That's my excuse for not posting for a while. Really, it should have made me more prone to update my blog since a broken toe tends to serve as a grounding agent. But, I was mad at myself, and mad at the toe, and mad at the chair which broke the toe upon the toe's accidental and unfortunate kick. It still looks horrifically ugly, too. Purple and blue and almost black, really. Amazing how much pain a broken toe can cause. But it's better now and I can put on a shoe (granted it's my Avia sneaker) and not gasp with pain, so...progress. I can also drive again. I didn't drive for over a week but I think I'm good now.
I have first-day-of school photos of the girls, but they are downstairs and I'm comfortably ensconced upstairs in my bedroom on my husband's chair at the moment. It's blissfully quiet and peaceful. The first day of school was technically Monday, but that was just a two-hour affair where the children were to pick up their schedules. P&E took J to pick up hers, and surprisingly, they managed to get it right for J at the school. Then yesterday was, inexplicably, a day off for the children. Then today, the first full official full day. P has an orthodontic appointment this afternoon, so I've already gotten a call from the attendance nazis ladies confirming that I did, indeed, write the note requesting that her absence be both granted and excused. I know that parents are often the last to know and seriously, they could be horrible miscreants when I am not around, but my children are basically cute little nerds, driven to perform at school by virtue of their own internal set of forces and not by anything their parents foist upon them. It cracks me up that they are treated like dangerous potential prison escapees.
Speaking of nerds, that reminds me. J (I think I can call her Fina here without identifying her, so that's what I will probably do)...anyway, Fina says that the definition of "nerd" in Berlin must not be the same as here, because in Berlin it is a very bad thing to be a nerd. Here, it's just a benign lifestyle choice for the most part. When we told her we were mostly nerds (my husband excepted), she was rather shocked. We told her that it's not even all that uncool to be a nerd anymore, at least not here. That led to the following: "OhGodOhGod--I'm living in a Nerd Village." HAHAHAHAHAHA That was very entertaining. I discovered yesterday that Fina really really likes her closet. She went over and turned the light on and off, and exclaimed about how the doors could be drawn shut to hide everything. It's not that impressive of a closet even, so it is nice that she appreciates such simple things.
What's new since I last wrote? Hmmm, let's see. B got a job working at a local Japanese restaurant as a server and bartender. This scandalized her grammy, but B has to wear black dresses to work, so how bad can it really be? So far, B seems to like it. She is there now, working the lunch shift. I think she definitely likes the work uniform. She has four black dresses she can rotate (so far).
Things have quieted down some for me work-wise, but the big boss has put me on a launch team for the second phase of a new software implementation. I was told that I am to fulfill the "cheerleader" role, talking up the new system and allaying fears by being positive about it. That seems like kind of an easy job because it's actually a pretty cool system. It does involve once-a-week 8 AM Tuesday meetings, though. Yeek. This will last for about 2-3 months until the official launch date. The meetings consist of about an hour-long conference call while we sit in front of computers and they show us stuff. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I had already read all the stuff they were showing us, silly me. Anyway, it's a cool system and I think it will ultimately be a great thing for my company.
My fabulous husband went back to work last week, not that he really stopped working all summer. He's been tired, getting adjusted to the new schedule again.
I guess that's about all I have to report, unless I want to get all political about what's going on with the government. But it turns out I'm really not in the mood for that, so you're off the hook.
I will be back with photos soon--I'm sure Fina's Folks will be anxious to see them!!
Sorry about the toe, Seanna! Isn't that the kind of thing you would normally leave to your daughter P.? (Hi, P.!! Love you!)
What ever made you kick that chair so hard? Jumping for a snapshot??
Anyway, I hope everybody is taking good care of you and you are a bit better by now!!
Posted by: Elisabeth | August 25, 2009 at 01:12 AM