Lets get this party started!

One of my goals for 2008 was to start a blog. I enjoy reading blogs of friends and people I don't even know. I figure that I am a talker and have lots to say, maybe someone will be interested. I really didnt expect to get it going quite so early in the year but then yesterday one of my friends egged me on. She told me I needed to have one so everyone can keep up with A.J.'s goings on in college. She said it will save me the trouble of having to send coupoius amounts of email. So here I go. (My sister is the writer in the family and I will do my best not to embarrass her with my grammer, spelling or other writing related issues.)
Let me back up a bit and give you a bit of background about me. I am 42 years old, married 19 years and have 2 wonderful children. A.J. is 17 and Erin is 15. Both are, in my unbaised opionion, 2 of the greatest teenagers on earth. I do work part-time as a workers compensation claims specialist for Lamps Plus. The rest of my time is spent dotting on my husband and children. A job I especially enjoy!! My hobbies include cooking, reading and doing a bit of exercise.
Now back to the present and current news....
A.J. is now a senior in high school and has completed 3 stellar years of high school football. He is 6'4"/280lbs and an offensive lineman. He started 38 straight varsity football games and has won 2 C.I.F. champsionships and one STATE champsionship. In addition he has a 4.4 GPA. Needless to say he got some college attention. He had a few offers to play football in college and narrowed it down to Harvard and the Air Force Academy. After making official visits at both and giving it a LOT of thought he choose Air Force. He wants to study Physics, which along with math he thinks is very easy, and either school would be an excellent choice. In December he gave his verbal committment to the Academy and yesterday he made it official and "signed" with them.


There was a small signing ceremony for him at school but the exciting part of the day came later when we were watching ESPN. A.J. tivoed the 5-6 hours of coverage of high school signing day. Dave and I laughed. Well the last laugh was on us--he was talked about and highlights were shown. My boy made ESPN. I was so happy for him I nearly cried. He was so happy and its nice to see that excitiment in your childs face. I always tell people with newborns that it truely gets better everyday. No matter how cute they are now, tomorrow they are cuter. You think your joy can't get any greater and it does. My son is 17 and my theory continues to ring true!