wow, ive been cleaning for a grand total of 13 hrs today! somebody has some energy. i started out at my boss' house this morning.. doing some spring cleaning for her, then came home and decided to do a little of my own.

still havent made it to the flea market yet with all my stuff. but thats only because its taking longer than i expected to get a nice big pile together. anyway, its done now and im hoping to go this saturday. weather permitting.

on top of all that, i finally got up the courage to put away Cody's clothes after almost 8 mths :( they were all spread out on my bed. i've been sleeping in the guest room. it was actually not as hard and emotional as i imagined it would be. the whole process was pretty pain free. i just stored his stuff in my closet. not ready to give anything away.

some news:
this past saturday i met a really sweet Mexican lady, Maria, and her 11 yr old daughter, Ruby, sitting on a bench outside the grocery store. Maria has been in the US for over 15 yrs and has been struggling to learn English, so i offered to help her. ive been going to her house every evening for the past few days. she actually knows quite a bit, just needs to be more confident in speaking. so i need to come up with some creative ideas to help draw it out of her. anyway, its fun to be teaching again. it's been 3 1/2 yrs.

on a side note, i've been pretty busy lately which is why the blog posts seem to be getting fewer and farther in between. sorry about that. sometimes i just feel like i dont have anything worth writing about.

until next time.