Today was J's first belt testing for Tae Kwon Do. He was excited and nervous and I was just nervous he'd be OK and not fall asleep or walk off or something else weird. In the hour before, we were doing the typical last minute running around. J picked up his board and was demonstrating what he would do when it came his time to break it and.... broke it. I had been guarding it so carefully but had it sitting out so we would have it ready when it was time to go.
I was in a panic. What do we do now? I tried gluing it together and that didn't work. Then I did the next best sensible thing--posted it on facebook. Luckily two friends posted right away and basically said they would probably have other boards that I could pick up. So, this calmed me down. We went and I asked right away and I got a new board-crisis averted.
The testing took forever, of course. He did fine. There were somethings he just glided through but I don't think he did worse than anyone else--attention spans of 5 year olds are so limited.
My favorite quote of the day: I told J I was proud of him. He said: It's not my fault, it's God's-you should thank him. Amen!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Let's record a tv show
J surprised me every day. This morning he was watching tv and looking at a catalog that had Halloween costumes in it. I wasn't totally paying attention but then I realized that he had recorded a bunch of shows. I wasn't sure how he had done this because you have to type out the names of the shows. Then, I realized what he had done. He copied the names from the catalog and then typed it in. The things he figures out are crazy.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Whew!
What a crazy, crazy week! And, that is before I even think about the kids' activities. I finished my Block course on Monday--what a relief to have that over. It took a lot more of my time than I could ever imagine.
Tuesday: I actually did a little CPA studying, but not much. I did some work and tried to do a little prep for the IRS exam.
Wednesday: Craaazy day! I had a parenting class at church in the morning. I went straight from there to school to get ready for the Halloween parties. Then, I bought M home and the kids were so excited to start trick or treating they started hitting the houses right away. Then, we met up with a big group and went out. We kept going until 7:30 (I started at 4:00-and the kids were biking/trick-or-treating from about 3:30) I put the kids to bed and went straight down myself.
Oh, in the middle of all this, I came home to two messages from Block and they wanted me to come in the next day for an interview. I was so not prepared for that to happen that quickly--I know, I know, I shouldn't have been surprised, but I wasn't expecting it for Thursday. I picked a time shortly after my test and was trying to think how I could get through Thursday.
So, Thursday, I had to get out the door by 6:30 for my IRS test. No problem. I got there, took the test and passed. I can't believe they don't tell you how well you did but I guess the important thing is that I passed and don't have to worry about it. I had been a little worried about how I was going to do and what would I say at the interview if I didn't pass. I guess I was going to go with the 'I haven't taken the test yet' version.
So I knew the interview was at 12:30 but I had in my mind that I had to leave home at 12:30. I didn't realize I made a mistake until I was about 5 minutes away and then I freaked out! The first thing anyone can tell you about interviewing is to not be late and I was going to be 20 minutes late for a half hour interview. How could I have done this?!? I went ahead in and was very apologetic and they went ahead and interviewed me. THey were going to have two people interview me but they just did one so the other guy (Ron) could be interviewed at the same time. It went well, Deb basically told me I had the job before I came in but this was a formality. I guess if anyone is ever going to get away with what happened, it would be in this case. I had been having an interview for 8 weeks and had never been late so that meant a lot.
So, I have an oral offer. I feel very relieved but at the same time wondering what am I getting myself into. Do I have time to have a job? If I would just pass all the CPAs, it would be easy peasy. But, I just spent about 20 hours on the class a week, so getting paid for 20 hours a week of work shouldn't be more than that. I was pretty psyched to hear they would be happy to work with my schedule and it seems that I can get away with mostly working while J is at school and maybe find help one day a week (maybe in addition to the Oma day) Wow, I'm finally beginning the transition to a new career--or is this the ending part of the transition and the transition has been the last few years?
Tuesday: I actually did a little CPA studying, but not much. I did some work and tried to do a little prep for the IRS exam.
Wednesday: Craaazy day! I had a parenting class at church in the morning. I went straight from there to school to get ready for the Halloween parties. Then, I bought M home and the kids were so excited to start trick or treating they started hitting the houses right away. Then, we met up with a big group and went out. We kept going until 7:30 (I started at 4:00-and the kids were biking/trick-or-treating from about 3:30) I put the kids to bed and went straight down myself.
Oh, in the middle of all this, I came home to two messages from Block and they wanted me to come in the next day for an interview. I was so not prepared for that to happen that quickly--I know, I know, I shouldn't have been surprised, but I wasn't expecting it for Thursday. I picked a time shortly after my test and was trying to think how I could get through Thursday.
So, Thursday, I had to get out the door by 6:30 for my IRS test. No problem. I got there, took the test and passed. I can't believe they don't tell you how well you did but I guess the important thing is that I passed and don't have to worry about it. I had been a little worried about how I was going to do and what would I say at the interview if I didn't pass. I guess I was going to go with the 'I haven't taken the test yet' version.
So I knew the interview was at 12:30 but I had in my mind that I had to leave home at 12:30. I didn't realize I made a mistake until I was about 5 minutes away and then I freaked out! The first thing anyone can tell you about interviewing is to not be late and I was going to be 20 minutes late for a half hour interview. How could I have done this?!? I went ahead in and was very apologetic and they went ahead and interviewed me. THey were going to have two people interview me but they just did one so the other guy (Ron) could be interviewed at the same time. It went well, Deb basically told me I had the job before I came in but this was a formality. I guess if anyone is ever going to get away with what happened, it would be in this case. I had been having an interview for 8 weeks and had never been late so that meant a lot.
So, I have an oral offer. I feel very relieved but at the same time wondering what am I getting myself into. Do I have time to have a job? If I would just pass all the CPAs, it would be easy peasy. But, I just spent about 20 hours on the class a week, so getting paid for 20 hours a week of work shouldn't be more than that. I was pretty psyched to hear they would be happy to work with my schedule and it seems that I can get away with mostly working while J is at school and maybe find help one day a week (maybe in addition to the Oma day) Wow, I'm finally beginning the transition to a new career--or is this the ending part of the transition and the transition has been the last few years?
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