GIRLIE UPDATE: A night with Vampires and Werewolves

I'm a lucky birthday girl!  Allison let me take a long dinner break to see the last Twilight flick.  Eboni and Michael joined me.  I really enjoyed Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2.  It's my favorite of the whole series.  It had a little bit of everything I love in a movie -- romance, ass-kicking and hot men.  I experienced every emotion too, especially during the ending.  Everyone should go see it!

On another good note, we went to see it at Apollo's smaller screen.  A cute little theater with more row space than the bigger screen and no annoying blinking lights.  Like!

ADOPTION QUEST: Schedule approved!

After weeks of agonizing on our schedule problem, the process supervisor approved our updated schedule plan.  Thank you God!  If it didn't get approved the only thing we could have done differently was for me to find a new job in the day!  It's something we planned to do EVENTUALLY.  Just not now.

It will take 2-3 weeks for the paperwork to go through the state's office and for us to get officially licensed.  Then we'll be assigned a family based case worker to work with us through the fostering process.  And we will start getting calls of available children!!

Boxing workout does the ol' body good!

Wow!  I had an awesome exercise workout with one of my students today!  Eric is going to teach boxing next semester so I asked if he would teach me since Jen couldn't go to the gym today.  It was a great all-over-body workout, and an easy way to let some negative energy go!  I jogged, stretched, crunched, pushed up, stepped, ducked, jabbed, hit, kicked and kneed things in the hour period.  And I couldn't drink any water during that hour!  I hope Eric will teach me more boxing again.  He's a wonderful instructor and motivator.  Aaron even sounds interested in joining us next time. 

Cry, workout, sleep

Got a big shot of negative energy my way today.  I don't need it and I don't deserve it!  Going to declutter my life of things I don't need anymore.  On my way to peace and balance...

GIRLIE UPDATE: Skyfall at the Apollo

Aaron and I finally attended a movie at the newly renovated Apollo Theatre in Oberlin.  The seats are very comfy now and they also have cup holders.  Oddly the rows are still close together so Aaron's knees hit the seat in front.  It's better than it was before when the seat coils would poke you or squeak when you move!  However the experience was ruined when the theater lights went on twice during the show, and the smoke alarm lights kept blinking in my peripheral vision.  It was so distracting.

So I reserve my movie rating until my next screening of Skyfall.  More of Mr. Craig?  Yes please!

ADOPTION QUEST: Alternative homes

Yay!  Nikki and Cookie's homes got approved to be alternative places our foster child can stay over when needed!  Thank God!  Our child care plans would have been ruined if Cookie's house didn't pass inspection.   We are planning to buy Cookie a crib and a car seat for all their future help.

Melt dinner in November

Aaron had the month's special, the New Bomb Turkey -- turkey and stuffing with a cranberry dipping sauce.  I had the Pig Melt Burger -- a quarter pound burger topped with BBQ pork.  Ono!!  Dave and Nikki joined us for dinner and conversation.

ADOPTION QUEST: Child care update

In order to stay positive on our journey, I wanted to acknowledge our awesome friends who have gone through fingerprinting, background checks and interviews with our assessor in order for us to be considered for the fostering-to-adopt program.  Thank you Nikki, Dave, Tina, Jen and Jay for being our back-up care!  Especially to my mother-in-law Cookie and her husband Ken who will be providing a third of our child care while we are fostering.

Today one of my college student worker went through the same process so Cookie and I can have extra back-up while Aaron goes away for a month in March and April.  Thanks so much Monica!

GIRLIE UPDATE: Dynamo announcement

The Butler is signing up for a movie about a landmark soccer game that took place between an occupied Ukrainian soccer team and their Nazi captors during World War II.  The flick is based on a novel called “Dynamo: Defending The Honour Of Kiev".  I wonder if he's producing this one?