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Tonight the 4th and 5th grades did the family service, CJ did not need a mic you could hear her over the Rabbi. She was singing her heart out. I really did not know she know her prays so well. You would think that she was practicing to be a cantor someday the way she was leading service. At one point Rabbi forgot to say the blessing when putting the Torah away.  CJ told Rabbi that he forgot and Rabbi said that CJ know the service so well.  I asked her if she thought about being a Rabbi someday and she told me maybe a Cantor.  Being in Choir I think has really helped her learn all of her prayers and let her see that prayers can be sung in different ways.

CJ performed in the school talent show. They had some technical errors that really through CJ off.  The mic kept falling over and was not positioned right for CJ sitting at the piano.  She had to stand up to reach the microphone, which through her off and she made a mistake in playing and singing and had to start over, but she persevered! At the Chiropractors office CJ has made friends with her message therapist.  We have had her over to the house for dinner and she has helped me with CJ’s birthday parties.  She is a great role model for CJ and CJ just loves her to death. She even took the time to come see CJ perform at the Talent Show.  It meant so much to me that she was able to come. 

My sister and mom were talking about the Mexican food in Yuma. I got a craving for Mexican, so we decided to try a new place; we are still looking for a good Mexican restaurant. When we walked in it was Karaoke night. We decided to stay anyway. CJ was excited and wanted to get up and sing, so we let her. The food was typical bad Southern Mexican food, but CJ's singing made it worth putting up with the bad food. We joked about going to Jose Karaoke and if we ever go back we will have to pack a peanut butter and jelly sandwich because we cannot eat the food there.  CJ had know started asking if we can go back so that she can sing more.

 CJ and Jay went fishing up in the foothills on the Chattooga River. They did not catch anything, but they had taken a little cook stove and had lunch together, a pot of chicken noodle by the shore. And Jay heard the most unexpected 3 words out of CJ's mouth, "More carrots please?" He was stunned, because CJ DOES NOT eat vegetables.  The soup must not have been enough for the two of them because on the way home they stopped by KFC and got some chicken as well.

This year I had a really birthday.  CJ had so much fun telling everyone that I was only 11 and I had fun with my students giving them math lessons’ using multiplies of 4.  I wanted Salmon for dinner and to go to a nice restaurant.  My birthday was on a Monday and everything around here is closed on a Monday.  So we went to TGIF for dinner.  They made me a Jack Daniel’s Salmon dinner.   Jay and CJ got me a new camera so that I stop taking such blurry pictures and CJ could have hers back and a cooking light cookbook. One of the really neat things that happened was that one of my old students came by my class to wish me a happy birthday. She is in high school and remembered by birthday.  She brought me a cupcake.  It made me cry. Jay and CJ spoiled me, I could not ask for a nicer day. Birthday see you again in 2020.