So-- Kevin landed a great new job teaching music at a private school. I won't say the name of the school, but he does get a lot of time off for Jewish holidays and also happens to be across the street from the Newport Beach Temple. Lovely area. The only catch is the commute is unpleasant. Yesterday the poor guy spent more than 4 hours in the car. The first photo is of Kevin when he arrived home at 7:30 pm. The last one is Kevin at 5 am getting ready for the day. (yes, they are out of order, a little problem with the blogger.) I had a photo of him leaving at 6 am, but I was asked nicely not to post it.
Kevin's day consists of teaching a "garage band" and an "orchestra" as well as assisting with keyboard and library and even lunch. He earns every penny and works hard, and we love him for it. You may wonder why we haven't moved there...well, since my job provides an apartment, and housing isn't cheap, we are kind of stuck right now. Baby steps to the next Jewish Holiday...
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
First Day of School
After a year of homeschooling, Mother and Children went their seperate ways, for 6 hours and 19 minutes anyway. The morning started at 5:30 am when a nervous Savanna joined me in bed sobbing nervously over 5th grade math. Dad gave Savanna and Golden blessings at 6:00 am, headed out the door to Irvine, and Savanna and Golden dressed in their new school fashions, feasted on fresh raspberries and bagels with cream cheese, and had back-packs on by 7 am. I finally asked them to wait outside. Golden was letting out horrific squeals all the way.
We decided to drive for the first day. Although we were quite early, we had to park a block from the school. This gave us time to relax and gather our wits before entering the play area with the masses of children and teachers holding signs with room numbers. I sent Savanna on her apprehensive way, and walked Golden to his classroom. He was a little nervous and started to cry, but gathered himself impressively quickly. I introduced him to the boys and told them he was a little nervous because it was his first day. One of the boys helpfully suggested that if it was his first day, he should go to Kindergarten first, and another admitted he was a little nervous as well. After hugs and goodbye kisses, I couldn't resist peeking through the window of Savanna's class to make sure she didn't look too uncomfortable. She appeared to be smiling! And she was raising her hand!
I drove home, and as I entered the front door, the silence ripped my heart. I couldn't help but count-down to the end of their day. But their wonderful stories on the walk home and their cheerful voices reminded me that we were going to do just fine.
We decided to drive for the first day. Although we were quite early, we had to park a block from the school. This gave us time to relax and gather our wits before entering the play area with the masses of children and teachers holding signs with room numbers. I sent Savanna on her apprehensive way, and walked Golden to his classroom. He was a little nervous and started to cry, but gathered himself impressively quickly. I introduced him to the boys and told them he was a little nervous because it was his first day. One of the boys helpfully suggested that if it was his first day, he should go to Kindergarten first, and another admitted he was a little nervous as well. After hugs and goodbye kisses, I couldn't resist peeking through the window of Savanna's class to make sure she didn't look too uncomfortable. She appeared to be smiling! And she was raising her hand!
I drove home, and as I entered the front door, the silence ripped my heart. I couldn't help but count-down to the end of their day. But their wonderful stories on the walk home and their cheerful voices reminded me that we were going to do just fine.
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