The kids had a wonderful time on Friday at school. They got to come to school dressed in their Halloween costumes and then had a parade around the auditorium, followed by parties in their classrooms. As I am a room mom for both classes, I spent the next couple of hours running back and forth between classrooms helping with snacks, games, decorations, etc. It was a little bit exhausting, but fun.
Above is Madeline's first grade class - and denotes one of the things I will miss most about the international experience - DIVERSITY. In Madeline's picture are Madeline (USA), Jae Yeon (Korea), Jose (Venezuela), Juan David (Venezuela), Arif (Indonesia), Gaby (Columbia), Amelia (Poland), Sofie (Venezuela), Marta (Spain), Josef (Venezuela) and Andres (Norway). Katherine's class is just as diverse, but I was not able to get a picture of her class all together.
After the party, I rushed down to the pool for my swimming session with my coach. There is a small group of Mom's - at all levels, that work out with the swim coaches at the kid's school. Of course, I grew up swimming, but never really learned the proper strokes until I moved here. Pedro is my coach and I just love him. He also coached Madeline last year, and he is her absolute favorite. He has agreed to "train" me for the Galveston Lone Star Triathlon 2011 - and my goal is simply to beat my best time (not hard to do). On Saturday evening, we headed to the Kelly's apartment for a Chevron Halloween Party. Rhonda really outdid herself. The decorations were fantastic and the food incredible. The kids really had fun. Our favorite was the "mummy making contest". The kids had to wrap a "volunteer" in toilet paper to make the best mummy they could and it ended up being so much fun.
Chris volunteered and I think the kids did a pretty good job. The finished product of all of the dads is below.
Today I am on back rest for some low back musculoskeletal injury that has gotten much worse over the last two weeks - I finally had to break down and consult one of my old orthopedic text books to see what the heck was wrong with me and how to treat it. Shockingly, it seems that resting for two days then running 6 miles or the like was not the best therapy. I am now on back rest for at least a week.
AND I am FINALLY feeling better from the mononucleosis. That was horrible and I would not wish it on anyone. Although, I did lose 10 pounds without trying. I am on oral corticosteroids for the back inflammation (and boy did it go a long way to help me regain my appetite!). Quarantine from aerobic exercise and my kids Halloween candy should go a long way to helping me regain some of the weight. My next big adventure is going back to New Orleans in 10 days for my best friend's (from childhood) wedding. I'll keep you posted.
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