Meek and mild Emily......

NOT!!! She was aggressive. Fierce, even! She was goalie for one quarter and blocked an attempted goal by the opposing team. ATTEMPTED! It was not going to get past her. And she assisted in a goal for her own team. Way to go toots!!!! She was a wild woman on the field. She did have a conflict in scheduling for practice, but she came up with her own solution. The dance class that conflicts is jazz, so she decided to give jazz up. She will keep ballet and musical theatre. Her soccer coach was so pleased. We went to Bush Gardens weekend before last and she was WILD. She wanted to ride everything. We did decide, too late, that she doesn't like the rides that leave the ground. No heights, please. She's so cute! We were commenting on how wild she was while we were there and when we got on the ride that scared her, she said "I'm not wild anymore." Cute as a button. She and I are having a date on Friday. We can't wait. We are going to go out to eat and watch movies. The boys are going to some boring race track thing.

I love my job. I couldn't ask for a better one, I think. I love working with kids this age.....high school. For the most part, they are very courteous to me. Some of them have some real needs and it makes me feel good to be able to help them find resources to help them with their problems.

Not much else going on for us. John is finishing up tennis. Football, I don't think, is ever going to end. Ethan is sick. Fever and nausea, but ya' know, it's the beginning of the school year. Everybody's gotta get somethin' before we can get settled in. John is working hard to make our yard look more presentable. We still have ghetto yard. the only thing that could make it more ghetto would be to have an old car sitting in the yard. I'm starting to think we are doomed never to have grass. I'm just hoping some pretty green weeds move in at this point. That would be better than the dirt yard I have now.