And the adventures begin
Jun. 7th, 2013 10:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xylieToday was the last day of school. This ends Jake's career in elementary school and now we look forward to middle school in the fall. Oy. At least he had an enjoyable field day at Castlemont. He managed to get both a spider tattoo on his arm and a glorious red mustache so that he could commit evil schemes.
It was also Sean's last day of first grade, bringing to a close all that drama and leaving us with more drama to come in 2nd grade. He also brought home a slip inviting me to his open house...yesterday. He was happy and shining, though. Glorying in a summer to come.
Clara's 5th birthday party was this evening from 5 to 7. Yahoo Maps! sent us in true Mapquest fashion, to the right address, wrong side of the road. This gave us time to drive past what used to be Logicon, sight of Jim's first job, but now is 150 condos and a Fresh and Easy. WEIRD.
Pump It Up Junior is very cute and the boys had a blast. There was a toy car for James to play in while the older kids watched a safety video. Then there were several slide and climbs to play on in the facility. 90 minutes later, pizza, cake and then we were shown the door. All in all it was fun, there were balloons, and everyone went home happy.
We did not, though, have time to open presents. Clara packed them home, and after a short interval we came by and helped Cathy unload the car. Clara opened her presents in state. Jake, Rory and Sean got bored and started playing toys.
If there's anything that this change of jobs has taught me it's that I gave MontaVista too much of myself and that there was very little I had left of me. I like having neighbors to visit. I like seeing the kids at school. I like being conscious at 11 PM without a call to India. Work is fun and a necessity at this point, but it isn't everything. And it certainly shouldn't crowd out life.
It was also Sean's last day of first grade, bringing to a close all that drama and leaving us with more drama to come in 2nd grade. He also brought home a slip inviting me to his open house...yesterday. He was happy and shining, though. Glorying in a summer to come.
Clara's 5th birthday party was this evening from 5 to 7. Yahoo Maps! sent us in true Mapquest fashion, to the right address, wrong side of the road. This gave us time to drive past what used to be Logicon, sight of Jim's first job, but now is 150 condos and a Fresh and Easy. WEIRD.
Pump It Up Junior is very cute and the boys had a blast. There was a toy car for James to play in while the older kids watched a safety video. Then there were several slide and climbs to play on in the facility. 90 minutes later, pizza, cake and then we were shown the door. All in all it was fun, there were balloons, and everyone went home happy.
We did not, though, have time to open presents. Clara packed them home, and after a short interval we came by and helped Cathy unload the car. Clara opened her presents in state. Jake, Rory and Sean got bored and started playing toys.
If there's anything that this change of jobs has taught me it's that I gave MontaVista too much of myself and that there was very little I had left of me. I like having neighbors to visit. I like seeing the kids at school. I like being conscious at 11 PM without a call to India. Work is fun and a necessity at this point, but it isn't everything. And it certainly shouldn't crowd out life.
