So I ended up NOT going to see Footloose last night. I was on the way to Pizza Hut to get dinner and I realize I keep complaining about being gone from home and here I was going to a high school play with a 18 year old for no good reason. It was something I could give up. And in the end, it was a good decision. I got the house cleaned up, got to spend time with the family. I opened the paper today to a picture of it and had a twinge of regret that I didn’t see it but I’m sure I would much more regret walking around a dirty house today and the guilt that I was gone ANOTHER evening. I completely understand that I need time away from the kids. But they were gone Friday night and part of Saturday, I literally been gone all day Sunday, all day Monday until 7pm and then today they were at school, and will be at MILs until almost 9pm tonight and tomorrow night I have to work overtime as well. So I don’t know, it just seemed like too much. Some days I just need time at home going nowhere. And Scott was off so we were all together. With his crazy schedule, we don’t get that on a regular basis. I don’t know I keep trying to work out why I didn’t go to a high school play, so moving on….
what i did today
work dinner
After-work deal last night was kinda boring. The guy from out of town talked nonstop about Russia and alcohol. I literally couldn’t get in a question the whole time. So I stayed for about an hour and half and then left.
We went to Home Depot and Target last night. Got a 9′ red umbrella for our back porch, which I happen to be sitting under at the moment in 80 degree weather. It is fab.u.lous. I’m so glad warm weather is coming back. Not that it’s been terribly cold this winter but I love Spring and Summer.
Today I went to the gym during my lunch hour. I actually felt pretty good about that time of the day. There was hardly anyone there, I still had some energy yet I wasn’t dragging straight out of bed.
Tonight I think I’m going to see Footloose at my old high school with a couple girls from the youth group. I hear these plays have gotten pretty fancy so we’ll see.
Here it goes
So here it goes again, getting out of the habit of posting. So let’s see..since I last wrote. I spoke to the friend and we’re still friends and he wasn’t totally accepting of my ideas but didn’t reject it either. So besides that, let’s see. I went to the gym Wednesday. Hurt until Saturday.
Thursday the girls went to the 2 and 4 year old checkup. Emma was 90% in height 42″, 75% in weight 37 lbs. Lexi was 85% in height 37″?, 70% in weight 30lbs. Both were healthy. He was impressed with the progress Lexi had made in her speech. I requested a hearing test for Emma and she passed. Scott said it was cute because she didn’t want to raise her hand anymore when she heard the beeping so she just told her to tell her when she heard something. Scott said the next time Emma said, “I hear something” in that little shy voice of hers. She’s so cute. So both had shots. Emma had to get 3 in her arm. Poor thing. She was a trooper and just sobbed into my shoulder. Lexi howled at the one she got in her leg. Emma had a bright red face and warm temperature by the end of the day but besides that handled them fine.
Friday night the girls went with his sister to his mom’s house and I cleaned after Scott went to work. I took an hour break to go out with the youth to do their “taking it to the streets” deal. It ended up being really quiet I think because the high school had a play going on.
I stayed up to watch One Night with the King. It was a decent movie. Good to see the story of Queen Esther on the screen. The Bible always comes to life and I can always understand it more when it is acted out like that. And at one point I actually cried thinking of the courage Esther had to approach the King when she knew it may cause her death and she did it for purely unselfish reasons. And I liked the chemistry between Xerxes and Esther. It was interesting how they brought out it more like a love story than I thought I had read. Anyway, it was worth seeing.
So Saturday we didn’t wake up until 11. That was nice. And then ILs came by and we all went to lunch. Not really what I had planned, but it was ok. Scott left for work and both girls took a nap when we got back. Heather and I watched The Departed. Horrible language but great movie. Really good. I see why it was Oscar-worthy. Saturday night we went to Mom’s and had dinner. And then Sunday we went to church and then spent the rest of the day meeting with the youth council. The girls stayed between our parents houses while we were gone. Which I hated since today I am at work all day. I feel like I haven’t seen them much. But they are at school right now anyway.
So I will be meeting a coworker today that I’ve worked with for several months but have never met. He is Russian and says the craziest things. He is hilarious. I think people are prepared to see money at our meeting just to see what he may do or say. And we’re all going out for dinner after work so I will be home late tonight. I feel like I need to take the day off and just do stuff with the girls. I mean, I’m home but never really doing much with them. Sometimes I take moments to read to them or paint with Emma or play play-doh or swing them. But all in all, my attention is on my work. And then in the evenings, family plans or church plans seem to take precedence. I guess it all works out but I just have to get out my frustration.
catch up
Seems like I’ve had to do a lot of catch up posts recently for lack of posting. Anyway, I think I’m going to be too lazy to write a detailed catch up..
- Video and audio inputs worked like a charm Wednesday at youth and I had the podcasts posted by Thursday afternoon. SO much better.
- The girls and I played in the snow Thursday while Scott worked. Lexi gave up early and watched from the front door.
- Friday night C&D and us went out. We tried to go to TGIFridays but it was an hour and a half wait. We ended up at Wild Wing Cafe and didn’t leave until after 10, when a band was going on stage.
- Saturday I got our taxes done and it’s GOOD. We will almost definitely be buying a second (actually 3rd) car.
- Sunday night we went to S&S’s house with the rest of the youth leaders for a Super Bowl party. We had a good time but Scott was really bummed the Bears didn’t win.
- Yesterday the girls went to school and then I took them to Moe’s for lunch. Last night Scott and I took them out to Target to pick up some stuff. They are both becoming well-behaved in public.
- D and I had coffee at Starbuck’s last night. It’s always good to catch up with her.
- I don’t think our dog is doing well. She’s lost quite a bit of weight lately and has found a new home under Emma’s new bed and stays there 24-7 unless she has to go potty outside or eats. We are all worried about her.
I guess that’s it for now.
what up
I’m sick. Blah. Got whatever the girls had. Been coughing up, or trying to, my lungs and came down with a fever yesterday.
So Friday night the kids were at MIL’s and Scott was working and I stayed up until FOUR AM watching One Tree Hill DVDs.
Saturday we went through the pain of getting our family picture taken. Scott and I didn’t get up until noon. MIL apparently wasn’t going to bring the girls home so I had to load up all the girls stuff and plan to get them ready over at their house. But we get over there and Lexi is asleep. Nice. No one’s fault but frustrating all the same. Lexi woke up long enough to get her picture taken with red eyes and all. Oh well, it was a free sitting and we get a free 10×13 so really no loss.
Saturday afternoon C&D came over with E. He is finally starting to seem like a little baby boy. He smiles now and talks and even sits up in his Bumbo seat. He’s so cute.
Saturday night the girls and I went to Blockbuster and the grocery store and they spent most of the evening watching videos. Sunday Emma stayed the day over at SILs and I thought I was coming home to put Lexi down for a nap, but no, she never went to sleep until 6 and only slept an hour and then woke up extremely cranky. In the meantime, I had developed a fever and this horrible cough.
Today the kids are at school this morning, Scott’s sleeping off his last night of working nights. And right now I really just want to cough up this lung I’ve been trying to cough up for a couple days.
catch up
So the girls went back to school tomorrow for the first time since last Wednesday. And then Lexi got a fever last night. Great, round 2 is coming I suppose.
We had so many technical problems at youth group Wednesday night. The screen wouldn’t work so no words to the songs or the PowerPoint. The guys restarted the computer in the middle of the message so I couldn’t use my live capture of the sermon. But let me tell you, God moved in that service. Two people got saved and two rededicated. But there is so much drama (see previous post) it’s hard to see the good in the bad.
So Mom and Heather are in New York this weekend. So the girls won’t be going off with my mom today. Which is ok with me. While I was at the church last night recapturing the sermon on the computer, I listened to a sermon from my old pastor and as usual, God used it to speak to me. I’ve been praying about a certain thing and I’m not certain, but I think the sermon was part of the answer. I’m still not totally sure so I’m gonna keep on praying about it before anything happens. I know it’s vague but just call this an unspoken request.
Good Sunday
So yesterday we went to church but Emma was still sick so she co-taught my Sunday School class with me. Seriously, she sat like a big girl in the folding chair beside me and did not move and only spoke like 3 sentences. I think she was intimdated by the 8 9th graders but either way, she was a good girl.
I ended up watching some more One Tree Hill episodes before choir practice/church. I had to teach the youth bible study last night since our youth pastor was out of town still. I think it actually went well. Much better than the trivia we did a few weeks ago where several youth ended up leaving early from. I’m really starting to like this teaching though. I end up learning so much more than what I actually teach and it’s good for me.
So after church, I finished up Season 2 Disc 1 of One Tree Hill. So far I like season 1 better than season 2 but I know it’s probably a little slow since it’s the beginning of the season.
Work is still somewhat slow this week. And S wants to work on the youth group’s web site this afternoon. Not sure if I’m looking forward to that or not. I have no problems updating a web site but coming up with an original design is hard for me.
On another note, I’ve been having a time with getting this week’s sermon converted to the podcast. Wednesday night’s live capture’s sound got messed up. The second time I tried, the mpg wouldn’t convert to mp3 or m4p. The third time I captured it, the sound dropped out half-way through. I don’t know. So far, this thing has been a lot of work. Trouble doesn’t mean that it’s a bad thing, just I wish it was not so much trouble. I’m supposed to go to the church tomorrow to test out the volume levels so we can capture it live. Which I thought we did that last week so gah.
So-So Saturday
So Emma is sick. She’s had a fever off and on since Thursday I think. She was the worst this morning. Didn’t wake up until almost 11! Actually, none of us woke up until almost 10 today which I think may be a first. Late night at grandmas must have wiped them out. And Heather and I have been staying up late catching up on One Tree Hill…more on that on another post I think…so I was plenty tired. And Scott has been working nights so he can always use the sleep.
So today we stayed inside all day long. Emma never even got dressed today. We just changed pajamas this evening. I mostly cleaned all day. Scott’s parents came by for a bit this evening to see the girls. And I went to the church twice to capture this week’s sermon on the computer…more on that in another post.
So pretty slow Saturday. I’m such a home-body though so it wasn’t too bad. Just nothing overly exciting to report!