August 17, 2002

• Seventeen more days until school starts. I am not ready to get back into that routine already! It feels very strange to only have one child going to school this year. With two having graduated, Scott is the only one. He is very excited and looking forward to Grade 5. Divy doesn't start Kindergarten until next year. I didn't even have to do any shopping for school supplies, as I ordered Scott's from the school and they were delivered in June. The child has more clothes than he needs. About all we need to shop for are pants, which are a nightmare because he has a big waist and short legs. Like his mother.

  
  

  We had two sisters placed with us two weeks ago. The oldest one turned three on the day they arrived, the younger will be two in three weeks. So far things are going very well, they are very easy to care for and fitting right in with us. My one concern at this point is the older one spends all her energy looking after/out for her little sister. I love that they are so close, but the older one should be able to relax and lose herself in play.

  
  

  My oldest is on training in Wainwright. Due back in Edmonton on Monday night. They were to have gone to Bosnia in September but Canada is beginning to cut back on the number of troops it is sending there. Kevin was one of the several hundred to get the news they would not be going. He was terribly upset, as he's known since early 2001 that the plan was to go over this Sept. Anyhow, the training they are receiving is for oversears deployment. The training they were to have before leaving for Bosnia. He says that this way, anything that comes up that needs troops sent from Canada, they will be the first to go. He's very happy about that. I won't say how it makes me feel!

  
  

  Steve is working today, the kids and I are just hanging out at the house. They are all playing outside, as it is nice out there today. There is a breeze so it isn't so hot. I don't even have my fans turned on yet. Ahhh, it's nice.

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