I still am not sure why the taste test is over 2 days, or what we will do today.

BM and I joked that they want to see if the food made us sick, or if we are still alive.

He said, "I think the first question will be - Are you dead?" LOL.

Needless to say, the food we tasted was really BLECH. The only one that tasted good was a more oatmeal/raisin one. The rest were chocolate, brownie, peanut butter, etc.

I got the impression they were trying to go for a healthy angle on completely unhealthy type food. Which rarely works out very well. I felt kind of sick when we left.

So, I don't know what tonight will entail, but I would recommend just sticking to fruit flavors or something. Forget the fake peanut butter and chocolate. BLECH.

The funny thing is I don't like raisins in my granola bars or cookies. I like them standalone. So I mark off on my form that I don't like bars with raisins in them. MEanwhile, it was the only one I liked, and it was REALLY good.

If they want to be so natural and healthy, why not just put fruit in it? Rocket science, huh?

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Anyway, we will get our $100 for the taste test, tonight.

Oh yeah, and we ran into our neighbor there. Pretty funny. In a city of millions, and my neighbor down the street shows up to this small focus group.

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Well, we all survived the first day of school. I think LM had a good day, overall. They just go 3 hours a day, and then REAL school starts next week. So, that will be interesting! 7 hours a day...

But I think he will see BM more, and the neighbor kids (many in 1st grade) when he goes to school all day. So, I think he will adjust quickly.

This year, he gets out 45 minutes before BM, which is kind of obnoxious. On the plus side, 2 of our neighbors seem to work intermittently, so we could probably trade off picking up the older kids. BEfore, I Wasn't sure we had much option, since most those kids go to after school care. But, I have been seeing their dads home more and more - they both work more on contract. So, I realized we should at least talk to them and ask for help. We could trade.

Today, dh is also watching another kid in the afternoon. In exchange, they are picking up BM for us. I think dh is going to have a lot of these type days, for this year. Next year will be a lot easier, when the kids are on the same schedule.