Went camping this weekend

A little on the cold side, but at least it didn't rain! We just went to a campground across town for 2 nights, because we wanted to go camping at least once before winter hits, and somehow we never got a chance this summer. Good parts: we hiked around a lake; the kids saw deer, hawks, lizards and sqirrels, as well as a couple of hundred ducks, and some geese; we saw some beautiful autumn foliage; sitting around a campfire in the dark was fun; and we took a cool nighttime hike with flashlights. Bad parts: the kids are still in that hit-each-other-and-scream phase; C.O. ate so many marshmallows last night that he threw up in the tent, so I had to share my sleeping bag with C.J. so that C.O. could use hers; the sun didn't shine enough; C.J. now appears to have a flu, and has been vomiting all day off and on, though C.O. seems fine now.

Work is okay. I say only okay because I took this on as a part-time job, and now with both other secretaries out on medical leave, I keep getting more and more hours, which on top of school, homeschooling, play dates, soccer, gymnastics, field trips, etc., makes me feel like I have no time at all to spare. Hopefully, one of the secretaries will be back in 1-2 weeks, and the other a few weeks after that, then things can begin to calm down. I have dropped one class (that hadn't even started yet) because with everything else, I can't take on more homework right now - I am barely keeping up with the homework I have!

Back to work momentarily - the work isn't at all bad itself. I've gotten the hang of most everything I am responsible for, and I am learning an incredible amount about the special education processes around here! I work with both program specialists and behavioral specialists. Though my kids aren't special ed, I find a lot of the behavioral techniques work with them, and would likely work with a wide variety of children.

We may have a new project coming up in the spring... my brother-in-law may go in on a fixer home purchase with us (he'd make the downpayment and a percentage of the monthly payments, we'd cover the rest of the monthly payments and the costs to fix it all up)... then we'd fix it up, sell it, and split any profits (otherwise known as houseflipping). We're talking cosmetic fixer, not something that needs to be rebuilt!