.

I have been reassured by many mom's in the church that it is normal and they have all been through it as well. I hope one day I can really say that :)

So many thoughts.....

Last night, I was wiped out. I go to bed and immediately think of a million things. For one, like I did not pay my student loans last month!! I am far enough a ahead that it won't affect me, but for some strange reason it came to me. This morning I have logged in and made arrangements for the next few months to be automatically taken out.

Then the next thing that came to mind, was kind of a sad feeling. Again, for some reason, I thought of all the things Brittany used to say at work, that would make us all laugh! Maybe I need to hear something crazy, bizarre, ridiculous come out of her mouth. I think most days when we where recruiters, she would just sit and think of crazy things. I know I am good posting this, since she can not remember her log in, etc and does not check nor post to her blog. Boy that would be some great entertainment yet! To this day, I can not remember what strange animal she thought she could have as a pet....Llama, maybe?? But she asked us, if she could have it as a pet. Goodness, we told her NO! But she insisted that she really could.
Another time, she accidentally emailed a guy looking for a job, instead of someone else. She was talking about Grey's Anatomy and how shocked she had been with the episode that was on the night before. At least the guy replied with a " I know!!! I could not believe that either!"
Goodness, so MANY MORE things about Brittany :)

Then I thought of Brenda! Yes, I am going to talk about you now, as I know you read this. Brenda & I sat across from each other, yet divided by a cube wall. I really did not know much about her, just little bits here and there. Many of us where jealous of her desk at the time, back corner, boss never walked ALL the way back there, and if she did Brenda would have plenty of time to change her computer screen. I was jealous when I was at WIU....all the homework I could have been doing and multi-tasking at the same time all while at work! Then we recieved a new boss, who wanted to break us up from our cube mates we had grown to love. Brenda was moved to my side and right behind me! I will admit, losing Gretchen to obtain Dale and Brenda was a little heart breaking. However, I made the most of it and Brenda and I began to talk more and more. She is the one who influenced me to begin a blog, however she could not influence me to do the whole 1001 things in so many days. Maybe I will start my own smaller version.

Then Gretchen!!! Her and I began at Volt as recruiters the same time, sat right next to each other. She is the one I talked to about almost everything. When I wanted to complain about Will, she got to hear it. But then again, I got to hear about her and her husband at the time, so it was give and take :) If you would ever see Gretchen, you would NEVER think of her as a biology nerd!! haha, that is right. She was all about fashion, SHOES, purses.....never in a million years would I have even guessed she loved biology as much as she really does. She currently is back in her home state of Washington trying to get on at the University of Washington as a researcher, and that way she can go to school for free, to obtain her Master's.

Why was I thinking of my past co-workers?? I have no idea. It could possibly be that we where such a small group and we became such good friends, each of us having our own story but yet somehow connected to others with similiar situations and now I don't have that. Maybe now, I work with 2 ladies that are not around my age, where all of us at Volt where close in age. Maybe, Brittany, Brenda & Gretchen had some sort of impact and will stay in my heart forever.
So many maybe's..........................................