Weekend in progress...

Friday--- Jack had his 18 month appointment with our pediatrician's physician assistant (who, as it turns out, went to Jr. Prom with Greg's older brother-- small world! And so funny how these things come up.. we were talking about taking the kids to a pediatric dentist for a first check up & knowing one of them on the list she gave us because he was Greg's friend's older brother, and she said that she went to high school with him & we said oh, well then you must have gone to high school with Greg's brothers & she said actually, she'd gone to prom with one of them. TANGENT!)

Jack is doing very well & was very good for the doctor. He is 31 3/4 inches tall (40%), weighs 25 pounds (40%), & his head measures at 50cm (95%-- such consistently big brained kids). He got his second Hepatitis A shot, which he quickly forgave because the nurse gave him a band aid with cars on it (although last time he liked the My Little Pony one too).

Greg took the afternoon off and got a chance to catch up on the phone with his buddy John who mentioned he was going to start the police academy.. hummm.. something Greg's tossing around too.. it's appealing. There's a federal government program that pays you while you train then after having you work 2 years with local law enforcement places you within the FBI. Just something to look into and think about... just another one of those possibilities out there to consider.

We spent the rest of the afternoon playing at the park outside. Our friends Tony & Shayna & their kids were there-- we have a great time chatting with them & it was easy to stay there for an hour and a half while the kids ran around like monkeys. When we finally brought the kids home we threw them in the tub for an early bath and got them ready to spend the evening with Katie & her boyfriend, Scott (who a year ago Charlie affectionately called "Sock" or "Ox"-- couldn't quite remember his name), while Greg & I had a night out with some friends (THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATIE! And tell Scott that the first thing Charlie wanted to know when he woke up this morning was "Where's Scott & Katie? I wanted them to stay here"). We helped cook a big Japaneses meal (10 rolls of sushi, tons of gyozas, & friend noodles). It was SO good. Then we settled in and watched Casino Royale. I likey this new James blond-- hot & hilarious. The torture scene was pretty funny.

Saturday---
Nothing terribly exciting. Greg worked at Ted's today. The boys & I went to a neighborhood watch meeting & then took Greg lunch at work. Ted gave me a Scuba Ted t-shirt! And I found out that Greg signed us up for our advanced open water scuba class on Monday.. normally it would be $100 for each of us, but Ted is letting buy just one book for $36 and that's it. So, although Greg had to work all day today.. the awesome discounts on scuba classes & gear is really really good.

I made creme puffs & lemon cheese tarts for Susan's (Greg's mom) 65th birthday party. The creme puffs were my mom's recipe & turned out great. The lemon tarts looked perfect, tasted great, but completely stuck to the papers when you tried to eat them- no biggie.

Greg got home at 4 & we got ready & stopped at Tai Pan Trading Company on our way to the party. I love that store, but Charlie was super grumpy so it was a really quick stop. They didn't have the coat rack wall hangy thing I want to get for behind my front door so the search continues. But actually.. maybe I'll end up just getting this one at Target.

We had a great time at Milt & Susan's house tonight but even though we didn't leave until after 9:30 we felt rushed getting back-- Greg had to work at his other extra-just-for-the-heck-of-it job where he gets paid all night to pretty much hang out with his buddy & watch movies & periodically do security checks all night. We realize that once again it's time to re-evaluate how things are going and come up with another plan.. go back to school? study what? get a better job? We've just been winging it.. coasting along & getting along great but now we're at a cross roads. But that's what keeps it interesting.. trying to decide what should be next & then seeing where life carries you despite your good intentions best laid plans.