Fun Kids @ MindSay 
... Guess I'll pretend I'm female for a sec, since Sop-Ah said I had beautiful long and thin fingers. Weird compliment for a guy, but I'll accept it nevertheless :P There were only 8 kids in the orphanage when we went, because most of the kids went on a field trip, and many of the kids kept on crying cause Almighty Sushi and the rest of the gang kept freaking out the kids. I managed to get one of the kids to like me though, and it was nice to see the kids on field trip coming back, cause I got to lift Yue Yue up and down again, lol.
Lots happened this past week, and one of them was a break down in relationship between me and Linc_31. Looking back, whatever happened in History class on Tuesday seems so fuzzy, but I was seriously ticked off that day and remained silent unless I had to talk, which in the process freaked two teachers and a few friends out. Not a bad tally, but that wasn't the point, cause the point was, this was the first time that I ever became this angry. Took me the remainder of the week to recover, and during that time period I did not speak to Lincoln at all, ignoring his questions, comments, or conversations starters. Think it was my talk with MC on email that helped me finally see through this incident, as the negative emotions eventually evolved into me feeling constantly depressed and frustrated for no reason, and becoming not myself. I'll see how things work out naturally.
We lost 1-0 yesterday in Soccer, and although it was a huge improvement considering we lost 6-1 last Saturday to TEDA International School(Tianjin Economic Development Area) and 7-1 to Harrow on Wednesday (wasn't goalkeeper that game, it was Rob's turn), I still felt disappointed, as to some extent I let my defence down since they were doing such a marvelous job. It was a great game nevertheless, as I was constantly encouraging my team mates and organising my defence through shouting and talking throughout the game, and making some fine saves during the process.
I'm certainly having fun messing around with a new program I downloaded off Windows, which is called "Windows Live Mail", where I can manage all my e-mail accounts into one program. I still have to figure out how to send e-mails through the program, as both occasions it kept send me the error message, but now I can receive a message from msn and Windows Live Mail when I get mail from any of my e-mail accounts, so its pretty sweet.
Its a little bit late, and I guess I'll have to go to sleep soon, but I have to add one more thing, and that is, Arsenal beat AC Milan 2-0 at San Siro and PSV beat Tottenham Hotspurs 1-0 at White Heart Lane. Not a bad soccer week considering that both of the football clubs that I support won at the European football stage :P
Nachos with meat and cheese.
Broccoli.
Peaches.
Milk.
Unsweetened iced tea.
Yep, it's Parents Having Lunch with the Kids day for one of the grade levels plus Cartoon Ranger's class.
CR had the corndog. I, gulp, had the nachos. And the rest.
I'm glad I have chamomile tea in stock.
It was GREAT to have lunch with CR. He showed me how they do things by going in front of me and getting his plate, etc. He was very happy to have me there. I was very happy to be there, of course. And, I "got the memo." I was wearing a red shirt. More than half the kids I saw today were wearing their red uniform shirts (as opposed to white or blue) so I fit right in. :)
I even went to recess with the kids, which was fun. :)
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In other news, ShoeWoman broke a toe. (Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. I told her, "Please, don't flatter me any more!") My father, The Crunch, broke his wrist.
No, The Crunch was not imitating me. However, he has thusly managed to forestall an examination of his carpal tunnel issues on that same hand. Oh, goodie.
It's been a rough week for bones!
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The Space Shuttle boomed sonically overhead this morning at about two minutes past nine. I had forgotten it was to happen until it did so. The windows shook. Thing is, though it's been almost a dozen years since I've lived there, I'm a California girl who grew up in earthquake country. Shaking windows, to me, mean earthquake. Took me a sec to remember where it was.
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So that's the latest from my personal space. :) It's Wednesday. Not my favorite day of the week, but not a bad one, either!
Well, I did weigh Eloise 2 weeks ago and she was just under 16 lbs (i.e. 16 lbs even with a very wet diaper on, lol). She had been teething pretty heavily for a couple of weeks and it seems to be calming down now. She still wants to chew everything and drools a lot, but seems to be in less pain...maybe we will see that tooth soon! Her hair is getting so long. It is longer than my hair: it's about 4 inches long. I have had to start pinning her bangs back in a barette because I don't want to cut it yet. She despises having her barette put in, but then forgets about it as soon as it's done. The one I have right now has a white bow with red hearts on it and a red, heart-shaped (plastic) gem in the middle of it. It's very cute :)
Last week I went to my mom's and got the ol' exersaucer down from the attic. Ellie looooves it. Ana was a bit jealous at first, but got over it. It's nice to have a place for Eloise to play and also get a good vantage of what's going on in the room. At first she thought she had to stand up the whole time and her little legs would get tired and she would cry to get out. Today, however, she discovered how to just "lounge" in the seat, lol, she looked so cute just hanging out there, watching her sister play :D
Her newest toy is Ana's old tooth brush - it's a great teether! She also loves to bang it on things (uh oh). Yes, she is definitely showing signs of being cut from the very same cloth as her "spirited" big sister. I just keep praying the Lord will give me wisdom and endurance to parent these two busy little girls.