Cheat

I completed the crossword in today's newspaper. I totally cheated. Google is awesome - so is the Thesaurus on Word. All I really needed was some names...who really knows who "Actor Claude" is?? :-)

Getting up early has never been my thing but I've been beating almost everyone up these days. Jake was watching TV when I arrived downstairs this morning. Everyone else was snoozing. He normally sleeps in too so maybe the sunny weather is "getting" to us.

Our bedrooms have been getting messier and messier so I tried another tactic today. I gave everyone 5 minutes to start in their room. After that, I gathered all the kids in Nicole's room and we got to work. Somehow the camaraderie and the idea of organizing somebody else's room helped. In less than an hour, all of the kids' bedrooms and bathrooms were spotless. There is no way they would have done that on their own. I'm putting that idea in the good pile for future reference!

Tonight I went out and did some grocery shopping. It's the South America's group's turn to bring snacks to school for the week. I bought a lot of stuff. We'll see how long it lasts!

I'm feeling homesick for my friends. The ladies in the attache class are lovely but they aren't my buds. I went so far as to job search today. Although I am not required to attend the attache classes, there's a feeling of obligation - mostly because I've been planning to go. I miss being around people that don't have anything to do with my husband's job. There's also the fact that pretty much everyone I meet over the next few years will be directly because of John's job. Hmmmm. Not much I can do about it. Time to suck it up! Such a good wifey I am! Bleah!