what i did today

Yesterday may have proved to be the easiest day.  Mom came and got the girls before lunch and kept them until about 4 or so.  Work was light for me but I kept busy.  Heather came over in the evening and I cleaned while she played with the girls outside.  MIL came and got the girls about 7:30.  They are still over there from last night.  Supposedly they made hot dogs and s’mores on a campfire last night.  I sort of wish I had been there for that.  But Heather and I went to Longhorn last evening and it was the. best. last night it has ever been.  (that’s what she said lol) The steak was just perfect and the juice and flavor exploded in my mouth on the first bite.  Yes, it was THAT good.  I hadn’t eaten anything but a small salad for lunch so by 8:15ish when we got our food, I was starved.  So we went and got this movie Love Comes Softly and watched it.  Heather left about 3/4 into it.  It was a cute, sappy movie.  Just what I was in the mood for after all those crazy movies this week.

So today I didn’t wake up until 11.  Which was great.  I’m eating my breakfast now and am determining what to do.  I’m not sure when the girls are coming back.  I do have the house entirely cleaned so yay.  It was so much easier since I have kept this house virtually spotless all week.  I’m SO proud of myself for that.  All I had to do is pick up some radom things in each room and then dust/vacuum/clean the floors.  I had deep cleaned last week so nothing was really dirty.  Now I’m just finishing up the laundry.  I’m thinking today I will head to the gym and then come back and clean out some really bad areas.  The fridge and pantry need cleaned out.  And our side kitchen countertop always could use some help.  Or, I could go to the church and load some video.  Who knows.  I guess whatever I do means I need to get off here and go do it!

O, btw, no news from the guys since yesterday morning.  And by now it is their bedtime, so I guess there will be no news until tomorrow at least.

Yesterday “the hardest day” was quite easy.  My second meeting only took me 20 minutes.  yay. 

We finally heard from teh guys this morning.  I couldn’t stand it any longer and emailed M’s phone and just said let us know if you guys are ok.  Scott emailed back at 4am our time this morning and God is moving and blessing them and he misses us.  Yay!  Good news!  Honestly, it was almost as if it was someone else typing that.  Sounded like things he would say, but just in a more humble, peaceful manner.  It’s hard to explain.  But I believe (as I have from the beginning) that he will come back greatly affected by this trip.

We spent the evening at Mom’s house last night. Ate dinner then Lexi fell asleep watching Robots.  So we stayed there until about 8:15 when I sorta rushed home to hit the record button for The Office.  I also watched the Grey’s special last night.  Several of my favorite scenes in there.  And finally I stayed up to watch Children of Men.  Sorry, Jaynee, but I did not enjoy this movie whatsoever.  I even fast forwarded through the last 15 minutes.  A little predictable there at the end.  Maybe I’ve been watching too many intense movies lately but it was just too depressing/violent for me.

So Mom is coming to get the kids for the day.  I either am going to take a nap (highly unlikely) during lunch or going to the gym.  Since I haven’t been to the gym since Tuesday and I’m not a very good napper, I’ll probably be headed to the gym.  Or maybe I’ll go get a steak at Longhorn at enjoy a lunch on my own lol.

Today should be the hardest day out of all of them.  I have a meeting in 15 minutes that I should be able to get through without too much trouble but then I also have a 1:30 meeting that I’ve never attended and may require some attention.  I may have Scott’s cousin or my sister help with the kids in some way during that one.  We ARE going out to eat with my family tonight so that will take care of this evening.  Although I really want to go to the gym since I didn’t go yesterday.  I’m sorta hoping Mom offers to keep the kids tonight and then I can go later tonight or in the morning.

I think this is Day 3 anyway…depends how you count it.  Anyway, we are doing well so far.  I made dinner last night and we headed back to the gym.  A fabulous distraction for all 3 of us.  Heather was at the house when we got back and stayed through American Idol and House.  M showed up halfway through AI and then she stayed also through The Good Shepherd until 1am.  More on the shows/movie later.  The kids were quite rambunctious after more Easter candy and finally were out around 9.  The kids are handling being home without school quite well this week.  They are both sleeping in until almost 9 and are happy to play around the house.  I even offered for them to go outside to play yesterday when it was warm enough to go out and they didn’t want to go.   So I guess that’s good they’re not whiny about going places.  Which they can do that sometimes.  And today, they actually do go somewhere.  And I’m helping with the youth spaghetti dinner tonight so my afternoon and evening are mapped out as well. 

Update: I talked to S and she said she heard from S this morning so they are all good.