Math woes.

Monday was my official "First Day Of School". I was excited and a tiny bit nervous as well, but all went well! I am taking Intro. To Algebra, or MATH 921B. Unfortunately, when I took the placement test, I failed the math portion miserably and this course is a refresher class to get people prepared to take Intermediate Algebra.

Right now, things are super easy. Seriously. We are adding and subtracting. No joke, people. We did greater than or less than yesterday. Um... I totally thought I had masted that skill in 5th grade, but apparently not!

Today I also start Human Growth & Development. It is a FIVE HOUR CLASS. FIVE HOURS!!! I'm going to go crazy cooped up in a classroom for five hours! Wish me luck! I can't afford to let my attention stray, because in a class that long I bet we cover a LOT of material!

Not much else to report. Olivia's birthday party is on Saturday. Her birthday is actually today! She is a four year old now!!! WOW!

Speaking of Olivia, since I'm going to be going to school full time in the fall, we had a decision to make. Day care? Preschool/day care? All day preschool??

At first, I was totally against the all day preschool idea. I think its a bit much for some five year olds! I couldn't even fathom the idea of putting my four year old in a classroom for 8 hours a day!

But then I started reading the information packet the principal gave us. And I brought it up to Jose to see what he thought. We've talked about and talked about and talked about it, and we decided to sign her up.

Economically, its the better choice. Daycare/preschool is $110 a week. The all day preschool is $300/month. Religiously, its the ideal school setting for us, and I'm even considering switching Isabel to the school for first grade.

Anyways, time to run... 10:15, time for class! Peace!

Back to school... and dentist woes.

Sorry, dearest blog, for I have been neglecting you lately. The weather has been fairly nice, and we've been spending quite a bit of time enjoying the great outdoors!

Anyways...

I've postponed mentioning this next tidbit, because I wasn't 100% sure it was going to happen. Now that tuition has been paid and classes start on Monday, I guess its safe to bring it up.

I start school on Monday!! How exciting and nerve wrecking is that?! Jose thinks that we should be taking advantage of him working out of town and making decent money, and what greater way to take advantage of the situation than for me to go to school and get a degree?

I'm going to be a full-time student starting in the fall. Right now I'm only taking two classes, human growth and a math refresher course. I still need to buy my text books, but I can do that on Friday as soon as Jose deposits his check into the bank.

I've bought mechanical pencils, notebooks, folders, and pens. I'm excited in an utterly geeky way. I can't wait to start doing homework and taking tests!

Wish me luck!!! :)

And now, a rather depressing bit of news. I took the girls to the dentist yesterday. I cried when I got the news. Olivia is getting her two front teeth pulled, and three crowns on her back molars. Isabel is getting one tooth pulled, two crowns, and four cavities filled.

I *knew* Olivia was going to need some work done. That was a given, seeing how she's been having dental work done since she was a baby. Isabel came as a shock to me, and I'm so upset with myself. Ugh.

The dentist and the receptionist were VERY, VERY nice (our first time there). The receptionist told us we ARE NOT the only ones in this boat, and that a lot of the time it is FAR worse. It made me feel slightly better, but I still suck. :(

They recommend us going to the hospital and getting all of the work done in one visit. If our health insurance okays it, that's the road we're going to go down. If not, I guess we'll be making lots of trips to the dentist!

We'll see. Wish us luck in that area, too!

Take care!