Finals Week!

It's finals week and everyone is stressed and exhausted....that includes the parents of the students in the Hep household.

Mike has his biggest finals in math and science. Other than that, he is home free! He's going out for track and field after wrestling is over. He's probably going to do the 200 meter and the shot put. We'll keep you posted. Mike has been skiing every chance he gets. Since he is JV in wrestling, he gets to ski every time there is a Varsity tournament (YAHOO!). He and his buddies have been going up to Crystal Mountain. They like skiing there the best.

Bill's worst final is AP Government. Why he signed up for an AP class this semester, I'll never know. He had to send his transcripts into colleges long ago, so who cares about AP classes now? Bill is having a particularly tough time, given that he has MRSA once again and it is in his eye this time. His left eye is completely swollen shut. UGHHH! Bill was out about a week and a half ago with the flu and missed three wrestling matches because of it. IS HE JUST NOT GETTING THE MESSAGE?
We're thinking maybe boils or elephantitis next.... any wagers? For Bill's last tournament (Saturday), they actually made him wear a mask (that was before his face got so swollen). Masks are reserved for the leper
colonies in wrestling--those with massive staph or MRSA on their face. Bill said it was horrible and he had a hard time seeing. he kept having to
try to adjust the mask while trying to wrestle at the same time. Needless to say, it wasn't his best performance. He also felt like he looked like Nacho Libre :-) He should have worn a big cape to complete the look! (HA)

Brit is busy reading a ton to complete her reading points for the month. She's been pulling many late nights lately. Right now she's reading a book called "The Name of This Book is Secret," by Pseudonymous Bosch. She's enjoying it. She is hoping to pick up spring soccer or maybe sign up for swimming. She is hoping to get up to the slopes more this winter. It's hard when you don't drive and have to rely on mom to take you skiing!

Dan The Man is doing his usual schtick. He builds a fort in our family room nearly every day, using all the blankets pillows, couch cushions, upside down chairs-- you name it, he's using it to build. I love that he is creative, but I'd love to have a clean and "put together" family room just for ONE day! Dan loves preschool wishes it would last longer each time. I'm thinking of putting him in all-day kindergarten next fall. It would be a first for our family (all the other kids did half-day). But Dan has grown up with a house full of older people. He will lose his mind if he only has a half-day with lots of people. PEOPLE........people who neeeeeeeed people.......