Playing Outside

It is nice enough today for the boys to play outside! A miracle or so it seems. We have been cooped up for months and finally we are getting a few nice clear days, low 50s which feels warm to us. A true blessing as Joe and I are exasperated at how incapable the boys seem to be to entertain themselves. Joe tried his best to play CandyLand and Go Fish with us but Mason's cheating and poor sportsmanship doesn't make it very fun. Yes, he gets those two fine qualities from me. Ask my dad or my sister how I would cheat at Monopoly. :)

So I have been very busy preparing for tomorrow night. It is the annual HOA meeting for our development and I am the property manager. I have had to compile lots of financial data etc. to wow them into renewing my contract. I doubt I will lose it as no one seems to want to do any work for free, which has previously been the case, but we need to put it up for discussion.
Joe has been home for a week and is here for another 6 days and then he is on the road for a month. I have had him tackle some "honey-do" items such as the light on the microwave going out. Seems like no big deal but it has turned into a bit of a complication.

We are all doing well. No one is sick at the moment. That is huge! :) Joe just spoke at an open AA meeting and he was so funny and did an outstanding job. I was so proud of him. We celebrated with a sushi dinner and then Barclay took the boys for a sleep over so we had the house to ourselves. Very nice and much appreciated.

I just learned that I will have to wait even longer to hear if I have been accepted into the RN program. Interviews will be in mid-April and then hopefully we will know by the end of April. I am assuming I will make it to the interview stage. With all the budget cuts in Idaho, the college is possibly having to shrink the size of the incoming class which would, obviously, make it that much more competitive.

I am very excited about the upcoming trip to California. The boys ask frequently "when is our flight?". Not for a few weeks. :( They love to fly. I told Mason that I had scheduled a play date with his friend Wyatt and he got so excited he said "Talan did you here that. We get to play with Wyatt!". Talan, of course, got very excited to see his brother excited which was so cute because I know he has no recollection of who Wyatt is. I love my boys. They are so silly and funny. I can't wait for everyone to see how tall Talan has become and how much he talks - non-stop!