TGIF!

10 kids, 4 adults, Penquins, and a big screen....it could only mean one thing! Friday Pizza and a Movie....TGIF!

This new schedule is full...but doable for a bit of time. Monday - piano lessons (at home), Tuesday - PWOC, Wednesday - Japanese Tutor, Thursday - Bible Study (at home)....Friday...well today it meant all the errands that don't get done when our focus is school.

We talked with Bre, Krista and Jamin on Skype. Arielle is feeling so much better again and I think it DID help to talk with Bre this a.m.

I finally had my fasting labs done. Shew....he was checking for lots of things. I'll have a clean bill of health when this is over. The one test that surprised me was a blood test to see what my sugars have been for the past 3 months. After 15 hours of fasting, and realizing that sugar could be gone as of 30 Nov, I explained to Mike that my blood sugar was SO LOW I probably needed Baskin Robbins to get it normal. ::snort:: No, we didn't. Went to Subway for lunch.

Twyla, I remembered your tip. I used the courtesy phone at the clinic to make two dental appointments and my followup with the doc. I figure I saved about $10 not having to pay the fees for calling from home with the hold time. ::snort::

Bought a Christmas Tree. We left ours stateside. The thought was we'd buy something here before we realized that there really may not be live trees to buy on every corner. The BX had a few left and we snactched one. It's important to the kids.

Went to get the kids' flights booked. Supposedly we had the papers we need....but we need ONE more piece of paper that will include gathering THREE more pieces of paper....came home and skyped the kids again to get the one from their colleges.

Three of our kids will fly on the Patriot Express. This is good in that they will all fly from SEA. It only comes over once a week so they'll most likely all be on the same flight....except since it only flies once a week it costs us 2 - 5 days of visiting for each one of them. Ah well. AND Bre will fly alone....to Tokyo. I told her not to worry....she'll have a grand adventure.

Went to the commissary. I was chasing a rumor that they had Ghiradeli hot chocolate (no flavors or dyes). Alas, we were told not yet....but I did find several new holiday treats. ::snort::

That's about it....just a day of tying up loose ends. We are so happy that Arielle is feeling better. I picked up the flyer on H1N1 at the clinic today. Really, there was nothing to do on there that we don't do for seasonal flu....

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