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I went to Abbie's Kindergarten meeting on Tuesday. It wasn't as long as last year, due to the fact that they didn't have tables displaying what the kids would be learning for us to peruse. This is probably in the interest of not letting certain teachers parade the fact that they don't know what their own buzz words mean. I was a witness of that last year. I now have a huge stack of forms to fill out. Seriously, I signed fewer papers when I bought this house. I also have to send off for Abbie's shot records. I've already contacted Rolla. They have emailed me a form (Another form? Why, yes.) to submit. I'm going to have to print it out and mail it, though, as our document edit program isn't compatible.

I watched Avenue Montaigne last night. It was listed as a comedy, but was really a light hearted drama with a dash of romance. Not bad. Not so good that I wanted to own it. The Netflix blurb was not very accurate in any way. Who writes those things?

Yesterday, we A> Picked up Grant from school. B> Picked up Josh's new hideous uniforms from the taylor. C> Grabbed Culvers for dinner. D> Took Jake to his follow up vet appointment (and Callie, too, since we can't leave her alone). E> Got haircuts for both boys.

My back is not happy about Callie's leash behavior yesterday. It had better not go out. The nurse said Jake's ear looked better, but the vet said he needed 30 dollar medicine. I just put some in his ear a minute ago. The haircuts went well. Grant FINALLY got the haircut he's always wanted. And I forgot to take a picture. Yesterday cost over 100 dollars, not counting the gas.

Add to that that my brother called to say that he's coming to town this weekend, and that Josh yesterday got a phone call saying that he needs to work 4 hours of overtime on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays indefinitely. Oh, and I have to look pretty (a near impossibility for me) tonight at taiko because there will be a camera crew for the news. I personally get no PR credit for that one, but it is pretty awesome.

Remember my tree? The one that my Mommy gave me, and it was my only birthday present, and it was bent funny. The one that my ex-neighbor's daughter's boyfriend decided to "fix", and invited himself into my yard, yanked on it and broke off the top. Well, perhaps you recall the abundant tears I shed over that silly tree. I have worried about it since it came to me. I noticed before the snows started that the bark near the ground had also been ripped when the tree was assaulted, and I knew that meant bad news. The tree has lost several branches per season, and is still loosing them. The tree is dying. I know it is dying. Here is my newest dilemma: I should replace the tree. But...I've never dug up a tree before that wasn't actually dead yet. It doesn't seem right to me. Should I look for somewhere to put it? Someone to give it to? It looks terrible, so it would have to be someplace out of the way. I just can't bring myself to do it, really. And however tempting it sounds to just, "replace it with a nice crab apple or something," I can't get around the fact of digging up a living tree.

And I'm not a big hippie who has a problem with trees being killed. I just don't want it to be a tree that I have worried over and poured useless love onto for years. I just wish someone wanted it. And maybe it wouldn't die. Maybe if it were in some decent soil and not a giant tub of clay, it would recover. Right? Okay. Not too realistic. I know.

I'm going to start on my resume soon. I am thinking of trying several different styles, and some slightly unusual, to see what best displays my abilities and experiences. Har, har. My very limited abilities and my moldy, inadequate experience. Oh, well. It's worth a try.

I finally cleaned out the shoes in the coat closet. I've been wanting to do that for about a month. And I got Josh to clean out the "junk drawer". It wouldn't close. It was getting a little out of hand. Much better now. But the other Spring Cleaning things I am not even pretending I have time for just yet.

Abbie is singing The Twelve Days of Christmas.

I'm getting a movie night planned for Brother. We specialize in movies that are so incredibly awful that they are "good". He wanted This Island Earth, Robot Monster and Forbidden Planet, but I didn't have any notice to change my Netflix request, so they aren't going to get here in time, probably. Instead, maybe I will search the local video stores.

Well...it is time to lunch the Abbie. I hope that today is being good to you. I think the weather is going to be seasonal, which is a little warmer than it's been. Don't forget, though, that is often snows in Missouri in April. Be prepared! I am glad to see the upper 50's again, though, aren't you?