I haven't posted in a coupole of days.  Life, as always, is constant and chaotic around here.  But that's ok nowadays.  At least it isn't major meltdowns and rages anymore making it that way.  Now we are just dealing with normal everyday life issues.  What a change that is!  I think we may be the closest to a "normal family life" that we have ever been.  Well, sort of anyway.  Del still has his moments. Especially when Kate starts following him and doing things he doesn't think is right. Oh well. It is still much more than we have ever had.  And for that I am grateful.

Del and I went to his school Friday morning.  He got to see his teachers again and re-connect with the lady who is generally his aide.  She calls him her 'bodyguard'.  I guess there was an incident last year where another student was rude to her, or something along those lines, and Del stepped up to defend her.  Ever since, she's has called him that. It's actually quite cute.  Del also got to see the special needs teacher and the other aide for the s.n. program at the school.  They couldn't get over how much he's grown or his mustache!  I know, right?  13 years old and he has a mustache growing already.  I can't even begin to imagine how much trouble it will cause when he has to start shaving.

How 'normal' an action is this?  We actually went out to dinner as a family last night!  And it wasn't a total disaster!  Well the food kinda was.  And definitely not worth the money.  I decided I wanted to go out as a family but hadn't decided where yet. So Donald decided that we would go try one of the casino's and eat at the buffet.  Good thing they offered a military discount, and a hefty one at that!  But there wasn't much of a selection really, and we have had better food at much less expensive places.  It was an experience though.  We have lived here just over two years and that was the first time I have even stepped into one of the many casinos around here.  Silly, huh?  The boys did fairly well at dinner, not starting their games with each other or their sister.  Kate had a good time too, though she didn't eat much at all.  Other than desert of course.

I am still waiting to see how Del does with school starting tomorrow.  It means a whole new schedule and routine.  As well as he has been doing, hopefully he will adjust well and all will go smoothly.  If he does, maybe I will finally be able to start doing classes again.  I quit back in October or so since the stress of Del being in the hospital along with everything else was just too much for me to try and complete assignments on top of it.  I really want to finish my Bachelor's, I think I have less than 30 credits left to finish.  Then I can look for a college to start my Master's.  It would be nice to get this done.