We are still around

Blogger told me the other day that I have to buy more space? Is this really the case? I am not a super frequent blogger and I feel like it is a little sudden. Advise would be helpful.

In other news, we are still alive. Jimmy made it through "finals" quite successfully, seeing as how he had no finals, just some papers. He is quite content this year. Only 1 semester to go. It really doesn't seem possible, but thank goodness that is the case.

I however, still have to give 2 finals. Ugh! My ability to enjoy grading papers (which is very low anyways) has severely declined. The only way I make it manageable is by listening to Christmas music or eating junking food. The later isn't very healthy, so I try to stick with solution A.  I keep reminding myself, Thursday, Thursday, Thursday.

But would you like to hear some uncool news. I was told I could have changed my last final to another day. Yeah, this was last week when finals had just started and there was no way for me to change it. I guess that is what happens when you are an adjunct. Oh well!

Lucy is incredibly excited for Christmas. We have been practicing names. She knows her girl cousins' names fairly well. Not so much for the boys. They are harder to say. But she does know how to say Jo(e) extremely well, and that covers two people, so score for us! My name is slowly transitioning from Baba to Mama (mommy). It makes me happy. We have discovered in general that she has a hard time with "M" words. Cows say "booooo!"  She will get it eventually.

But by far my favorite thing that she says right now is peanut butter. She loves that stuff, and tells us about it all the time. If we give her bread she says "peanut butter!" If she in the kitchen she says "peanut butter!" Today we went to a Christmas party and she proudly declared "peanut butter!" several times for a very entertained audience.

She is also starting to tell us after (and once a twice before) when she has filled her diaper. Sometimes is a false alarm, but it has got me contemplating potty training. Not enough to start right now, but at least be aware of the possibility. Frankly it scares me a bit.

And that is Lucy -- which is all that really matters right?! She is a  real smart cookie, which by the way is another word that she knows REALLY well!