This is the play I was telling you about.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Had To Add a Few More Baseball Pics
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Gave Up On Me, Didn't Ya?
I wouldn't blame you for giving up on me. When you don't blog consistently, it's hard to know where to pick up and begin again. It's almost so daunting I don't have the desire to do this, but I'm gonna take another stab. I know one day, I'll look back and be glad I did. Maybe my new goal will be to put an update once every two weeks. We'll see how long that lasts. A friend of mine gave me the details of having her blog printed, so I'm going to look into having my Europe one printed.
So, I guess a lot has happened since I left off in April. For starters, I completed my year at the school and then quit my job. Yep, I loved it and I quit. Morally, I just didn't feel right working there. I didn't have any problems personally, but I saw a number of employees who did and I just decided I couldn't work there anymore. A new job opportunity opened up for me at the Embassy and I submitted my resume. A few interviews later, I got the job as the CLO - Community Liaison Officer. It gets me into the federal system which is definitely in my favor. I'm also going to share the job with another co-worker and only work 30 hours a week which gives me more time with the kids. It's a win, win. I was able to work it out so that I still got most of the summer off work, was able to go to America and Poland, and will start my new job next week. I'll let you know how that goes. Here's a few pictures of my last day at work. I'm going to miss everyone!
Let's get back to America and Poland. We (Hayden, Jordyn and I) were able to go to AR for a couple of weeks and while we were there, we flew to FL with my brother and his family for a Disney vacation. Matt and Landen stayed in Kuwait to attend all those baseball practices in preparation for Poland. We had a fantastic time in AR and FL. We stayed in a beautiful house, got a great deal on some military tickets, and enjoyed every minute of FL. We played with cousins in AR, visited with friends, and said goodbye to my grandparents house. Wish we could have stayed another week or so, but we had to get back to fly to Poland. I wonder how many miles I've flown this summer? As you know, I really don't like flying, but I'm dealing with it all. Before we left AR, I had a little - ok, HUGE meltdown. I truly thought I was going to be fine... I only have to face one more year. But, I think I had the biggest meltdown yet. Anyway, I'm over it and back in the routine of being here. I'll be fine. Plus, Mom and Dad promised to come visit, right??! lol I also am looking forward to my sister and a friend of hers coming for a few days. Can't wait!
Let's see... so off to Poland we flew. Talk about having one excited boy (Landen) in our house. The second he heard the words Kutno, Poland last fall it's all he's thought about. He eats, breathes and lives for baseball right now. LOVES it. I'm so thankful, for the whole family that we have met such great people and spent so much time at the baseball fields. Next year will be a whole new feel because we will actually be comfortable and know everyone. We are already looking forward to that. So - back to Poland. I won't give you the play, by play, but it was emotional and heartbreaking. The team came in 5th place (yes, there were 5 teams in the tournament.) We got a terrible, terrible, terrible call which caused us to lose the second game. I shouldn't blame it on the umps, but seriously... it was bad and we have pictures to prove it. Anyway, I won't dwell on it, but after that our boys just gave up. Three teams were 1 and 3, so the rankings became based on runs. Landen personally had a great tournament playing short stop and pitcher. He didn't hit that well, and neither did the rest of the team which really hurt us. However, he pitched fantastic against Dubai for the whole game with 11 strike outs and no runs scored. He also made many great stops at short stop for several outs. We were so proud of him.
Landen learned some good lessons in Poland and will always have that memory - some happy and some sad. I'm so glad he got the opportunity to do that. They stayed in dorms with the coaches and the parents were not allowed in. They mingled with the other teams players from Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Dubai and Uganda. BTW, Uganda won the tournament and will being flying to Williamsburg, PA to compete in the LL World Series! Pretty neat to watch TV and know you played the same team. I hope we are able to get some of it on TV. Saudi Arabia has won it for years and years, so they were devastated to be beaten by Uganda. Our team didn't really expect to win it, but they expected to perform better than they did. It was tough to watch, but that's sports. Hopefully they have better luck next year (we should be on a plane back to the USA!). Watch me eat my words. We've already been approached about the possibility of taking a juniors teams next year and to factor that into our move. Sigh. We'll worry about that later. Thanks to Nana and Pops for flying all that way to spend the week with us watching Landen. What sweet grandparents! Norma and I spent a wonderful day together in Warsaw, Poland which happened to be a very beautiful city.
Finally, though there's much more to add, I think Matt and I have lost all our marbles. We've decided to move within a move. I've eaten my words many times and said people were crazy to do that, and here we go doing the same thing I promised I never would. You would think I would have learned my lesson by now, wouldn't you? We've been offered a house in walking distance from where Matt and I will be working. It's not that we are far away now, but if you understood the driving around here you would appreciate it more. That's what we have to look forward to next week. The kids are a wee bit more excited than I am about it. Hope they like the new location and we are glad we went through the trouble. Stay tuned!
So, I guess a lot has happened since I left off in April. For starters, I completed my year at the school and then quit my job. Yep, I loved it and I quit. Morally, I just didn't feel right working there. I didn't have any problems personally, but I saw a number of employees who did and I just decided I couldn't work there anymore. A new job opportunity opened up for me at the Embassy and I submitted my resume. A few interviews later, I got the job as the CLO - Community Liaison Officer. It gets me into the federal system which is definitely in my favor. I'm also going to share the job with another co-worker and only work 30 hours a week which gives me more time with the kids. It's a win, win. I was able to work it out so that I still got most of the summer off work, was able to go to America and Poland, and will start my new job next week. I'll let you know how that goes. Here's a few pictures of my last day at work. I'm going to miss everyone!
Let's get back to America and Poland. We (Hayden, Jordyn and I) were able to go to AR for a couple of weeks and while we were there, we flew to FL with my brother and his family for a Disney vacation. Matt and Landen stayed in Kuwait to attend all those baseball practices in preparation for Poland. We had a fantastic time in AR and FL. We stayed in a beautiful house, got a great deal on some military tickets, and enjoyed every minute of FL. We played with cousins in AR, visited with friends, and said goodbye to my grandparents house. Wish we could have stayed another week or so, but we had to get back to fly to Poland. I wonder how many miles I've flown this summer? As you know, I really don't like flying, but I'm dealing with it all. Before we left AR, I had a little - ok, HUGE meltdown. I truly thought I was going to be fine... I only have to face one more year. But, I think I had the biggest meltdown yet. Anyway, I'm over it and back in the routine of being here. I'll be fine. Plus, Mom and Dad promised to come visit, right??! lol I also am looking forward to my sister and a friend of hers coming for a few days. Can't wait!
Let's see... so off to Poland we flew. Talk about having one excited boy (Landen) in our house. The second he heard the words Kutno, Poland last fall it's all he's thought about. He eats, breathes and lives for baseball right now. LOVES it. I'm so thankful, for the whole family that we have met such great people and spent so much time at the baseball fields. Next year will be a whole new feel because we will actually be comfortable and know everyone. We are already looking forward to that. So - back to Poland. I won't give you the play, by play, but it was emotional and heartbreaking. The team came in 5th place (yes, there were 5 teams in the tournament.) We got a terrible, terrible, terrible call which caused us to lose the second game. I shouldn't blame it on the umps, but seriously... it was bad and we have pictures to prove it. Anyway, I won't dwell on it, but after that our boys just gave up. Three teams were 1 and 3, so the rankings became based on runs. Landen personally had a great tournament playing short stop and pitcher. He didn't hit that well, and neither did the rest of the team which really hurt us. However, he pitched fantastic against Dubai for the whole game with 11 strike outs and no runs scored. He also made many great stops at short stop for several outs. We were so proud of him.
Landen learned some good lessons in Poland and will always have that memory - some happy and some sad. I'm so glad he got the opportunity to do that. They stayed in dorms with the coaches and the parents were not allowed in. They mingled with the other teams players from Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Dubai and Uganda. BTW, Uganda won the tournament and will being flying to Williamsburg, PA to compete in the LL World Series! Pretty neat to watch TV and know you played the same team. I hope we are able to get some of it on TV. Saudi Arabia has won it for years and years, so they were devastated to be beaten by Uganda. Our team didn't really expect to win it, but they expected to perform better than they did. It was tough to watch, but that's sports. Hopefully they have better luck next year (we should be on a plane back to the USA!). Watch me eat my words. We've already been approached about the possibility of taking a juniors teams next year and to factor that into our move. Sigh. We'll worry about that later. Thanks to Nana and Pops for flying all that way to spend the week with us watching Landen. What sweet grandparents! Norma and I spent a wonderful day together in Warsaw, Poland which happened to be a very beautiful city.
Finally, though there's much more to add, I think Matt and I have lost all our marbles. We've decided to move within a move. I've eaten my words many times and said people were crazy to do that, and here we go doing the same thing I promised I never would. You would think I would have learned my lesson by now, wouldn't you? We've been offered a house in walking distance from where Matt and I will be working. It's not that we are far away now, but if you understood the driving around here you would appreciate it more. That's what we have to look forward to next week. The kids are a wee bit more excited than I am about it. Hope they like the new location and we are glad we went through the trouble. Stay tuned!
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