Bit and bites

So, I feel like I'm starting to get a handle on life again.
I've been accepted at Dal for the anaesthesia assistant program. Now that I'm in, I just want to fire through it and do it all at once. Too bad I can't take a LOA from work and do that, but unfortunately the bills do need to be paid. The nurses in ICU keep asking me why anaesthesia isn't paying to put me through. I dunno. You'd have to ask them that question. I still hold out some small hope, but I'm going to be registering for my class soon, so there has to be a firm resolution one way or the other soon. I'm really keen to do this. I hope that I'm surprised soon with a change of heart.
We had our summer vacation away last week. We rented a house outside of Shediac for a week with Sean, Anita and Liam. It was very relaxing to just be away. The weather sucked at the first of the week, but we kept the kids busy and they had a blast. Jessi did awesome. No meltdowns. It was hard coming home. I'm back at work this week. I'm not too bad about it because I'm back on vacation next week. No big plans for it, other than picking away at the house and chilling out with the kids.
Speaking of the house, we're getting the old siding ripped off and adding another layer of insulation and new siding. It will hopefully make a difference to heating the house this winter. It will certainly make a difference to how the house looks. The old siding is definitely on its last legs. I don't think painting it would even make a difference. We're getting an eco assessment done first. Once that's done then we qualify for a rebate if it meets standards (which it will) for increasing our insulation value. We have 18 months after the first assessment to make as many improvements as we want, then they come back and check the work has been done. Once it meets their requirements the send in for a rebate to both the federal and provincial governments. The plan is as well as the walls to add insulation to the attic, add insulation and barrier to the basement headers, and replace the exterior doors. In all, we may get as much as 3k back. Makes it worth the $150 assessment. Sure we wait to get the money back, but then we can turn around and reinvest it in the house. God knows there's plenty of places we can put the money.
I'm finally finding my age is catching up with my body. I'm 118 lbs. I haven't been that weight since just after I had Jessi. It's all being put on around my middle. Not pretty. Now that my knee is pretty much back to baseline, though, I'm going to get back to working out. All I have to do is look in the mirror for my motivation. Not that I didn't want to put on weight, but it's all in one spot and I didn't want to go over 115.
Last time I was in Wal Mart I saw they had all the back to school supplies out. I have to go through Kyle's stuff to see what he has and make a list of needs. Last year I spent over $100 on school supplies and he didn't use a lot of it. I won't be doing that again this year. I also have to outfit Jess this year. She's excited about going, but I don't think she realises yet it's a permanent change in her life. After the first week, life should get interesting...