As They Grow Up

Well, it's that time of year when I start worrying about summer work! My friend Berry just started a company cleaning houses called Earth-Friendly Maid Service www.earthfriendlymaidservice.wordpress.com to check out her services! If she can find enough work, I'm going to help out and try to get some bills paid!

On that note, I worked every day last week! My mentor had surgery and needed me to cover her special needs class. It's been a riot! She has great kids, and it's always a privledge to cover for her.

Who knew it would be so hard to get a full day! I have had about 8 jobs since that last post, and although it seems like I'm getting calls regularly, when I really look at it, I have barely scratched the surface. My total days worked is 5. 3 full days, two from my mentor, and 4 half days. That means that I still need to get 11 more before the school year is over to get off of probation (I had 4 last year)! Time is running out! 20 days of probation is not that much, but when I can only work two days a week, and keep getting half days instead of full, it's tricky. There are 18 days left that I can work in the school year. Keep your fingers crossed for me! :)

Well, it's happened. I got a call that I could take and off I went. At 11pm on Thursday night, I got a call for a full day at a school in town. I listened, and then bravely pushed the accept button. I went online and reread the instructions, wrote them down, put the job # in my planner for the school just in case and went to bed going "OH MY GOD/DESS!"

Woke up at 6am to make sure I wasn't going to be late. Got the kids out the door for 7:30, dropped Monkey off happy, and dropped Kanga off. She didn't want to eat her breakfast before we left, so I left it for her teachers to do. She was a happy gal too though!

Got to the school at about 8:15, checked in, they had my name printed off and ready so there were no worries! I was concerned that I only had instructions up to 12:15, but soon found out that the teacher had only planned to be away half the day! The school found me something to do in the afternoon and I worked the full day.

It was a challenge being my first day, and I do still need to work on controlling the volume of the class, but these tings will come with time. For my 1st day back, it went pretty well, and I look forward to getting called again on Sunday night for Monday!

Two weeks ago I hosted a candle party. My friend Rebecca just became a consultant, so I hosted to help her out, plus I love PartyLite! Well, my stuff is here! I have been going a bit crazy getting it out and enjoying the scents!

Go here to see what I got! http://www.partylite.biz/sites/rmaclary/productcatalog I got $210 of product for $40 though! That's awesome! I could pretty much go through the catalog and pick what ever I wanted! Yay shopping spree! :)

garden lites lantern
mini barrel shade
herbal leaves (green) scents of ambiance diffuser plus black orchid and w.g.t. oil
gaia branch pillar holder
island nectar barrel jar and mini barrel jar
sabor ileno aroma melts warmer

How the time flies! Monkey has now turned 6 as of 1:04am on January 29, 2009. He went into school with his macaroons to share for the class, but was convinced that he didn't turn 6 until Jan 30 for some reason. The only thing we can think of is that he knew his party was the following day and that there was some connection there.

On Friday, I dropped Kanga off at daycare and Monkey and I played some Wii. He got a second controller for his birthday, so now we can play together. Around 11:30 we went to the bank, and then to Wal-Mart to get some goodie bag stuff. By the time we left Wal-Mart, goodie bags, a new spring coat for Kanga, and some new indoor shoes for Monkey in tow, it was 12:20. The movie we were going to see started at 12:30 and we hadn't had lunch yet! We raced to the car, got to the theatre, got our tickets and grabbed some pizza from one of the stands. I got Monkey some root beer, and apparently there's artificial colour in there so he can't have Barq's anymore. Anyway, after searching the theatre for seats, we ended up in the front row, the very front row, but hadnt' missed the start. It was still in previews. Monkey picked Hotel for Dogs and it was okay. I wouldn't have picked it if there had been another option, but Monkey liked it.

After the movie we went to get Kanga, and get the goodie bags ready for his party. We rested for about an hour and then headed off to Fleetway for his glo-golf party! It went really well. Kanga was a backpack baby for the golf, and all the kids did really well. My group finished way ahead of the other group, so we played I-spy with the mural. That really worked to keep them occupied for about 15min! Then we had a potty break, I paid and the other group came out. Dinner was served and then cake. While cake was eaten, Monkey opened his presents because we were running out of time, but he got to finishe once the presents were opened. He loved his day and felt so special! Thank you everyone who came and celebrated with us!