Well, the world must be wondering where the heck I am again. (At least I hope the world is wondering. It would be pretty horrible if no one even cared that I never update my blog.)

Life has been the same 'ole thing---it's has been crazy with home school, fieldtrips, keeping house, buying a car, making plans for the future, etc., etc.

Most notable things to happen over the last few months:

My mom got married on November 14th.

Jeremy passed the academic portion of his Paramedic school. This was a big deal. The entire class was a bundle of blubbering nerves by the time the testing was over. Jeremy is attending a private school so the students have put their own cash, as well and their lives and careers into this program. It is a very difficult program. The students take it VERY seriously--much more so than some of the reports we have heard from the local junior college programs. He is now excelling in his ER clinical internship and looking forward to completing by August. (Any Firefighter contacts or job leads are greatly appreciated.) Somehow, he managed to do really while still working over 40 hours a week. Jeremy, you are incredible!!

India, Siena, and Jaden are now involved with Piano, Ballet, and Karate Lessons thanks to the new charter school that I joined. (It's function is to provide support and resources for home schooling families.) They are loving it.

Our home school not only has allowed my kids to learn and grow, but our study of World War 2 has provided me with great opportunities to meet fascinating, heroic people, and inspire me to be better person. I was privileged to sit in a room with several Holocaust Survivors a few months ago and listen to them discuss forgiveness, faith, and hope. It was an amazing, life changing experience. This past Monday, India and I attended a lecture by two Bataan Death March survivors, and the attorney that had helped to get retributions for those that were used as slave labour by certain Japanese companies during their internment. They came and spoke directly to our little home school group. It is humbling to think, not only about how cruelly we humans sometimes treat one another, but how much we can endure and triumph over. These were obviously the most extreme examples of deprivation, but they made it through. I guess I can figure out how to keep a smile on my face through my comparatively silly trials.

I wish the best to all of you until the next time I post.

Love, Bridey