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5-15-05 3:32am

I've had such a nice day! Ryan came home from a friend's house this morning at about 10am and crawled in bed with me since Craig was in a golf tournament. We slept until about 2pm and then went over to Mom and Dad's to pick up the Lexus. Then it was time for Ryan to go to practice (with the Junior Olympic team going to Italy) so Craig took her while I putzed around the house. When he got home he told me that he had some bad news... the coach for this team just got the job as athletic director of women's sports at a MAJOR university in Florida. And she leaves in two weeks. Great. But then he got a smile on his face and told me that the good news definitely out weighs the bad. She told him that we would be receiving a letter from this university and they would be actively tracking Ryan and recruiting her as soon as she is eligible (they can't do it until the 1st day of basketball season of her Junior year). She also said that Ryan would be invited to their camp next summer.

Keeping in mind that Ryan has now received approximately 30 letters from colleges around the country, this one will be one of my favorites. This is HUGE and I'm really excited for her. I don't know what has happened with her, but all of a sudden she is learning new skills very quickly and seems to be getting a little more aggressive. She needs to be alot more aggressive. She's been wearing the orthotic for her foot (she has a stress fracture in her left foot that has been breaking and healing, breaking and healing, breaking and healing for over three years with us not have a clue about it) and that seems to be helping her when she jumps or drives into the lane. She's been able to play all year without her knee braces and we're very happy about that.

Here is Austin's senior picture. My scanner is still on the fritz so I just took a digital picture of this picture so you can at least see what he looks like. Personally, I think he's cute as hell but I guess all momma's think that!

My boy is all grown up... when did that happen? Their dad hasn't spoken to them in months, and that was only because I took the kids to his dad's funeral in January. Before that, he hadn't spoken to them in almost two years. He dropped his medical insurance on them (thank GOD Craig carries insurance on them!) and is behind by a couple thousand dollars on his part of the out of pocket medical, so I went to the Attorney General last week and they are filing against him in court for the money. I called and left a message about Austin's wreck and that sorry mother fucker didn't call them even then to see if he was ok. Bastard. In his work to try and piss me off, he's totally alienated the kids and though I'm sure they still love him and want to have a relationship with him (I can't blame them for that, no matter what that fucker's done to them) they are so angry with him. Nevermind.

Anyway, after Craig and Ryan got back from practice I made chicken enchiladas for dinner and we sat and watched the race. Then Austin and Amanda came home and we all sat and watched "The Incredibles". It was nice. Austin and Amanda were curled up in my big tapestry chair, Craig was in his recliner and Ryan and I were cuddled up on the couch. Kyra had gone to bed (that's a whole other story). It was nice just to sit there and enjoy being together, laughing and having fun. I don't think I realized how much I missed it until now. We're on the run so much that we don't get to spend time like that very often, and when we DO have time I guess we've just done other things. We even talked about it tonight and Ryan said that this night reminded her of how we spent almost every weekend until she started playing basketball. I hope she doesn't feel like her goals are getting in the way of our family... their not. But it was so nice today.

I'm feeling pretty nostalgic, but I'm able to recognize the triggers that usually send me running for cover. When that happens I end up barely leaving my room, usually only to go to the kids' sporting events, so I don't want to do that. Yep... I definitely think things are on the upswing... life is pretty damn good. kdgr