Elisa's Journal

There are so many questions I cannot answer in life, like where's the donkey in Donkey Kong and why doesn't Sarah Jessica Parker get that damn fleshy growth removed so I can stop staring at it in all her movies. But there is one question I can categorically say I know the answer to: Am I ready for the kids to go back to school? A big fat YEP. The incidence of nagging, begging and "I'm booooorrrreeeedd" have reached an all time zenith and my thighs have expanded to the size of tree trunks thanks to frequent visits to fast food joints and vacation-related dietary lapses. Plus, Lukas was tellling me about the time he and I went shopping for "Christmas Reefs" so I guess he still needs alittle work done in the hands of Spring Branch ISD. I've been alittle nervous about my homeschooler returning to public school after a 3-year absence. But my fears were dismissed when I picked him up from the airport at 1:32 AM today. He went (by himself) to Sacramento to attend a National Teen Leadership Conference. Even made the 27-minute connection in Phoenix and everything! (I was almost certain I'd receive a call from him from some satellite phone deep in the jungles of the Congo asking to be picked up.) He made loads of close friends, was able to navigate around a college campus without missing a lick, and, out of 200 attendees, was one of the 8 who received awards! He learned all sorts of leadership and communication skills and led his gang through many a fun pranks. So I guess we're all ready for friends and routines and (gulp) homework.