So we're in the homestretch of the school year now. This is when things get totally insane, exponentially so this year because we have Mom in college AND we have a graduate this year.
We are like 40 days and counting away form graduation day. For some stupid reason, the school has graduation on Memorial day. I think that's selfish and disrespectful, but so far protests have fallen on deaf ears - and it's too late to change it this year anyway, so there it is. I can't believe how much work we have to do between now and then. We still have pictures to take, invitations to make up, a party location to finalize (we could have it at our house, but with no grass and no shade - probably not a good idea - we'll probably have it at our church. It's in the next town, but almost everyone we'd invite from this area lives near there anyway.)
The college students have finals over the next 2 weeks. Anna's at the top of her classes. I'm really proud of her, but it's been really stressful on all of us. We're going to have to plan better before the fall semester.
Between now and the end of the school year there is SOOOO much going on. Concerts, awards nights, field trips, prom. Oh, crud, prom is THIS Saturday!
In Andersen tradition (NOT started by their father), Miss C is going stag. She's come the conclusion that high school boys are stupid and not worth the trouble. I told her to wait until she meets college boys, especially at the University.
It's all but finalized that she will be going to NMSU this fall. They're giving her a scholarship (on top of the New Mexico Lottery scholarship). That, along with some other aid, gives her a full ride, including room and board and books for all four years. More if she carries a 4.0 her first year. Her major will be art, she'll probably minor in education. Her high school art teacher tells her not to worry about it. He's so impressed with her ability that he's pretty sure she'll make a living with her paintings. I wish I had a picture of her most recent work. It's kind of dark in it's theme, but it's amazingly good.
Mr D will probably finish the top of his class this year.....
Oh, I forgot to mention, Miss C and Mr D got laid off. Through no fault of their own and with much regret from the bosses, they had to cut the labor force and the last ones hired were the first to be let go. I honestly don't know what they were thinking when they hired them if they just intended to lay them off later, but that's what happened. Miss C and Mr D aren't dealing with it very well, but it's a life lesson. It's even more difficult when there aren't any other jobs for high schoolers around here.
Anyway. What else is there to report? Miss N will finish this semester after having to take one off. She's been really excited about her classes this time around, so hopefully that excitement will translate into performance.
We're still dealing with car issues. People have offered to help us, which is great, but it's hard to wait on their timing. It's a New Mexico thing, I guess. Everyone is just so laid back that it's like "oh, i'll help, when I get around to it". I wish we didn't have to depend on other so much, but such is the circumstances we find ourselves in right now. The promise is that we'll have two running vehicles soon, but I don't know how soon "soon" is.
That's about it for this time around. I'll post more pictures and stuff when I have them.
