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Kindergarten. It has begun. Ryleigh's first day in Kindergarten was two weeks ago. She was so nervous the weekend before, and so was mama. Sunday night we were both basket cases trying to get ready for bed and get ready for the day ahead. Ryleigh went to bed the first time at 8, but it was well past 10 before she finally got to sleep.

Monday morning we all popped out of bed and got ready in record time. Jeramy's office is just a few blocks from our temporary apartment so we picked him up on the way to Ryleigh's school, which is abo0ut 30 minutes away. We went ahead and enrolled her in the school that the neighborhood where our new house is goes to. Thirty Minutes...each way. Jeramy, Avery and I all walked her to her classroom. She seemed a little unsure of her surroundings, but didn't cry and didn't try to make us stay. Since I did my crying the night before, I was holding my own. I walked out the door with Jeramy behind me and Avery on my hip. Dad had to turn and take one last peek before we could completely walk away and when we did walk away it was Avery with the worried cry.."Sista! Sista!...Momma, Sista!"


So I felt good about the drop off and was looking forward to the pick-up. Her school lets out at 3:40, I got there at 3:20 and I got to load her into the car at 4:10. She seemed a little dazed, kind of like she didn't know what was going on. After we pulled out of the parking lot and began the drive home I asked her how her day was to which she responded..."Awful". Uh oh. She continued to tell me that she was so hungry because her teacher didn't let her eat her lunch, and by the way her teacher didn't smile at all and was so mean, and she hates her new school and she is HUNGRY! Then the tears came and I just really didn't know what to do. So I reached back behind me and took her hand and let her cry while I drove us to Chick-Fil-A. After scarfing down her chicken and chocolate milk she got some good play time in and was in a much better mood. But yikes, it was real touch and go for a little bit.

Over the past few weeks, things have gotten much better. She has started to make friends and has found lots of joy in her P.E. class, art class and music class. She has also learned to look forward to her weekends and was super excited when I told her yesterday that this weekend she gets THREE days off. Whatever will we do with so much time!!

I will be painting the majority of this weekend. We closed on our house last Thursday! The carpets will be cleaned on Tuesday, our household goods shipment will be delivered on Wednesday along with our new mattress!! Jeramy and I have had nothing but hand me down mattresses our entire cohabiting life, so this is huge for us. Also being delivered on Wednesday is our washer and dryer, but my new mega awesome fridge will take two weeks to come in. So, we will either wait to move into the house or we'll resort to ice chest living. It all depends on how badly I want to stop driving 30 minutes each way to drop off and pick up Ryleigh!

Jeramy leaves on Tuesday for his new, new, but not permanent rig. Explanation...when we moved back Jeramy was put in an Assistant Performance Rig Manager position, but last week that changed. Apparently he had mastered that position in a mere month and now he will be a Drilling Engineer, which is a rotating position. And they're putting him on a brand spankin' new rig that hasn't even made it all the way to the gulf yet. So, they're shipping him out to a rig to start learning on because this is a position that he knows less than shit about for the most part. However, he is really excited to get to work in this area. It is a position that he had asked for when we were in Canada and we think they intended to put him in it all along, they just weren't ready to right when we got back. The rotating part will be an adjustment, but the good thing is when he's home...HE IS HOME. Except when he's in training. *Sigh*....Such is life right, roll with it? Did I tell you I got a new fridge....29 cubic feet of fridge??

Time to paint...gotta get this done cause I gots me a hot date tonight! My oil riggin' man is taking me out for my favorite pork chops and a movie!