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February 12, 2003
Okay, I can’t believe how long it has been since I have updated this. I started this diary with hopes that I would update every week. Well, that is a fallacy. I’m not even sure that anyone would realize that I have updated its been so long. But I digress….
Life is good, busy, but good. Kassie and Freddy are growing so much and are so intelligent it just blows my mind. I couldn’t even begin to record the conversations that I have with my children. They are so innocent yet wonderful. Kassie has become a connoisseur of cats. She likes to believe that she knows EVERYTHING about them. HA! We have two large dogs. While my lab would probably love to have an additional playmate, my older one is getting grumpy and would probably squash a cat. I explain that to her and she comes up with all kinds of ways to keep the cat safe. Oh well, she still isn’t getting a cat. Poor kid!
Kindergarten
I’m really trying to get all geared up for my baby to start kindergarten in the fall. I know I am going to be an emotional wreck the first day or so. She is ready though intellectually and emotionally. I, on the other hand, am not. I look at her and I remember the day I brought her home from the hospital and it doesn’t seem like that long ago. I can’t believe she is five years old. I am trying to look into things to keep them busy during the summer. I wanted to enroll her in a two-week horseback riding camp, but it was too expensive. They wanted $500. I almost fell out of my chair when I heard that. Fortunately, we have a friend that has two horses. I may just have her go over there. She absolutely loves horses. We live behind a horse farm and she always wants to walk across the field to go see them. So, the daycare that they attend has all kinds of sessions that they provide during the summer that she can attend.
Anyway, if anyone is reading this, I need some opinions. Here is the situation.
My DH and I moved to an older home in a small “town”. I say town for lack of a better word. The school that she and my son will be or should be going to is small. They don’t have the resources to have any before or after school programs and none, I mean NONE of the daycares in the area bus back and forth to the school. The dilemma that I am having is with my work schedule she would need to be in some sort of before and after school something and right now I am not in a position to just quit my job. So I have a few options. They are: Enroll her in the school that she is supposed to go to and find an in home babysitter. The problem with this is I would need to move my son to the same daycare, but I am afraid from previous experiences he would not get the structure and challenges that he needs. The second option is to enroll her in an “out-of-district” school and keep them in the daycare they are in now. Which, I love the daycare they are in now and the school is a good school. I am having a hard time with this option because I didn’t move where I moved to just to send her to another school in another district. I want her to start school with the kids she will eventually progress with through out her academic life; and last but not least, I could enroll her in a private school, which I would have to pay for and have Freddy stay at the daycare he is currently enrolled in. That would entail go to two different places each morning and each evening. I am really hoping that somehow I will figure out a way to enroll her into the school that we want her to go to.
Winter
Okay, after a long hot, humid summer I really look forward to the fall and winter and the holidays and so forth. After the holidays, I really start looking forward to the spring. I am REALLY looking forward to spring. This year we have just had a wet, cold season. While I love the snow and how beautiful it is, I need some warmth. I am usually pretty tolerant to the cold and it doesn’t affect me but I have just gotten a chill to my bone and it will not go away. If that makes any sense. I shouldn’t complain. I am sure there are people who live in much colder climate than I. My heart goes out to you. It really does.
Trips
I want to take the kids on some fun summer trips this year. Its so nice not having to bring a diaper bag and bottles and extra clothes every where I go. I want to take the kids to the zoo, Luray caverns, Hershey Park. Day trips that wont cost a lot of money. I cant wait for spring!!!
Growing or Mid – Life crisis?
I’m not sure if I am just growing up or going through a mid – life crisis. I am having some serious feelings about where I am in life and where I would like to be. I am not an overly religious person and grew up in a semi-religious household. I would like to start going to church and having my kids attend as well. BUT, I am not sure which church I would like to attend. I was baptized Catholic, my father is Catholic, my husband and his family is Catholic, my children are Catholic. I have been listening to a Christian based talk show in the mornings on my way to work and they are more geared to dealing with things that happen in every day life, i.e., your marriage, your children, family issues, sex, emotions, growing, changing, etc. in a very down to earth way. The issue that I am having is do I attend a Catholic church which has a good foundation but it is very scripture oriented or do I try to find a church that is more down to earth in they way they preach/teach about the bible and how they tie it into every day life. Does that make any sense? I am not trying to start any debates about religion here. I am simply expressing the issue at hand that I am having. This is a decision that my DH and I will both make together as which church we attend, but this is a diary and I wanted to add it.
Another issue I am having/struggling with is the fact that I would like to have another child. Now, I am perfectly content and happy with my children, but there is a part of me that would like to have another one. I was talking to my best friend on the phone, which, by the way, is due to have her 5th child in just three short weeks, and I was telling her how I feel. I have been undecided about how I feel about having another child. I love children. I have always wanted at least three. I am okay if I don’t have another child. I may regret in my later years, but there is still something in my heart that I feel about having another child.
Okay, I have whined enough!!!
I think I have made up for my lack of writing. At least I hope. I know that I am horrible about replying if you have left me a message on my TTM board. I promise to get better about that and about posting.
I wish everyone a wonderful week. Hopefully the groundhog was wrong!!!! By the way, this entry was typed in 2004. I guess they haven’t updated that year yet.
Kim, Kassie and Freddy
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