Same thing for today, work and VBS. I did manage to go to the gym in between and she worked me until I couldn’t even hold my head back in the shower to rinse my hair. Not good when you still have 2 1/2 hours of running around to do. Not sure I’ll do that again tomorrow afternoon or not.
what i did today
Repeat
In a lot of ways today was a repeat of yesterday. L did come today from about 10-2 yay! After VBS we went to Blockbuster and they watched their movies for about 30 minutes when we got home and now they are tucked in Emma’s bed. This is becoming a habit that I’m not sure is good or not. They do really good together and go right to sleep. I think it’s sweet for now. Hopefully it won’t backfire on me. What would be nice is to give them our queen and have them share a room, us get a king size bed and then make Lexi’s room a playroom or office.
Anyway, VBS was good. Much less chaotic than last night. We are picking up kids in a few neighborhoods around town and we have about 60 extra kids no one really knows and they don’t know our church so it made for a confusing first night. Most of them seemed to settle in tonight though. My job got hectic though. Last night I spent time wandering around taking pictures most of the night but tonight I was tasked with getting an individual picture of all ~120 kids. Yeah, that was fun. So I was quite busy tonight.
Now I’m home. Working a little, surfing the Internet a little. I got Mark Wahlberg’s new DVD Shooter from Blockbuster tonight. Not sure if I’ll stay up or not. I drank a Mountain Dew at church tonight so I guess I’ll be up whether I want to or not.
A Blur
Today was a blur. I had a hard time getting up this morning. Lexi woke me up. I think she may have slid out of Emma’s bed last night (they requested to sleep together last night..and tonight, in fact). Then the storms were so bad, I couldn’t go back to sleep and then it seemed like I was up every hour.
I worked consistently this morning and then after lunch we went to Mom’s house while our carpet got cleaned. The rest of the evening was spent at church. This week is VBS.
Both girls are in the 3-5 class. Lexi was NOT having it at first but apparently found someone to latch onto and then was fine. It killed me to walk by and see that scared/confused/someone help me look on her face and not go sit in the class with her the whole time. I’m not teaching this year. I’m the technical director whatever that means. Tonight all I did was hunt around for a DVD player and RCA jacks and then took pictures all night.
The good news is the girls were wiped out by the time we did that, went to the bank, post office and grocery store after that and came home. They ate a doughnut, put their jammies on and were asleep within 5 mintues, literally. So here I am. Scott is at work, I’m on my computer listening to Kelly Clarkson’s new CD and there is absolutely no furniture in the living room.
simple day
church, ILs for lunch, Mom’s while Scott installed lights, home. That’s the summary of today. No real other news.
Busy day
So today’s day was a little more predictable than last Saturday. I did end up cleaning the house. However, I forgot I had to work today and worked from 12-1. The girls came home soon after that and I wasn’t quite done cleaning. I did get the last few things done while MIL stayed and helped get the girls fed. I was extremely hot by the end of cleaning and the girls were eating on the back porch and it was so hot, I just told everyone to get their suits on and we were going swimming. Well, MIL had just bought them new suits so they were wanting to go but I had planned on waiting until Scott got back from helping C&D move but it was just too hot. It happened that Scott pulled up right after I said that. So we all got in the pool. S was scared to death. But finally after having a floatie swimsuit, armband swimmies AND a ring, she realized she was ok and then didn’t want to get out. Let me tell you, unless the girl turned completely upside down, there was no way on earth she was going to drown.
Scott signed up to work extra hours directing traffic from the baseball game so he left not too long after we got out of the pool. Me and the girls stopped and got some take out and went to Mom’s house. I helped a little sorting Mom’s shoes and such. It’s such a gigantic mess there, you kind of go in circles wondering where in the world to start.
Scott ended up taking a break after everyone got in the game and he met us at Bruester’s for ice cream. We left from there and went home. The girls watched a little bit of Aladdin and have requested to sleep together in Emma’s bed. They both got out of bed and came in the living room and I took them back to bed. I told them if they got out of bed, I’d have to put Lexi in her own room. Last I heard walking out of Emma’s room was Emma saying, Come on, Lexi, let’s go to sleep. I haven’t heard a peep since I came back in here and I’m sure they’re both out. MIL said last night after we dropped them off at 7 when Lexi was asleep, she didn’t wake up until 9 this morning. I think that might be a record and I don’t understand why she can’t be a sleepyhead like that when she’s at home!
Glad it’s the weekend
So yesterday after work I went and got a hair cut at a new place. It’s literally half the cost of the stylist that I’ve had since I chopped my hair off a couple years ago. And this one is about 5 minutes from the house instead of 25. And I’m pretty pleased with it. I have no idea if I can style it myself or if it will ever look like that again but at least I walked out happy.
After that we went to Target and then took the girls to his mom’s. We came home and watched Freedom Writer’s. That was a GREAT movie. I even cried during it which happens rarely. It’s a typical determined teacher saves the ghetto classroom but it’s based on a real classroom back in the 90s. Definitely worth adding to your to-see movie list.
This morning I woke up a little after 9 and headed straight to spinning class. Now I really need to clean the house and I’m going to force myself to but I could easily go back to bed with no one here. Scott is off helping D&C move into his grandmother’s house and the girls should be with MIL until at least lunch, maybe late afternoon.
So I guess I should be off to do that…
June 21, 2007
Fast forward 13 years and I’ve had quite a busy day. Last night didn’t end until today at 1:30am. I am slammed at work and with the summer at hand and no preschool and no L this week, I can’t seem to concentrate during the day. I seem to go in circles, apparently working but not really accomplishing anything. So I’ve been spending a few evening trying to catch up. So I was tired this morning.
At lunch I made pancakes and eggs for us and then we got in the pool. The water had gotten a little cool because of the rain so I spent my time laying on the deck. And yes, we have a deck. Or at least a partial one. The main deck has all the boards, it just needs the railing. There’s a smaller deck that attaches that he’ll work on next. He’s off this weekend so I assume he’ll be doing that then.
This afternoon I went and picked up my rings from the jewelers. They fit perfectly and I’m enjoying them. Ladies, you remember when you first got your engagement ring and you kept looking at it. Holding it up on the steering wheel as you drove, taking a peek in a passing mirror, staring at your hands at the keyboard…that’s sort of how I am now. It feels weird to have a new set after all this time. This one is much different and just has a different vibe about it. I know the stone is not real, but I’m mentally preparing myself for my hopefully 10 year anniversary present! I can’t imagine how much staring I’ll do after that.
Lexi amazingly took a nap this afternoon and I had to wake her up at 6. I got take out from Olive Garden and took it to Mom and Dad’s new house where they are still working on it before the furniture gets moved in tomorrow. The house is really looking different and really, really good. Her bonus room is painted brown on the walls and then a green on the ceiling. It’s the exact colors of my house and I love it. I wanted to stay in there.
The girls seem to like their house. Mom calls it the princess house so the girls will be excited about the move. But Emma started asking questions tonight as to why they had to sell the old house and they couldn’t live there anymore. I’m sure she misses her other house, she loved going there.
Scott is working again tonight so I’m on my own. Probably will stay up for a little while and work. I’m really, really tired though so I doubt it will be long.
whirlwind day
I started the day pretty tired and then headed into the office right at lunchtime for a marathon of meetings all afternoon. I left as soon as I could from that to head to bible study and then immediately went upstairs to get ready for youth group. After that, I had to go home and switch the Land Rover for the van and go get the girls. Lexi fell asleep on the way home and I put her straight to bed. I also put Emma in her jammies and put her to bed. So now I’m here, not much to report from the day, just a couple things to note.
One is that Scott decided while I was gone to work to take Lexi’s crib down and left her with just her toddler bed in there. I saw it in the garage in pieces when I drove up to switch cars tonight and I was like No, he didn’t. Lexi has been saying she wants to keep her crib and Lexi is very particular about having certain things certain ways so I’ve been worried she wouldn’t sleep in it, read: she would end up sleeping in my bed or not at all. And Scott is gone to work tonight, so thanks for leaving me with that. He kind of laughed when he stopped by a little bit ago and said, Uh, yeah, I was halfway done putting it together and realized I would be gone and thought uh oh, I might be in trouble for this. But, Lexi fell asleep on the way home and I put her down without waking her up. If she’s woken up since then, it hasn’t bothered her. The biggest deal actually will be in the morning and she can crawl out of bed instead of waiting until I decide to get her out. Usually I do go get her but if she happens to start sneaking around the house before I wake up, it could be disastrous.
I’ll post the other stuff about the bible study in another post….