School, work, and home

Ok, in order:

School: Tracy finished her first semester back in school with near-100 averages in Spanish and Algebra. She's now taking the next Algebra class online, and she starts the next Spanish class next month. I'm away from work for the next two 1/2 weeks attending the Army Basic Instructor Course, where I'm learning how to write lesson plans and give classes the Army way. When I graduate I'll be certified to teach my job to new soldiers. It'll come in handy when I start teaching the new report writing software (below).

Work: Tracy is now the Treasurer of the city's Mom's Club. Guess that accounting background is finally coming in handy. She still works out with the Baby Boot Camp and is planning to start working out on post, too. When I finish school I head back to the DC area for a week to show the newly-released report writing software I've been working on for the past year and a half. Then I'm back at work on the next update. As for the Army job, my rank has changed a few times. On April 26th, I was an E6; the next day I was an E7; three days later I'm an E5 again. Long story, but I'm working on getting it fixed. The rumored deployment to Boston got delayed from October to either mid-November or early December. We're waiting to see.

Home: Tracy's been moving plants outside in anticipation of the monsoon season (starting around the 4th of July). We have lots of planters on the back porch, both urns and hanging baskets. We've moved about 5 tons of rock from the back yard to the front and side, then this weekend I used a jackhammer to dig a trench for the sprinkler system. Next we plan to add topsoil and sod. Jordan can't wait to walk around the back yard without hurting his feet!

Still planning on taking vacations, but not sure when. Missing so much time at work makes it hard to ask for time off. Again, we'll have to see!