Back to school

So the kids are back to school now. Alex seems to be adjusting well to an all day routine. I take him to his bus stop, where he gets together with Miles (the little boy across the street, they had a kindergarten class together last year) and a couple of other boys to goof off until the bus arrives. Then he comes home, and regardless of what has happened during the day, he's still in a good mood. Laura has already gotten homework - her geometry class. They're doing conjectures - something I know how to do, just not how to explain anymore. I guess that's part of getting old. Her showchoir routine starts full steam next week, with the after school practice every Monday afternoon. This year they'll have a costume change, and the girls are wearing shoes with higher heels. It will be interesting to see if the $300 showchoir price tag jumps up because of the new additions. Even more annoying is the note about the 8th grade trip to Disney World - only $840 paid in 3 easy installments of $280 -- starting NOW! We just paid $25000 for a new car - the only money that came in this month was $115 payment from the late mother-in-laws IRA, and my piddly one day paycheck from work. And they want $150 deposit now. Yeah right.

The adventures with the new hybrid car continue as well. We've been doing consistently better than the EPA sticker, until last night, where it had dropped to 25 mpg. I asked Sharon what happened, and she sheepishly answered that she'd left the car on all day while she was at school. She said she knew something was wrong when she got in and the AC was running. I'm going to have to get her into the habit of leaving the radio on, just so she knows the car is still on.

And that's been the week for the most part, waiting to get Alex on the bus, waiting for the kids to come home, playing puzzlepirates every so often, and an odd couple of hours at work.

Pretty quiet really...