Periodically, I mention my daughter-in-law in my blogs, mostly because she is also a student as Granite State College, and also because she is a different generation of student, but also because I am so proud of her.
She is only 26, which she is feeling sad about (she thinks over 25 is on the downhill slope). Hah, wait until she hits the downside of 50! Anyway, I want to share what her life has been like the last two weeks.
First, her middle child, Emily, had strep throat and an ear infection which kept everybody in the house up all night for about 4 days in a row, which meant really cranky kids. Then during family game night at her house she left my husband, and three of my sons in charge of the two girls while she went in the bedroom to feed the baby. Her laptop was in the living room where the men were playing a game on the T.V. The girls wanted to watch a Christmas movie and the men didn't want to give up the T.V. So somebody decided to set the movie up for the girls (did I mention the girls are 2 & 4) on her laptop. Not a problem the girls are pretty tech savvy & know not to abuse the laptop. Well anyway a few minutes later the oldest asked for a drink. My oldest son, who is childless and clueless handed her a glass of milk-while she was sitting in front of the laptop. This is the child who rarely sits down to a meal without spilling her drink.
Anyway, my daughter-in-law heard her say a few minutes later-uh oh, mommy, daddy, I had an accident-as soon as she said it Heather knew what had happened, my granddaughter had just spilled milk on the laptop, not just a little, the whole thing over the keyboard. Did I mention that her homework was on the laptop and she hadn't printed out a copy because it's for an online class and she was going to submit it online? To show what a nice person she is all of my boys and my husband are still alive and she is still talking to them! I don't know how she manages it, but she does. With 3 kids under the age of five and a husband who could help out more, she still manages to attend college and get on the Dean's List and make sure that the kids are well taken care of and happy. She does crafts with them takes them to the park and ballet and does special things with them all the time. She is amazing and I have no doubt that she will make a wonderful teacher, which is what she is working toward at Granite State. Just in case you are wondering, her laptop may be salvageable with the addition of a new keyboard and her homework has been copied to a disk. So, never think you can't do it. If sh can, you can!
She is only 26, which she is feeling sad about (she thinks over 25 is on the downhill slope). Hah, wait until she hits the downside of 50! Anyway, I want to share what her life has been like the last two weeks.
First, her middle child, Emily, had strep throat and an ear infection which kept everybody in the house up all night for about 4 days in a row, which meant really cranky kids. Then during family game night at her house she left my husband, and three of my sons in charge of the two girls while she went in the bedroom to feed the baby. Her laptop was in the living room where the men were playing a game on the T.V. The girls wanted to watch a Christmas movie and the men didn't want to give up the T.V. So somebody decided to set the movie up for the girls (did I mention the girls are 2 & 4) on her laptop. Not a problem the girls are pretty tech savvy & know not to abuse the laptop. Well anyway a few minutes later the oldest asked for a drink. My oldest son, who is childless and clueless handed her a glass of milk-while she was sitting in front of the laptop. This is the child who rarely sits down to a meal without spilling her drink.
Anyway, my daughter-in-law heard her say a few minutes later-uh oh, mommy, daddy, I had an accident-as soon as she said it Heather knew what had happened, my granddaughter had just spilled milk on the laptop, not just a little, the whole thing over the keyboard. Did I mention that her homework was on the laptop and she hadn't printed out a copy because it's for an online class and she was going to submit it online? To show what a nice person she is all of my boys and my husband are still alive and she is still talking to them! I don't know how she manages it, but she does. With 3 kids under the age of five and a husband who could help out more, she still manages to attend college and get on the Dean's List and make sure that the kids are well taken care of and happy. She does crafts with them takes them to the park and ballet and does special things with them all the time. She is amazing and I have no doubt that she will make a wonderful teacher, which is what she is working toward at Granite State. Just in case you are wondering, her laptop may be salvageable with the addition of a new keyboard and her homework has been copied to a disk. So, never think you can't do it. If sh can, you can!
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