Missing a chick from the nest...

Hannah has been in Washington, DC since Saturday evening - actually, the bus taking her to DC left at 9pm Saturday. They did not arrive in DC proper until about 8pm Sunday night! They drove all night, got to Williamsburg about 1:30 spent a couple hours there and then, back on the bus for the ride to DC. We have talked to her several times a day and she texts me when she can. She is having a WONDERFUL time! Her daddy is sad and misses her, her baby sis is enjoying sleeping in her room with the TV and I am realizing that my "baby chick" has taken the first big step towards leaving the nest behind :( Well, this is what we do as parents. Grow 'em up so they can take flight and make nests of their own!

BUSY!

B-U-S-Y! That best describes the Sivyer household in a nutshell. Busy at home. Busy at work. Busy for the girls at school. Don has been working for 2-1/2 weeks in Tallahassee, his truck has been getting "undinged" for a week, Hannah has had... band concert, marching practice, Rosebud parade this Thursday, leaves for Washington, DC on Saturday, she and Claire have been on Spring Break, are back at school taking CRCT, Hannah turned 14, Claire's birthday is a month away and school is out on May 22nd! Oh, my heavens!

I feel like I get up, work, go to sleep and repeat all in a day and it has actually been a week! I am LOVING my job - so challenging, rewarding and satisfying -- God has been so good in giving me this blessing :) I feel appreciated for my knowledge, welcomed for my opinions and challenged beyond my wildest dreams but coming up successful. I have enrolled for my on-line Post-baccalaureate RHIA degree program at Stephens College - classes will begin in late July and I am just plugging in and getting things accomplished! Don has about 10 jobs on the schedule - challenging, big jobs that will provide work through the summer. We are running the business on "Quickbooks" and God is blessing us there, too. Both the girls have really matured this Spring, what with me going back to work. They are sharing the load with me around the house and really putting their best foot forward. We got baby chicks (6 initially but a mishap :( has left us with 3), planted the garden, registered Hannah for Teen Camp at Camp Pinnacle in July and will get Claire registered tomorrow for Young Muscian's Camp at Norman Park for a week this summer.

B-U-S-Y... it just fits!