This Week

So, I finished my first full week of 4th grade and so far, so good.  Not nearly as much regular homework but a few projects to do that make me have to plan my time.  This involves mom telling me what I should do and me whining about doing it later.  I do like my teacher and I listen to her a lot more than I do mom.

I also started fall softball.  First the bad news- at the parent's meeting, the league president announced that we had no coach for the season and would anyone be interested.....The only woman to raise her hand said, "I'll do it!"  And the second question out of her mouth was "Do I need to know anything about softball?"  It could be a long season.  Dad would do it but he doesn't get out of work until almost 6, so that's a no go.  Someone finally stepped forward and maybe actually knows something about the game.....  Now, the good news!  My very best friend, Claire, decided she wanted to try softball as well and she is on my team!  AND two other girls from my class are on the team too!  So much fun!

And finally, the big news!  We are moving again!!  This time, we are staying in town, just heading a bit further east.  Although we love the convenient location of our current house (everything is either walking distance or less than a 10 minute drive) we have pretty much outgrown this house.  We are not small people and we have a dog that is the size of another person so now we will have an extra bedroom, a bonus room AND a third bathroom.  As excited as we are about the house, I think we are more excited about the neighborhood.  Again, we love the location of our current house, but there are no kids for miles and miles and we are on a kind of busy street so I can't exactly race around on my bike.  In our new neighborhood, a girl from my class lives around the corner and mom keeps hearing about more and more people she knows that live there.  They have their own swim team, a major Halloween extravaganza, Octoberfest, the mom's have Porch Wine Parties (squeeeeee! says mom) and everyone drives golf carts around.  We are super excited.  The only downer is all. the. packing.  Sigh.  It's all worth it, right??!!

Have a great week!