The last few days have been about "powering through". Seriously. You know the ones...where you just put your head into the wind and slowly push forward. You know that the storms can't go on forever, and they don't. And let's face it. It's nothin' that about a pound of fudge and a bottle of tequila wouldn't cure....but alas..I am solo-parenting at the moment. And everyone knows that about 1/2 way through that bottle SOMEONE would wake-up and require an ER trip, and there I'd be...the drunk mom in the ER, trying to explain to the nurse, how I'm really not a drinker....it's just been a bad day.....and my old man is over-seas.... Well, you get the picture. ;-) So....I comforted myself by buying a new pair of smashing boots. Yes, that did it. I do feel better. (And just so you know, if Race were home, he would have handed me the bottle, and hid the check card! LOL)

On the school front, Jack beleives himself to be another Archimedes, after learning his latest math skill in about 5 minutes. Math really does come very easy to him, and today I realized that I have been holding him back. I'm going to go ahead and start pushing forward until we hit a sticking point. Savannah, today had to learn outlining and notecards. She catches on so quickly to everything related to writing. It truly is her passion. Austin and I worked more Algebra problems than I care to recall! He was having some difficulty, and was skipping through some of the steps. So we sat with dualling white boards and raced each other on the problems. (Ahem, He only beat me on the fraction ones..) Anyway, we got through them, and now he understands it.

I went to vote at lunch time. Our little precinct is so funny. No waiting.....EVER. You walk up to the 1 table,and the lady greets you,( "Hi Melissa! How are y'all doing? How are the kids?") Then, really official-like, she says, "Please state your full name and address". Then, person #2 hands you a little ticket that says "voter". You then walk AROUND the table and person #3 TAKES your voter ticket, and yells "BOOTH#1!!" (There are only 2 booths). It is so funny. I always have this strong urge to just run through to the back door with my little "Voter" tag, and just see what they would do. But...I never do. I go to my little toch screen, and then say g'bye to everyone, and head out.....you've got to go through the BACK door.

I got to talk to Race today. It was wonderful and worrisome all at the same time. It ain't easy being the wife of Johnny Bad Ass!

BTW, I have decided not to go brunette yet. I figured after the whole H**ters Heist, that showing up at the airport as a brunette, might be pushing it a little! So, I am thinking maybe January.

Jess, you and that photoshop!! Too funny girl.I would be dangerous with that sort of knowledge!
And, did y'all hear that Dy has floors!!!! REAL floors!!! There'll be no livin' with her after this! LOL!!!

Oh- and a topic for another time: Bare Essentials make-up. My mom introduced me to it. Anyone else using this?

g'night!
melissa