Family update: Oregon, kindergarten, and Obama

Carrie and the kids have been in Oregon for almost a week and a half now visiting family. I thought I'd fill in during her absence and let everyone know how we're doing.

I think they're having a pretty nice time in Oregon. Visiting family always poses its challenges, though, and I think they're ready to come home. They were able to visit my brother Aaron and his family, who live right across the border in WA. That's nice.

I'm ready for them to come home, too. It's fun for a couple days, but then you realize why you got married in the first place.

We just found out today that Sadie got accepted into the charter school for kindergarten this fall! In case you didn't know, we had been trying to get Sadie into this charter school since the regular schools won't take her because of her birthday being two weeks after school starts. But this charter school takes kids that miss the cutoff if the school feels like the kids are ready. Earlier this month, Sadie spent the day there and they watched her and and all that and then discussed her in their meeting this week. They feel like she's ready.

It's a really small school - just pre-school and kindergarten. And they don't have a bus. But I don't think Carrie minds. She's just happy that Sadie will be in school.

I'm doing alright. The semester is almost ready and I'm supposed to turn in a paper in a couple weeks for a class. It's not going well. Also, I don't get to work on my master's thesis nearly as much as I should. But I plan to finish it over the summer.

Today is the big primary election. I will vote for Obama, much to the chagrin of my dad and brothers, though they still haven't told me any good reason why I shouldn't (I've asked for specifics several times). I think he's the man. He needs to be the next President.

Carrie will be home on Wednesday and she can tell you all about Oregon and everything. Complete with pictures, I'm sure.

Peace.