What's Happening Around Here...

Tess is on her Spring Choir Trip. They're doing a tour of southeast Alaska. They flew from Anchorage to Juneau this morning. They're staying in Juneau tonight. Every time I texted her today, they seemed to be eating something... Hmmmm.

Tomorrow they'll take a ferry to Sitka, Alaska, which is on an island. They'll stay in Sitka for a night and on Friday they'll fly further south to Ketchikan. They'll stay there a night and then fly back to Anchorage from Ketchikan on Saturday. She's hoping to arrive home in time to go to her basketball game against Eagle River late Saturday afternoon (4:45) and then to the February cotillion dance that evening at 8pm in Anchorage. Which reminds me... I still need to reconcile the super long slit in the black dress she has for that dance.

I had a doctor's appointment for me today. My first one since the post-childbirth checkup with Alicia 4 years ago. I tend to get so caught up in kid and husband health care that I forget to schedule checkups for myself. According to the doctor, since I'll be turning 40 this year, it's time to start getting mammograms. Oh joy. But better safe than sorry, I suppose. I'll be going back in late March to have some blood work done.

Stephen took Donald to an orientation/informational session at the Alaska Military Youth Academy today. It's a 5 month, residential program that gets you back on track, graduates you from high school and trains you in some vocation. The next session begins in April. I really hope he decides to apply for that session. It has to be voluntary on the part of the participant. Our pastor has volunteered to be his mentor during the program. The alumni of the program have a very high success rate. I think this is a really good opportunity for him and I hope he figures that out.