Oh....

...and-tomorrow-I-get-to-have-Sneezer-back-from-camp!!!Yay!!

School

So-I-am-going-back-to-school-in-the-fall-to-go-into-teaching-and-I-just-dropped-off-a-form-at-the-school-again-for-financial-aid.-Why-are-they-so-anal-about-those-things?-They-wouldn't-process-my-financial-aid-app.-b/c-we-didn't-sign-the-copy-of-our-tax-forms.-Stupid.-Like-the-signatures-change-any-of-the-numbers.
Now-I-am-nervous,-I-really-don't-want-to-pay-for-a-quarter-on-our-CC.-I-hope-I-am-approved-and-get-a-grant.-I-even-signed-up-for-work-study.-There-is-an-opening-at-the-kids-school-for-that-so-if-I-am-approved-for-FA,-then-it-is-possible-that_I-can-do-my-WS-there.-Let's-hope-everything-works-out!

Camp

Wow!_it-has-been-a-while-since-I-wrote-here!_as-you-can-see-my-keyboard-is-wonky.My-oldest-son-spilled-water-on-the-keyboard-and-several-keys-don't-work,-including-the-spacebar.Lovely!!-well-I-think-the-last-time-I-wrote-was-right-before-I-started-working-at-the-school-everyday.-well-now-is-summer-break-and-usually-Sneezer-is-on-the-computer-all-day,-But-she-is-at-camp.-2-more-days-and-she-will-be-home.-I-dont-think-I-ever-want-her-to-leave-for-this-long-again.-One-week-w/o-her-is-a-long-time!!-I-can't-imagine-what-I-will-be-like-when-she-goes-to-college-or-moves-out.-But-at-least-then-I-can-call-her.-They-dont-allow-cell-phones-or-phone-calls-at-camp.-Crazy!!-But-my-cell-phone-lost-service-out-there-so-that-wouldn't-really-matter-if-she-did-have-one.

there-was-one-mom-there-that-had-2-kids-going-to-camp. How-do-they-do-it? I-guess-if-I-had-two-there-at-least-I-would-know-that-they-had-each-other-there. IDK?

Well-2-more-days.-saturday-can-not-come-soon-enough!!

Update

Still no clue what the raid was about??

Jesmin came home last night!! Yay. But Lucas is still getting friendly with the neighbor's cat.

Bought several bushes to go along the fence by the alley. Hopefully we will get a little more privacy from these. Still need to get more. I took pictures but will have to upload later.

Last night I was standing in my kitchen making dinner. I went to put something in the sink and I see this man standing in the back alley. At first I thought it was my neighbor and then I saw that he had a gun. So I thinking WTF? So I tell the kids to stay down and stay away from the windows. When the guy turned I could see that his shirt said 'POLICE' on it. He ran through my neighbors yard and so I moved to the front of the house and looked out the front window. He looked around a bit, under cars and the RV and then step out into the street and gave a hand signal to someone up the street. He then went back through the neighbors yard and so we went back to the kitchen. By this time I am trying to call/email, anything to get my neighbors attention to let her know that there is police in her back yard. But she was not answering. So I tell the kids to stay in he house and I go over and knock on her door. She was in the shower. But I told her daughter that there were police in the back of her house. Then she went and told her mom and I went back to my house. I called my husband and told him that there police all around the house behind us and shortly after that he came home. We watched, from the kitchen, as they searched the house and arrested 4-5 people who may or may not have lived at that house. I dont know why they were there. They were not DEA, but I did see a sheriff. I have not heard anything on the news about it so I really don't know what the raid was about.

In other news, Two of my cats got out. The baby, Jesmin and Lucas, the boy. I am not to worried about Lucas b/c I see him roaming in the neighbors yard. But Jesmin, I have not seen anywhere. I am so sad now. If I could just see her somewhere and know she is okay, that would cheer me a little, but I really think someone has taken her.

The meadow

Something we learned from the rides on the monorail is that "Las Vegas" means "the meadow" in Spanish!! Boy did they get that wrong!!

The only fun thing we did was ride the roller coaster at the NY NY hotel. Something that I will never do again, but I am glad that I can say that I did it!! I need to upload the photos to show you what this ride looks like!!

We were there for the pizza convention and seminars that lasted most of the day. (9-6) We went to dinner afterwards and then to bed by midnight!! exciting huh? That was Wednesday. Tuesday our flight got in about 2'ish and we unpacked our clothes and then went to lunch. We went to the Rainforest Cafe.( I hear there is one in Seattle so we will have to take the kids there when we go in June.) I thought we were JUST going to eat lunch so I wore heels!! Nope, big mistake. We walked around A LOT!! I had blisters on my toes. It was not so much from all the walking, but the pace that Lee, Seth's boss, was walking. I swear he walks like his ass is on fire!! So we went back up to our room before dinner and I changed into some capri's and better shoes. (flip flops) We went to this very expensive Italian restaurant called Trevi's. Our table was not ready yet so we waited at the bar. I decided to try a Mint Mojito. I figured I like the gum, I might like the drink. So we are chatting and then about a few minutes later our drinks come. He hands me mine first and I go to reach for it and then suddenly, (slow motion), it comes flying at me. There was no where for me to go to avoid this, so I was soaked completely from the crotch down to my shoes!! Seth mentioned that I should go to the restroom. This might have been a good idea if there should be a blow dryer in there, but the thought of walking through the restaurant looking as though I had urinated on myself was not appealing. So I opted to stay at my seat and "air" dry. I did not want to draw any more attention to myself than I already did. The manager offered to pay for the dry cleaning, but I was not staying in Vegas that long and it was really no problem at all, just a bit uncomfortable and embarrassing.

***HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! ***

So he bought our drinks and gave us some appetizers. I realize that I could have gotten more out of that, but I was with someone who throws money around like it was nothing and so I was following his lead in how to handle this. If he felt that we should complain then that was up to him, after all he was paying for all of it.

Thursday we woke up early and got some pictures of the sights around there and did a little shopping. Then met up with Lee again for some lunch and to get to the airport.

BTW, don't ever let me order an apple martini. WOW!! That thing got me drunk in about 10 minutes and only half the glass!! I started going on a spending spree in a Star Trek gift shop. Yeah!! (I bought a Trebble, Seth got mad that I called it a furry thing. I was drunk and forgot the name.)

Anyway that is my trip in a nutshell.

There IS something in the water.

Everyone knows that when you have pills that have expired or ones that you just don't need anymore, you don't throw them away in the garbage. You put them down the toilet. Well now it seems as though all those drugs are coming back to us in our tap water. Interesting. Yet another reason to buy bottled water? But I wonder if those companies that just filter the tap water and then resell it, are filtering out the drugs as well?

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