To begin with, Charlie and I made a very important decision this past weekend. One that we have been considering for some time. Since I am now working on my M.S. and he is completing his B.A. we decided it was time for a technological upgrade. The desktop was older than Clara Grace and the laptop came with its own issues. So, this Saturday we purchased an iMac. Yep, we made the switch from PC to iMac and are loving it. We are having to learn a lot as it operates a bit differently but it is awesome. We also purchased the Microsoft Office for Mac and it is soooo much cooler than the suite for PCs, plus the files work just fine when I send them to work. I talked to our ET at work and he sent me a bunch of documents/tutorials to help make the transition from PC to Mac easier. Charlie has already transferred all pictures from the Vaio to the iMac but I have yet to load pictures directly from the camera. All in all it has been a smooth move! The moues is incredible!
We decided to move the Sony Vaio into Clara Grace's room and purchased a cute little desk for her. Since it was the floor model we got a discount too. She is so happy to have it in there. She does not, nor will she, have an Internet connection back there but she can do word processing and play games. I spent quite a bit of time moving her room around and it looks like such a big girl room now. Not completely, but definitely different.
In addition, Clara Grace and I did a couple activities together. Our school puts on a Perry Idol show which is a school talent show. Most of the acts were high school students but one of my students (singing in a trio) auditioned and made the cut so she was in the show. I'll have to say that I was really impressed with the talent! I completely expected to feel sad for some of the kids, but they did great. They chose songs that truly showcased their talent and some of them sang and played an instrument. I enjoyed myself and Clara Grace had a blast. We ended up sitting with a little girl in her class and her family. Tonight we went over to the school in pajamas for a story night followed by milk and cookies. It was enjoyable. Since I had a hair appointment that lasted just under three hours we didn't make it to the first session but we enjoyed the second one. One of the stories read was I'll Love You Forever and I had to really fight to keep those tears at bay. If you've never read it, go for it, but have some kleenex handy.
Not much else happened other than typical weekend stuff. We did donate a bunch of stuff for the earthquake/tsunami relief. I am amazed at how much is being done by our small base. Shelters are being erected for those that need it.
Also, if you ever see colored bubbles by Crayola and are inspired to purchase...don't. I bought a bottle for each of the kids. We went out to the playground and started to blow them. Within seconds Clara Grace looked like she had murdered something that bled green blood. Splatters were everywhere...face, dress, etc. Even I was splattered in blue from Zach's bottle. Inside we went, clothes in the washing machine. In Crayola's defense, it did come out.
My class is going really well, other than the fact that my books haven't arrived yet. They have sent three shipments of books with the first one sent February 2nd. Charlie ordered his books. They shipped March 10th and arrived today. Hopefully my books arrive very soon. I am now in week 4 and the class is only 8 weeks long. Luckily there are lots of online resources loaded into the site plus an extensive online library so that I have been able to meet expectations for assignments.
Spring Break is in a couple weeks and I am very excited. Charlie will be doing a bike rally which the kids and I will probably visit but he'll be staying overnight. It is a very different culture over here and family friendly. I am hoping to get some school and work stuff completed, plus perhaps some fun day trips. We have talked about camping but we will see.
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