What day is it?

Now that I'm not punching a clock, I have a hard time keeping track of days. Today was the first day that both Eric and Nathan were out. Spent most of the day trying to make since of the junk that had just been thrown into the closets as we unpacked boxes.

So now that Nathan is walking to school, he and Eric both decided he was perfectly capable of walking to and from school without parental assistance. I'm more worried about him getting distracted along the way, and therefore being late, but so far he has done what he was supposed to. On Monday, Eric went to the school right before they got out. He stood off to the side and watched Nathan look for us and then start walking home. Nathan was so proud of himself when he got home. I almost went today to find him. He's never in the first wave that gets out of the school. But I managed to restrain myself. But one of the things I was looking forward to was walking him to and from school. But I guess he doesn't need me (sniff! sniff!)

He had his first bad behavior mark yesterday. He says that 3 other kids in the class were misbehaving, but they got him in trouble. So instead of a blue star on he calendar, he got a yellow one (not good!) Today he managed to redeem himself. He's already complaining about homework. I didn't figure we'd have these kind of struggles until he was older. He's still impressionable enough to threaten with loss of toys to coerce him into doing his work. He mentioned today that he has 2 best friends. I'm thinking, "great! we can arrange for a playdate this weekend! What are their names?" "I don't know." Hmmmmmm.

I had to go to a spouse workshop yesterday, to learn about different programs on post. It lasted 3 hours. Probably everything I needed to know could have been condensed into 45 minutes. I was tickled to learn that if Eric had a girlfriend and designated her as a payee on his life insurance, the army is legally bound to send me a letter. The army can't tell me who the other beneficiaries are, or how much they will get, but they do have to tell me. I haven't received a letter yet, so I'm guessing it's all good.

Still haven't received any real mail since Sept. 25. Good thing most of my bills are paid on-line.

We will be getting new local cell phone numbers. For family and friends, email me if you need the new numbers. I'll probably have my going by the end of the day tomorrow. Eric, on the other hand, is resisting. He's got so many numbers in his phone from army buddies around the country. I must make an apology to my mother-in-law. I think she would crater into a fetal position without her cell phone or a land line. I don't really talk that much on the phone. I just don't have to be that connected. I must apologize, however, because I never realized that Eric was just as bad as his mother! His phone usage is 3 times what mine is! So my apologies, Rebecca Alice - I must be the odd duck in the fam.

Vista bites! I just lost half my post!

Any-hoo. According to my inbox - this is myeloma awareness week. Spend a moment on wikipedia and educate yourselves.

You'll all be pleased to know that I did find the legs to the couch. They were in a box on the front carport marked "tools". Yeah, can't believe I didn't find that earlier. The rollers for the bed frame are still MIA.