Amy J. Bennett

My life is boring this week…I’m lovin it.  These past 3 days have felt like more vacation than any day in Maryland we had.

So last night we went to the gym where I worked my butt off (hopefully, well, stomach really) then came home and got in the pool.  Well, technically, I got my suit on to go swimming and put the kids in the pool but I was so tired I ended up just sitting in a chair watching them swim.  The rest of the night was very boring, I don’t even have the energy to write about it. 

And today I got the kids off to school and Scott is off helping the church with another church’s VBS.  So it is super quiet around here again. 

It was a quiet evening that capped a quiet day.  Scott and I went to the gym and out to eat before picking up the girls at ILs last night.  When we got home, we let the girls watch tv/play computer games before going to bed.

This morning the girls are back at camp and Scott is working on the deck.  I’m busy with work and it’s quiet again.  Not sure hwo I know how to act with all this quiet time here.

I’m really excited about my book.  I doubt anyone will be interested except family but I just love looking at it. I can’t wait to get my copy.  I’m disappointed the date is on some of the pictures and the software warned me the resolution was too low for a few of them so I’m interested to see how it turns out.  I have picked out all the pictures for the past 5 years to do a family book.  I think it will be more difficult since there are so many more pictures.  I’m also thinking of inserting some excerpts from my blog into this one.  This is like the fast, digital scrapbook for me!  This one I’m pretty sure I won’t sell but use as gifts for our parents and siblings and such.  I already do a mini photo book from Snapfish every Christmas for our parents and grandparents.  This will be like a culmination of all the years.  Now I want to go take a ton of pictures!

The girls headed to the first day of summer camp at their preschool.  Apparently they were 30 minutes late as it starts at 8:30 vs 9:00 like school did.  And they get out at 12:30 instead of 12.  That makes for a very nice, long morning working, especially since Scott is off all week and can take them since this was supposed to be the family beach trip.

So today has been work, pick up kids from school and have lunch at Taco Bell and then back to work.  MIL and FIL had to pick up Skyler from school since SIL had to work today so all 3 girls went home with them for the afternoon.  So really, this has been a quiet day around here.

Scott has been in the yard all day.  He put down paver things in the back yard that leads from the back porch to the pool deck.  They look really nice.  With the week off and quiet mornings, he should have the deck done this week, barring any rain or other hurdles.

 I’ve been in a funky place in my mind.  Reading some blogs and stories about cancer patients and other hard times.  Looked through a bunch of old pictures of the girls.  Even some all the way back to our cruise in 2000.  I was so young and that was only 7 years ago.  I’m not sure if I can verbalize how I feel except to say I’m so ready to live life now and not look back, not look forward, not look at other people’s life, just live my own and enjoy it.

One other note…my manager tells me I’ve exceeded his expectations and he’s planning to work with his boss and my contracting company to get a bill rate increase…woohoo!  What’s weird is Scott JUST asked me when I was due for a raise THIS MORNING.  Ironic, I say.