I'm so far behind...

I have posts galore in my head and no time to do it. But where are my priorities?! Screw this work stuff...

First off, thank you all for your kind words and well wishes for The Girl starting Kindergarten. She loved it! I spent all Monday at work in a tizzy until The Boy called to tell me he had gotten her off the bus. He said she was smiling and laughing and said she had a good day. We went out to dinner that night to celebrate whilst she babbled for an hour about her first day at school. The next morning, as her scheduled time to leave approached (and the reason why I was there again is a blog for another day), she grew inpatient and finally put her back pack on and demanded we leave for the bus stop...15 minutes early. Ah...success!

Now to catch you up, I've been wanting to tell you about weekend before last. It was another (the third) trip to The Thing's house with the kids. A great time was had again, of course, but this trip had a twist. We spent that Saturday at a picnic at Thing's parents' house. It was a purposefully planned picnic to introduce his family and my kids. Barring my having a winning lottery ticket in my pocket at the time, it could not have gone better. My kids were perfectly well-behaved and mannerly, which they do well at most of the time...but kids will be kids and usually at the time you most don't want them to be. This time, however, they were perfect angels and got along splendidly with Thing's family. The Girl, even, became quite attached to Thing's mom, spending a good portion of the evening in the kitchen with her while the rest of us were outside playing Bocce Ball. I was a little worried about how his parents would feel about him hooking up with a divorcee with 2 kids, but I'm thinking their lack of grandchildren is working in my favor.