19
Aug 2010
Well, another school year is underway. Emma is now in fifth grade, Alex is in first, and Hannah has started kindergarten. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to be there to send them off, but Holly walked to school with them and made sure that they found their teachers without any problems.
Yesterday when I came home from work, I made sure that I asked each one of the kids what their favorite part of the day was. Alex liked lunch. He told me that his favorite part is “always lunch.” I thought that making the transition from a half day to a full day would instill a deep love of recess in him but I apparently the kid likes to eat. I guess when you run around as much as he does, you need to eat a lot to have the energy to keep going.
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Category: Alex, Emma, Hannah, School
Tags: Alex, Emma, Hannah, Kids, kindergarten, lunch, recess, School, teachers
28
Aug 2009
As many of you know, I have been working as a beta test coordinator for a company called Centercode, Inc. for the past two years. As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Unfortunately, my job was not immune from this English proverb and I was laid off last week. I take comfort in knowing that I wasn’t the only one who lost their job that day but it’s never fun to leave a job that you love going to everyday.
A few days before I received the official word that the company was making cutbacks, my boss pulled me aside and explained the situation to me. Basically, what it came down to is Centercode makes X amount of money per contract and has Y amount of expenses. Because of the situation that we find our economy in, X was no longer enough to cover Y. As pretty much everyone knows, unless you’re a politician, spending more money than you bring in isn’t a good way of doing business. It’s basic math that, unfortunately, led to my termination.
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Category: Jeremiah, School, Work
Tags: Books, Centercode, economy, graduation, losses, math, reading, revenge, School, Work
25
Aug 2009
Well, summer has unofficially ended which means that it’s time once again to go back to school. Emma and Alex are both going to the charter school near our home this year which is new for them. Because it’s a charter school, they get to wear uniforms. Surprisingly, this hasn’t really caused any issues. Neither one of them seems to mind looking like everybody else. I expected Emma to make a stink about not being able to wear what she wants but it’s been OK so far. I think the fact that everyone has to wear a uniform makes it a bit easier for her to accept.
When we first received word that Emma had been accepted into the school and would be transferring from Buffalo Point Elementary, Holly and I were excited. Emma, not so much. In fact, she complained every time it was brought up. She was convinced that her new school would be horrible and that she’d have no friends. I’m happy to say that she appears to have changed her tune. She loved her first day and even made some new friends!
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Category: Alex, Emma, Jeremiah, School
Tags: Alex, discipline, Emma, Friends, Holly, Jeremiah, kindergarten, School, Syracuse, uniforms
06
Aug 2009
As a kid, I always dreaded this time of year; summer is almost over and that means that it’s time to go back to school. As I grew older, I actually started looking forward to going back to school but I realized that knowledge is power. How could I expect to rule the world if I didn’t have power? Logic would dictate that I must acquire knowledge.
My plans for world domination have since faded and now I’m once again dreading the start of school. Now though it’s not because I want to play baseball and Nintendo all day long with my friends, even though that wold be fun, it’s because I’m just tired of school. I used to joke that I’m on the 10 year plan to get my degree. I’ve been working on it for 9 years now so I guess I switched over to the 20 year plan at some point. If I just had the time to go full-time, I’d be done in a little over a year but with work and family, I have to limit myself. I’ll get there eventually though.
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Category: Alex, Emma, Jeremiah, School
Tags: Alex, Emma, Family, good deals, Holly, House, Jeremiah, Music, neighborhood, sale, School, Syracuse
12
May 2009
Spring semester at Weber State is finally over bringing me a small step closer to my Bachelor’s degree. Those who know me know that a retarded monkey can probably do math better than I can. It is for this reason that I’m no longer a computer engineering student and have opted for a degree in information systems. (The engineering classes were a lot of fun and I did well in them but I couldn’t pass the math classes to save my life.)
One of the nice things about my current degree path is that the math is minimal. There’s no calculus and no physics. Engineers have to take the advanced classes in those subjects. I knew after my first failed attempt to pass a pre-calculus class that I had no hope of becoming an engineer. The IS&T students only need to take up to college algebra. This was a tough class for me, but after a few attempts, I was finally able to pass. Passing this class made me believe that my math classes were finished. I was wrong. I still have to take math classes, they’re just called by different names.
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31
Dec 2008
I was talking with a friend at church the other day and he likened the Christmas season to a car accident. Despite how much preparation goes into getting ready for everything, it still manages to sneak up and leave everyone wondering what it was that just hit. Given how the past month has gone, I felt that this was a very appropriate analogy. Now that things have started to settle down, I decided that I finally better sit down and try and recap our activities over the past few weeks.
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Category: Family, Holidays, Holly, School
Tags: black friday shopping, blog, Chelsea, Christmas, christmas season, Church, Emma, Family, funeral, gallery, graduation, holiday, Holly, large crowds, Nick, nursing school, Pictures, registered nurse, rn, Ryan, School, temple square, Wii, wrapping gifts
25
Jan 2008
As I have been going through some of our old posts, I realized that we haven’t given a really good update on the family lately. I have some time to kill while some software installs so here’s something keep you entertained.
Hannah: She’s doing really well… except for the fact that she has a bad cough and a runny nose for the last week. She’s getting better though. She constantly has a dirty face and I can’t figure out why. I wash it multiple times a day but there’s always something there… She’s also pretty much potty trained which is nice because I’m done with diapers forever. Or at least until I have to wear them.
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Category: Dogs, Family, Hannah, Holly, Jeremiah, School
Tags: Alex, Chelsea, Emma, Family, Hannah, Holly, House, Jeremiah, School, Work
08
Jan 2008
I have a lot of things running through my mind right now that I’d like to share. Since school started last night, I’ll start with that.
This semester will be my last before I can graduate with an Associates degree. After that, I’ll only have a handful of classes left before I get a Bachelors degree. It’s nice to see the end of the very, very long tunnel that I’ve been cruising through. The ten year plan is getting old. It’ll be nice to finally finish.
Now for some of my thoughts about stories that have been in the headlines over the last few days…
The Golden Globes award show has been canceled due to the writers strike. While I’m very upset about not being able to watch 24 or new episodes of The Office, I have to say thank you to the writers for this one. I get so tired of celebrities and their own sense of self-importance. They have award shows to congratulate themselves on achievements that nobody but their own care about. Unless there’s a hobbit or a wookiee getting awards, I really don’t care.
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Category: Emma, General, Movies/TV, Politics, School
Tags: Current Events, Emma, General, Jeremiah, Movies/TV, Politics, School
14
Dec 2007
Emma recently wrote a letter to Santa in school. Actually, it’s not to Santa, it’s to Kristkindl. According to Emma, he’s Germany’s version of Santa.
Today Holly found the letter in the front window. I think that this German Santa enters houses through windows instead of chimneys. The most likely reason that he doesn’t do that here is because it’s called breaking and entering. I guess that it’s OK in Germany though. It’s definitely a lot easer to go through the window than down a narrow chimney. Especially if you’re a fat guy. I know that I wouldn’t want to go down a chimney when a window is readily available.
The letter was so amazing that I thought that I’d post it here for all to see.
Dear Kristkirol I was good all year. I would like a dog a toy tiger. If you see a little boy in the house, he was bad. I want a draw book. From Emma Zohner
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09
Dec 2007
Well, it has been a great semester. I am glad that it is almost over. I have two more finals next week and then I have two weeks off for Christmas and then I am back to school on January 2nd. I have really enjoyed my clinicals at the hospital. I am amazed at how much I have learned in such a short amount of time. I never thought that I would be comfortable and confident giving people shots but now I can say that I am. Next semester I will be learning how to do IVs. Yikes. Talk about scary. It is awesome to know that by this time next year, I will be an R.N. The kids are doing great and are looking forward to Christmas. I hope all of you have a great Christmas and I will keep you posted.
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Well, another school year is underway. Emma is now in fifth grade, Alex is in first, and Hannah has started kindergarten. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to be there to send them off, but Holly walked to school with them and made sure that they found their teachers without any problems.
