*sigh*

I am a little sad today. We had to take Lily out of Preschool for a bit, it was just too expensive for us to do. My income from working at home just wasn't enough to cover her Preschool and the balance of our house payment. I hate to say that, but it is true.

I feel kind of stupid for finding a place that I love and Lily loves and then having to pull her out. At Lou's work he can participate in a dependant care reimbursment program, so we will sign up for that when the open enrollment comes around again. This will help us a bit when the time comes to put her back it, which we are shooting for March 09, she will be 3 1/2 and so that time just seemed right. She had the most wonderful teacher and the staff was great. Really going to miss them.

However, each day we got ready for Preschool Lily had some hesitation and maybe she really wasn't fully ready for this so maybe it is ok...or I am just saying that to make myself feel better. She said that she is happy to 'take a break' from Preschool so that makes me feel better that we made the right decision. Also, she has just been a nightmare the past few weekends. I think maybe it has to do with knowing that a Preschool day (Monday) was coming up. You know when you don't want to do something but you know you have to do it...don't you get grouchy too. This will give us some time to hang out with our MeetUp group and some neighborhood friends.

Now that Daddy is able to give Lily a bath and put her down for the night I can work at night instead of during the day when she was in Preschool. Also, I will be taking just 1 more class (hopefully only one if I don't have to repeat Algebra!) next semester and I can take Lily with me, there is a day care that she can go in while I am in school My class would only be for an hour, M-Th so that would work out and the cost is pretty low.

Now that the summer semester is over and I have my PE and Math (hopefully) requirement out of the way I only have one more class to complete and I will have the stinkin' AA degree under my belt. Of course my plan is to get mey BA from Sac State so I will be taking more classes but let's not think about that now!

Is Your Favorite Starbucks Location Closing?

Starbucks announced the list of stores that they will be closing over the next year. Is your favorite location on the list? Thankfully the one in Rancho Cordova is not closing, it has a drive through so I think maybe those stores do a little bit better. I really don't have the extra cash to buy my beloved carmel machitto anymore so I wouldn't really miss it if it closed.

Daria's Bridal Shower

Daria's Bridal shower was today and it was so much fun. Judy hosted the shower at her beautiful home and served a yummie lunch. I think that one of the best gifts was a Coach key fob given to her from Joshua's Mom and Krista, it was the letter "Y". Her new last name will be Young. Such a great idea
She got some great things for their kitchen too. Her friend Kate moved out town but came to the shower as a surprise. Lily and Julia did ok, they ran around chasing Buddy and played with the Boyko cousins and in the backyard. Lily fell off of the swing, but she was ok, just a little dirty. She was pretty tired about 3 hours into the shower so we left and headed home.

There's No Crying In Preschool...oh wait a minute...there is plenty!

So Lily has been to preschool now 8 times. At time #6 she displayed a little bit of sadness when I came to pick her up. It wasn't that she was sad to go, but I was the last mother to pick up her kid and she was getting nervous that I was going to leave her there. No such luck with that one Lily...but we can't afford a full day for you at Goddard. Anway, when I spoke to her teacher she said that Lily was a little sensitive today...hmmm. Well come to find out that those pesky upper molars were finally coming in so I just thought that was the issue.

Well, it might have been part of the issue but not the whole enchilada. The following time I went to take her to preschool she flipped out, and I mean FLIPPED..Jeff Lewis style. I stayed with her for about 1/2 hour. She was really interacting with her teacher so I know that she enjoys being there. I finally got a moment to leave and off I went. I could hear her screaming from the parking lot. I got home and about 15minutes later the School Owner called me and said that she needed to be picked up..she was having a bad day. That makes two of us.

The next time I took her I ended up staying an hour an half in her classroom. I just could not leave. And I was soooo stressed out becuase #1 I had not yet had my coffee and #2 I had a fricken math test at school in Folsom that I was so nervous about (i.e. math anxiety..grrr hate math...grr). I finally got an 'ok' from her as I said that I was going to leave, for about the 12th time. She still cried (loudly) and I told her that I loved her and Daddy would be back to pick her up...soon...very soon as I had been there so long it was almost time for him to pick her up. When Louis picked her up Lily's teacher said that she calmed down 1/2 hour after I left and was great after that.

The next time we took her (July 2) she flipped out even more. BUT I left her there with her wonderful teacher and she screamed and cried and I could hear her all the way down the hallway. She was screaming "I want Mama, I want Daddy, Please let me go" I got the worst feeling ever when I walked out of there. BUT I knew that I had to do it or I would be spending another two hours there. I had a lab appointment (that I was fasting for) so I had to leave this time! About 1/2 hour after I left the School Owner called me and I got the worst feeling in my stomach. However, he said that she calmed down 3 mintues after I left and she was doing great. When Louis brought her home she was just a bundle of joy. She told me all about her day at preschool.

This is a crazy life.