Okay...Now the long version......If I make it that long

Is it me or is EVERYONE waiting for E-lo to have this kid? WHEW! This is taking tooo long...! hahahaha....Seriously....I'm just hoping everything turns out okay....

That said...Life here is slowly turning back to normal...well as normal as my family can possibly be...It's great to be back at work, getting that paycheck...I work in the probate/traffic division...primarily learning to input all those wonderful traffic citations...It gets interesting cause while I thought Doctors had the bad handwriting...I have come to find out it must be a job requirement for cops as well...Thank heavens I have the ability to look up the Driver's license numbers so I can at least spell the name correctly(that's providing I can READ said numbers) I caught on fairly quickly to that...but there's still lots to learn...Some are infractions, some are crimes, and some are felony's....it really interesting to see what happens with what...I've seen some pretty interesting stuff so far...Keeps me hopping...The only thing that sucks is while I have internet access....you cannot use it and yes they track it carefully....So no hopping online whilst at work guys...Oh well..I can understand that...I also have no phone...Oh there's a number people can call if it's an emergency...or if my kid needs to reach me but that's about it...I guess I can deal with that too...If the kids need me, they can beep my pager...But all in all I really like this job....Just starting out with it and still tons more to learn....

As far as the Hurricane Wilma went....We made out okay I guess...Lost power for about a week...and it really didn't suck as back cause the weather was actually on the cool side...we weren't all hot and muggy, we had generators that powered up the fridge and T'V's and such....but the cold showers really bit the big one...I had to laugh as I started the job the friday before the hurricane struck and was on paid administrative leave for the entire next week...how cool is that? The kids were out of school for 2 weeks straight until they could get all the schools powered up and the traffic signals working again...so now they get to play catch up...yeah...The dilema down here is we have something called FCATS...they are standardized tests that all kids 3rd grade and up must take in March...(They are a pain in the ass, but don't get me started on those!) the problem is the kids lost 2 weeks of work that they need to have done to be prepared for the FCATS...The dabbled with having the kids make it up on Saturdays, but that got nixed cause the parents screamed (not me-other parents) they wanted to shorted Christmas break and again parents screamed (they had already made travel plans-I can sorta understand that one-but only sorta) so I have no clue what they are going to do....should be interesting....The debate continues....don't understand why the heck they just don't push the FCAT's back 2 weeks...that would make sense, but I had actually read a story that it wouldn't be fair to the school district's that could have them on time....um....people....we had a hurricane...you know...high winds, lines down, no power, trees up rooted and yes...I did see a witch on her bicycle flying by when the back wall came thru....it's not like we were just slacking off...Heck no one wanted this thing to come thru....it's funny to see the debates that is going on down here....just totally ludicrous if you ask me....all for a test that really doesn't do anything for the child, it doesn't get recorded for college, it's basically used to measure teachers....like report cards won't do that just as well?? But the pressure they put on these kids over this stupid tests is absolutly insane....Oh I wasn't going to go there was I? Sorry!!!!! I just don't like them and don't believe in them...

But other than that....We are doing fairly well...Manissa is down here with Kairi and I am so happy about that....Kairi can now pull herself up, crawl all over the place, and can run over Asha in 10 seconds flat if you put her in her walker...(The dog hasn't learned to get out of the way yet...and sadly...I have to wonder if she ever will!!!!! hahahahaha) She has all four front teeth in....and just a cute as a button!!!!! Patrick is doing okay...He misses all of us but he stays busy over there....in fact...they are getting a band together over there....don't ask...I have no clue, but Patrick plays bass...should be interesting to hear...he promises to send us recordings if he can...But all in all things are just wonderful all around....It's just hard to get onto the computer to check out everything....I am trying to adjust my schedule so I can get on here more often....

Well that should bring everyone up to date...Will check in on everyone else's blog this week!!!!

Take care all of you!!!