Back in school

The kids are back in school after the holidays. Let's see...Kalina is I think happy to be back. She won't admit it, and she'll just grunt a response when you ask her, but she seemed stressed with the little kids over the past couple weeks. Byron, on the other hand, just about broke down the other night because he was the opposite and was stressed about going back. He started a long tirade about how school is a waste of time and he doesn't need any of this for real life. Deanna and I tried our best to explain, but as you know he would be happy to just read books or play on a computer all day. He still thinks he's going to be rich by creating and selling video games as a career. Acacia, Cordelia, and Valen have their own levels of excitement. The only hard part for them is waking up and getting ready in the morning.

Christmas break went fast. Shall we run down the list of things we got accomplished? Rented tons of Red Box movies, got the Dr. Who Christmas special from iTunes, went to Science City in KC, went out for Chinese food, took the van in for the recall, took my best suit in for repair (moth damage on the jacket and also the pants taken in at the waist), replaced a bathroom faucet, back half of the roof was repaired, took a fresh look at our household budget and started a new plan, and with all of that had the flu run through the family.

Only one question remains. Texas?