Weekly Kidlet Update!

Well, folks, I promised a weekly update on the girls, so here it is!

Sammee survived week #2 in NYC. She started both rehearsals for the play "Alone" as Stage Manager and her job as a barista in Manhattan. She loves both of them! She said the Belgian Cafe, Le Pon (don't ask the full name, I don't even think Sammee can pronounce it yet) is an amazing place! The manager is working with her rehearsal schedule, and she loves her co-workers! The first night of rehearsals for the play, the actor playing the lead, a veteran Equity actor, told her that she was the most thorough, organized Stage Manager he had worked with in a long time. I am such a proud momma. She has had to deal with the Metro Transit Authority already. She loaded her subway card earlier this week, and it took money out of her account and didn't load her card. So she has to wait for them to get her money back to her. Ah, the life of the big city girl! Tomorrow she is having lunch with one of my friends from college, Rich Hodge. I hope they have a wonderful time, and, Rich, no embarrassing stories about Sammee's mom!

Tori finished her first week of school. She picked up some shifts at the bookstore, and is still looking into other job opportunities in Portland. Plus she still has the Student Government job. And, she was very frugal with her money this summer so she is in good shape. Last year  Tori had an ant problem in her apartment. When she and Kirk got to her apartment two weeks ago, her ant problem was gone, but the apartment was infested with spiders. A can of spider spray, some traps, and lots of stomping and squishing later, and the spiders are gone!

After technical issues that kept us from doing school for a week, Kat is finally catching up on her lessons. We are still working on getting her back in bowling within the next week or so. Today was Homecoming for the local university, and the online school had a float in the parade. Kat and I both walked with the float and had a blast! It was the first time that I had been in a parade, and it was so much fun! And, we got our exercise for the week. And we got to spend some time together. Gee, how will I survive in 2 years when she is gone? I better start making more friends, or find some theatre to volunteer at, or start acting again, or stage managing, or something. But I will burn that bridge when I get there.

More adventures next week!