"Stars"

This has been a week of proud accomplishments within our household. First my baby girl received her 4.0 GPA award certificate and my son starred as "Daddy Warbucks" in his school play, "Annie Jr."... 

I couldn't be more proud of these two "Stars"... They never seize  to amaze me.. 

If you like to see a clip of Joey's performance click on the Annie Jr. link, below

Annie Jr.

"Peter Pan" Week

  So the last week and a half has been pretty crazy. Joey performed with his MET2 cast in the play "Peter Pan" . He had major late night rehearsals that led me to sit in my car and watch movies or read. The Poway drive from my little town is a good distance so I hate to waste the gas..So I just hung out while he rehearsed..  I watched a pretty hilarious movie called "This is 40" .. OMG if you haven't seen it YOU MUST.. I was cracking up all by myself.. It was a great time killer..
Anyways, my life in the car for that past week was exhausting..Seriously... Once the cast moved onto the Theater in Poway I was able to help with the props.. The first 2 days of "propping" , as I called it, was very boring... We didn't do a whole lot considering the repeat rehearsals that the cast did. So, not a lot of moving the props..But in the end it's worth it...I loved watching Joey dance and sing.. He was my little pirate man.. 

As our time in the theater passed, so did the many days that my house was untouched, or the grocery store un-shopped, the cat box un-clean, the dust balls being blown into the corner or bills being unpaid.. That was my life for that week.. We had 3 shows in one day... That was one big blur of a day.. I couldn't remember what day it was. My mind was on adrenaline just waiting for the next show.. I barely saw Raquel and Ricardo.. They would be asleep by the time we would come home at night.. And it wasn't just the late nights, I was also hopping around town with Raquel for her Ortho appointments or Dr. apps.. I tell ya, it was one strange week.. Exhausting but worth it in the end..  

Mothers Day was great.. I finally got to see the show with my Mom and Sister.. They are always , ALWAYS 

coming for Joey's plays.. They are so supportive of him and never miss a show..I'm so grateful to them ..

A Much needed Drink after the hectic week 

Time will only tell

I have to start with this:   I"m getting a bit overwhelmed with how busy mine and Joey's week is going to be, starting this sunday day.. It actually started on Thursday night with his "Peter Pan" rehearsal.. My mind is going on overdrive because I can see us going crazy trying to go from one destination to another.. Joey has 2  different plays this month.. Both plays have rehearsal all week starting Monday after school. I'm trying to wrap my brain around on how I'm going adjust the times between 3:30 and 4:30... We have to be in Poway by 4:30 but his school play rehearsal doesn't end until 3:30.. He has to be in costume and done with dinner by the time we make to Poway.. I'll be working backstage with props, so I have to think about both of us during "rush hour"  .. He's not allowed any food in the theater, but us backstage people can have a cooler .. Plus he will have Homework.. So he'll need to take that to rehearsal and hopefully won't forget to work on it during the time he is not on stage.. Plus our evenings don't end until after 10pm..We get home close to 11Pm because the drive home is about 25 min.

 You see what I'm getting at? It's nuts right? hahaha.. I need to make a plan, with food and time management.. Wish me Luck!

On another note, I reunited with a special friend yesterday morning.. Her name is Earlee.. Funny thing is, is that we went to High School together but never knew one another. Being a part of FB we decided to become friends. We had all the same friends but never actually met.. So for a few years now we have been talking online and being there for each other through our difficult times with our kids.. Being out of HS we all some how can relate to the same things.. Both our boys have Special Needs and so this brought us closer.. So finally, yesterday we met for breakfast..She lives in Arizona but she was in San Diego for a wedding, with her husband.. It was so great seeing/meeting her! It was so great to hear her voice and see her in person after so long.. We talked about our kids and just life.. I got to meet her husband as well.. What a great morning, Except I got a call from the kids school. Joey decided, on his own, that he wasn't going to take his meds for the day.. WTH? This week was State Testing. He was having a hard time focusing on the test.. Even with the meds he might have problems, but I know him and they do help with focusing. I understand he wanted to try the day without taking them, but it wasn't the right time to start trying hahaha..I just have to laugh about it now.. He's growing up and trying to be more independent.. I get that... We had a little discussion about maybe not doing meds in the summer or on weekends.. That will be up to him..But during school it's a different matter.. I'm hoping, down the line he will learn to focus without meds..Time will only tell..

Here we are.. Two moms, friends.. Love ya Earlee!

Back Stage pics

So Joey finished the play "The Wizard of Oz" He was the greatest Monkey and Munchkin ever! He did such a great job and I couldn't be more proud of him.. He loved being in the play so much he wants to do more.. So stayed tuned to: Joey on Stage.. :)