Back to Normal

Well, it's hard to believe it's October. I feel like we did not even have a September this year because life was so crazy and out of the ordinary. I'm just so glad things are back to normal for us. A lot of families are still struggling. Several students at my school are homeless now which makes for difficult times of living in campers/tents/hotels for the next several months until they can rebuild.

We had our first week back to school this past week and it was nice to be back. However, the week went by so slow! I didn't think Friday would ever come! It turned out to be a pretty ok week and not as stressful as I originally thought it might be. Nick had a good week too. His school sustained a lot of damage and had both of their gym floors ruined from losing the roof. Despite that, school went on and things are getting back to normal there as well.

Tonight we enjoyed a wonderful concert put on by Nick's school's orchestra program. They brought in Mark Wood who is in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He worked with the kids and they performed an amazing evening of rocking out like rock stars using their string instruments. He was amazed at the skills these intermediate school kids have. They sounded awesome! He rated Nick's school as being in his top 10 favorite schools and he usually only goes to high schools to work with orchestras.

Tomorrow, Nick and Matt are headed into the city to watch the Texans and Colts play. We're hoping the Colts can pull off a win! I am not able to go because Matt got the tickets through a friend and there were only 2. I will be watching at home though and looking for them on TV.