School

Today was Emilia's and my official first days of school. Mine started pretty crummy when I realized I am missing the book I need for my 1st assignment. I guess it is not missing, but in route... it is my only book that has not arrived from the online orders I placed. Go figure! So I was a little frazzled to say the least and Emilia sensed that and did not want me to leave her preschool, which made my day suck even more. Things SHOULD only go up from here! Chris is planning on picking up my book I need from UMKC this afternoon, so then when my online order arrives I will have 2! yea! I just had really high hopes for what I would accomplish today while she was at preschool today, and instead I have spent the morning at Starbucks catching up on emails and downloading music onto my new laptop... productive I know! I was so excited to run into an old friend today, though. It was actually one of the girls I worked with a couple years ago at Starbucks, Keri. She is now managing her own store, and it was so awesome to see her! It had probably been 3 years since I had seen her because she had changed from the store we had worked at together. Almost every memory I have of Starbucks includes her. She is probably one of the funniest people I have ever met, and always made the work so much fun, which is difficult to do at 5am! I am sure she is awesome to work for as a store manager and I am so proud of her! Life continues to move so quickly that I find myself loosing friends due to nothing but time. Between making time for family, work, church, and now school, I find myself falling into the rut of obsessing more in the cleanliness of my home than maintaining friendships with all these people who have played such important roles in my life. It is very sad, but hopefully I will learn how to equally balance these roles... oh and make it to the gym! One thing at a time I guess! I had a wonderful weekend at work and got to take care of one of my favorite little boys, which was nice. He has the sweetest parents and I have enjoyed getting to know them through their little guy's NICU stay. He is quickly approaching his 100 day mark, and his parents are getting quite anxious to take their baby home, deservedly so! People always ask how I can do what I do... taking care of such sick babies. The day these parents take their little one home makes every bad and stressful day worth it. Not only do I get to take care of the babies, but I get to help teach their parents how to take care of their baby. Then we have the yearly NICU reunions where I get to see the little ones I have previously cared for, which is great! Anyway, that's why I love it! Now I am off to be productive!