...March 2011 Update

Here is a list of things that are happening around our place.

1. Mackendra is sick...again. Man, that kid needs to stop sucking her thumb! She started vomiting around 2am this morning and keep going, every half hour or so straight through to this morning. I finally sent Frank out to get some Gravol this morning. She's sleeping now. But...boy, am I tired!

2. Aislinn has a basketball tournament this weekend up at SFU. She played with a bunch of boys in a play day last weekend and it was so much fun to watch her. She really enjoyed it as well. This was the first time I've seen her play with kids that can catch her passes and make layups. It was kinda funny because she was the only girl in the entire gym (other than Moms) and yet, she was probably about the 3rd tallest kid there. The teams were composed of grade 6-8 boys. She totally rocked and the boys very quickly saw that she was good enough to play with them.

3. I'm doing a basketball camp the first week of Spring Break. It will be for Grades 6-9 girls. I have been concentrating on getting that set up. So far, we have about 22 kids signed up. That's enough to proceed but I would love to get about 40 kids. I'm thinking about doing a bunch of camps this Summer. Also, Frank and I are toying with the idea of expanding our little basketball program. We have been asked to do an older girls team and also start a boys program. We'll see.

4. I finished my final interview for BCIT. I spent the day in the X-ray dept. at a big hospital down here. It was really interesting and I think I did awesome. I would say I'm in, but I won't know for about a month. Waiting sucks!

5. March Madness is almost upon us! I'm excited this year. I haven't been watching the NCAA teams for many years, but I'm getting into it this year. I'm enjoying the regional playoffs at the moment. At the same time, all the local high school provincials are going on and the Nationals for the CIS are in full swing. What a great time of the year!

6. My friend, Gabe is back up staying with us. He's trying to secure a basketball scholarship. In the meantime, he is going to help me coach the Spring Break camp. He has helped out with practices and all the girls love him. He's having fun up here and making some good friends.

7. Did I mention that I'm tired? I think I had a total of 2 hours of sleep last night. Every time I feel asleep, Mackendra would wake up and run to the toilet. I let her sleep with us last night, so that meant no one got much sleep. I think I will grab a nap very soon.

'Til later...

...economics according to Mac.

Mac: "Hey Dad, you know that dollar I lost last week that I was supposed to give back to you?"

Dad: "Yah, did you find it?"

Mac: "Yep, and I gave it to my friend who wanted to put a dollar in the thing for kids that are needy."

Mom: "Did you tell people that you were a kid and that you were needy and that you should get dollars too?"

Mac: "Huh?"

Dad: "You gave it away?" **chuckling**

Mac: "Dad, its just a stupid dollar!"

Dad: "Yah, but its my stupid dollar."

Mac: "Well, you lost it."

...after 14 hours give or take...

Of studying today...

its official...I've lost all feeling in my butt.

But I sure know how to do logarithmic functions!!!!

I just like writing that word..."logarithmic". It should way more fun than it actually is. It sounds like I should be groovin' to music or something. Definitely not drawing on graph paper. That's not fun. Not in any way, shape or form.

Yours in algebra...

Love Tanya

...back in time.

Have you ever thought..."if only I could go back in time and do it all over again..."

Would you make the same choices? Would you be the same person? What would you do different?

What were your best years? Was it when you were one and a half years old and you didn't have to wipe your own butt? Or how about 3 years old and everything was yours and you didn't understand the concept of sharing. The world was your oyster and you could cry if you didn't get your way and people thought that was kinda cute and gave you want you wanted. That was a good age. How about when you were 10 and you got to stay home by yourself without a babysitter for the first time? Was high school good for you? Did you have "wicked, awesome" friends that you shared everything with? Your parents still gave you money and cooked your food and washed your laundry and all you had to do was get your homework done and clean your room twice a month. That was a good time, wasn't it? You didn't have to worry about getting a job yet or balancing a budget or looking after kids. Then came college. That was fun...going out to the bar the first time was AMAZING! Not having to come home for curfew took some getting used to. But suddenly you were worrying about things like money and what you could cook for dinner. That sucked. But then you had your first serious relationship, and maybe got married. That was fun...for awhile, but then life smacked you in the face. Hard.

So, was it pre-school, or elementary school, or high school or college or post college years? If you could, would you like to go back to those "best years" to experience it all over again?

Well...believe it or not...I am getting that chance. Again. In 2009, I went back to college. I left my husband and two kids and traveled across the continent to West Virginia to take my final semester of college. Five months of getting to be a college student again. That was fun, and difficult, all at the same time.

And now, in 2011, I get another chance. But I'm going back even further. High school. Yup.

Here's how it happened.

I applied to enter the Medical Radiography Program at the local Institute of Technology (BCIT). I want to become an X-ray techy. I put together this great application package and mailed it off. A few weeks later, I receive an email. It said that I didn't have the required pre-requisites to be accepted to the program. What!!!! What do you mean? I have my Bachelor of Science degree, courtesy of my 2009 trip back to college. The only pre-requisites listed were Grade 12 classes. I had those and more...way more. I questioned BCIT. And they told me that I had taken those classes more than 5 years ago. I said yes...I'm a mature student...I went to college and got a degree, that is why those classes are more than 5 years old. Well...they said, you need to take them again.

My head almost exploded!

I argued, BCIT shrugged.

I pleaded, BCIT ignored me.

Then I gave in and signed up for Biology 12, Math 12 and Physics 12 through Distance Education. And now I am back in high school.

Here's the kicker...I have until February 11th to complete these classes.

That gave me just over 3 weeks to finish 3 grade 12 classes.

So...I've been studying like crazy. Cursing BCIT the entire time.

I'm going to do this and shove their pre-requisites down their throats.

I might not see my kids or husband for the next few weeks and I might go crossed-eyed from studying, but I am going to ace their stupid grade 12 classes and show them just how freakin' awesomely smart I am and how they can't afford to not accept me into their program cause I can do high school all over again in under one month!

Anyways, I will see everyone when I resurface on February 11th. Until then...wish me luck!

...New Basketball picture.

I haven’t been keeping up with my blog. I find that I don’t have a whole heck of a lot to say lately. We’ve been keeping busy with basketball and soccer. Other than that, we’ve just been living our lives and who wants to hear about that?

So, until something exciting happens or my kids, or husband, does something that totally exasperates me, this blog is going to be pretty lame. Hopefully they don’t keep me waiting.

Until then...

Happy New Year and Basketball...

Well, its a brand new year. I hope it is going to be a better one than last year. I can't pinpoint exactly what was wrong with my year last year, but it was just a little off...

But 2011! 2011 is going to be an awesome year! I can feel it.

So Happy New Year to all my friends and family.

I just wanted to share a cool picture of Aislinn playing ball just before Christmas. Doesn't she look like a giant compared to that little blondie?

We ended up winning our Fall Season tournament. It was really exciting, we won in overtime. The kids were cheering like crazy, but I think the parents were going to have a collective heart attack.

It was a great way to finish our fall season. And now we are gearing up to start the winter season. I'm sure we are going to have some more exciting finishes.

Anyways, when I get some pictures of our family trip to Prince George I will post again.

Love Tanya

...Tuck on a treadmill.

He he ho ho! He's getting better at it, with more practice.