I was talking to Geo and telling her how I wanted to start really blogging again. I was also telling her how I wanted to update my layout. Seriously later that afternoon my video card die. Really? Really…? Ugh. Thank you mr. computer. Kai took his water cooling system apart on his old tower to see if the video card would work. No such luck. He has no video cards that will work in my computer. It’s too outdated. Boo. He’s now trying to decide if it would be better to upgrade my computer, or get another old card. If we decide to upgrade, it’s going to be awhile. We don’t have the money and we’re going to be going to California for Thanksgiving, which Kai I’m sure hasn’t told anyone yet… So yeah. A computer, not so much in the budget for awhile. Maybe we could pick up a part at a time? I don’t know. Kai wants to go to Fry’s on Sunday and see what he can find.

Sascha started school at the beginning of the month. He’s doing well so far. We’ve been teaching him at home. The only thing he’s struggling with is spelling/reading, and that’s only because the waldorf school teaches so differently. I don’t regret sending him, it was wonderful for him and helped him adjust so much, it’s just I wish we had the money to keep him in. Now he has a lot of catching up to do with spelling/reading. I have no doubt he will. He’s quick at learning. He’s been doing extremely well with math, and he’s very good at remembering details and answering questions for science/social studies. I’m proud of him. He’s doing better than I thought he would. He’s actually enjoying it too. I think he likes being able to take a break when needed.

Kai got a raise, yay! He was offered a promotion in Eugene as well, but declined. His request for his 2 weeks of paid vacation was also accepted, so we’re going to be going to California for Thanksgiving to visit Kai’s family and my dad/step mom. I can’t wait. Jeannie hasn’t been doing well. Her health is continuing to go down hill and she’s not getting help. She’s been out of her medications for almost two months. She’s literally wasting away. Very, very slowly. I want her to be able to see the kids before anything happens. I keep hoping every time I call that she’s going to say, things are improving. But she doesn’t, and they aren’t. I wish there was something I can do, but outside of visiting and being there, there isn’t much I can do. Her survival is ultimately between her and the universe. That won’t stop me from sending love, but it’s truly out of my hands. My dad knows if anything ever happens to her he has a place to come to with open arms. I truly hope things work out though.

Fumiko is being Fumiko. She’s got a mouth full of chompers, and knows how to use them. She’s able to do things when I ask her to, when she wants to. She’s growing up and it’s amazing to see. She out grew her shoes so we picked her up a pair of pink chucks this week when Kai got paid. They were on sale at Target. They’re so cute, I’ve got to take a photo and post it. I love them, she likes them as well. Her hair is getting long, and staying curly. She’s super busy and into everything. She and Sascha are starting to go through the normal brother and sister annoyances. He doesn’t want her in his room, she doesn’t want him to touch her, or her things. He screams, she screams, he pokes, she pokes, he pushes, she pushes, and on and on. I love them.

I need to get together with Kharizma. I miss her. Sue brought Sascha home from his Michigan trip. It was super nice to have her here. She helped us a lot and we truly appreciate it. Sascha really enjoyed her visit. He keeps asking if she can come back. It was really nice to see her again. Sascha brought home a bug though, so we were sick pretty much the whole week she was here. We still enjoyed her. I made her my apple pie which she enjoyed. I took some photos so I need to post the recipe on my food blog. Speaking of which I need to update that too. :frust: So much to do. So little time. Broken computers don’t help. All my programs are on my computer. I’m using Kai’s work laptop right now. It has none of my programs on it. Noooooes!

I just got done with my period as well. I swear I need to get back on the pill. The IUD? Not working out for me. Not only does it make my periods worse, still, but I bleed so bad and I get horribly emotional about a week before I start. On top of that I break out in HORRIBLE acne all over my face. It starts a week-ish before I start and ends shortly after I stop. x_X I swear every time it happens I want to run out and get some acne cleanser. I know it’s not going to work though. It’s hormonal. I keep putting it off though because they stopped making the birth control pill I was on that worked so well for me. The last few I tried didn’t agree with me at all. I had horrible side effects.