End of the month

It is almost the end of the month and referrals should be out soon. China has a holiday on May 1st so all offices will be closed. From what I understand, historically they try to get the May batch out before they go on "holiday". Apparently, January 12th was a huge log in day. I'm not holding my breath for a referral in the next few weeks but it would be nice.
We are really trying to scrimp and save - with Brent's issue a few months back we used our savings. We have our homestudy update lined up for when we all get up to our new place. Hopefully everything will fall into place and we won't hit any more speed bumps along the way. I only have 19 more days of work left - my part time, time filler job has become a full time thing right now. Last week I clocked 47 hours 45 minutes. It doesn't look like we will have any new staff starting in the next week so I'm looking at the same for next week. After that I hope the last 2 weeks I hope I only work 30 hours/week. I have 11 kids in my group and 5 are "graduating" to kindergarten. I'd really like to get them all tested and have some fun in the last few weeks. I want to order a cake for my last day and "graduation" I'm really going to miss my kids! I love when one of them says "I love you Miss Carolyn" and I say "I love you too, XX" then all of them have to say it so I say all their names individually. They love hugs and cuddles and have really grown a lot this year. I wish I could post pictures but I can't. However, I will be glad when I don't have to work for a little while.
I'm going to probably start looking for a "real" teaching job in January. I know there are a few openings right now at the school where I used to teach. There are plenty of new faces for me there but I have so many friends still there - I'd love to go back. Hopefully in January there will be something for me there - if not for the next school year. We will see!
I have some cute pictures to post when I can download them. Brandon lost a front tooth this morning - he looks adorable!