Grandparents visit

August 26, 2006

Well, I made it through another week. Larry's parents arrived Wednesday evening. They're leaving tomorrow (Monday) and dropping Matt at his house on their way home. It's always nice to have company, but it's a lot of extra work - more laundry, more shopping, more cooking and cleaning up.

Larry was off Friday and we all went up to the Thousand Islands area, right across from Cananda, and took the boat shuttle over to Boldt Castle (on one of the islands). It was a nice trip - the kids enjoyed it and so did the adults, and the weather was perfect. It rained all day Saturday, but today (Sunday) we went into downtown Syracuse (Clinton Square) to the Latin America festival (Syracuse is called the city of festivals - there's one almost every weekend). We heard some good music and ate some very authentic Spanish food and bought beaded bracelets. We left just as the rain was moving in. It was a very nice outing.

I still haven't heard from the University re that research job, except to hear that they're still deciding. I wish it was over, one way or the other. Last week I sent in my resume to another job, at the medical university, but haven't heard anything at all from that one yet. The best news, or at least the development that I'm most optimistic about, is that I met a woman who works in the personnel office at the University. She was very friendly and gave me her card and offered to bring me in to meet with a recruiter. I don't know that anything will come of it, but it's always nice to connect with someone who's actually in a position to help! I'm calling her first thing Monday and setting up an appointment.

Caleb just has one more week of camp left, and starts school Sept 6; Alana will start daycare that same day. I thought about delaying her start, since I haven't got a job yet, but I think it will be better for her to start with the other kids and get settled and into the routine. She watches way too much TV (though it's mostly PBS shows) and she's gotten way too used to having her own way. Her daycare will only cost a little more than Caleb's summer camp, so it shouldn't be too much of a strain money-wise. I feel discouraged when I think about the financial situation - I hate not earning my own money. But I just keep thinking - "it's temporary . . ."I keep busy and keep looking for a job and the time goes by . . . before you know it, it'll be winter and we'll just be trying to stay sane until spring (just kidding, sort of).

Enough for now. More soon - hopefully good news!