I honestly think that this is the earliest I have EVER been done wrapping gifts. Seriously. Only because I finished shopping earlier than normal.
See, I am NOT one of those people who can wrap as I buy. I have 3 girls. I have to get it as even as possible and that means I have to buy and wrap after all is purchased. I must be able to see what everyone has before one single thing gets wrapped. Am I a control freak? VERY possible. What about you?
Or really, I should say sick Momma. I’m normally the one to not get sick. Or at least be able to push through it to take care of everyone else. This time….I slept. And slept. And slept some more. I came home from work early, slept…still had a bit of a temp the next morning and slept most of the day away. But, back to work the next day….no temp so I am a bit stubborn like that. Then a conference on Friday. So, I have had a cough the entire time (started last Wednesday). And I COMPLETELY lost my voice over the weekend. That is serious y’all, I MUST talk. 
Still have a nagging cough today but feel good. Now my hubby on the other hand….he decided to run a temp yesterday himself. Today he slept in but now seems fine. Not fair–he is not coughing and can still talk. *pout*
So, how long and in what order do you think the girls will get it? Tori already has a bit of a cough….she will be first…or that is all she will get hopefully.
Wish us luck!
I’ll apologize in advance, sorry for the length of this one. My fault for letting WAY too much time slip without blogging.
All 3 of my girls ran track this summer with the local USATF affiliated track club. We decided to get Tori a singlet and let her practice with her sisters since she was hanging out at the track while they practiced and Matt coached. She, Piper and Alexa competed in some local meets here in town. Alexa also competed in the USATF Jr Olympics. She ran at the State level and advanced to Regional level in both the 800 meter and 15oo meter. At Regionals (near Chicago), she advanced to the National meet in the 800 meters. She worked SOOOO hard and accomplished her goal of advancing in that particular race. Nationals were held in Wichita this year…..in 110+ degree heat. Not her best race but what a marvelous experience for her, running at the USATF Jr Olympic NATIONAL meet!
That really was most of our summer, practices and meets……
Oh, I suppose it was a completely new type of summer for the kids. Since my husband has been working from home, the girls didn’t go to summer day camp. They were able to stay home during the day with him. Now, whether that was good or bad was a day by day opinion. LOL. The older 2 girls were used to going to summer day camp with a lot of friends from school and LOTS of activities and outings. Some days they said they were beyond bored and missing their friends. Let me tell you though, they did NOT object to sleeping in!
The week after nationals (which also happened to be the week before school started), we finally headed out on vacation. We rented a house in Gulf Shores, AL (Ft Morgan area actually). We drove down with our 3 girls and a good friend of Alexa’s (since preschool!). Had a wonderfully relaxing time. LOTS of time on the beach, the house was in a subdivision right on the beach so we had plenty of sand and surf with very few people to share it with! The girls went on their first ferry ride and got a little education at the Estuarium at Dauphin Island. But mostly, they had plenty of sand and sea and togetherness.
We had a few days back at home and then it was back to school. All 3 girls are now in school. My baby girl started Kindergarten! Cross Country season has come and gone with Alexa running (and developing some leadership skills as one of the older girls) and Matt coaching again this year. Basketball season has now started for Alexa and the little girls brought home forms for Upward basketball & Cheer (both want to cheer).
Report cards just came home for the first grading quarter. They were all 3 really good, looks like they got off to a good start!
Me, just keep getting up, going to work, chasing kids, trying to make it all work! Life is good!
I have to confess. As I get older, getting only 4-5 hours of sleep is not cutting it. Still tired this morning after 6 hours. I can deal with tired. One day my girls will be grown up and on their own. THEN I will miss theclong, full, loving, sometimes frustrating days.
If you haven’t had a chance yet, check out Matt’s current job:
Share the link to the store please. Would love to see it grow even more…even to the point of outgrowing the garage and needing it’s own space.
Had a wonderful weekend with my hubby and kids. Nothing special……just being together. And now Monday is here……I will be honest and tell you I would MUCH, MUCH rather keep hanging out with the people right here.
So nice. I took today off. And I slept until almost 8. Feels god occasionally to do that. Feels better to not be the first one up!
Up now though so time to get myself and the kids ready for our day.
Little ones are excited. They are spending the day at Case Maria then my aunt is tucking them up after work. I see tons of fun for them coming up this weekend.
The rest of us plus Maria’s daughter are heading to Noblesvile (near Indy) for the USATF Jr Olympic State track & field meet. 17 kids from the local club are competing. Hope to watch them all qualify for the regional meet!
ANOTHER two hour delay. Are these kids ever going to be a le to get into a routine? This winter has not been bad, yet All 6 (4 in sole cases) built in snow days have been used. And there have been plenty of 2 hour delays added in as well.
Don’t get me wrong, I want kids to be safe. I never remember being out for so little. Perhaps the risk ot litigation is the difference. That and maybe common sense has become an even more rare beast than it was 30 or so years ago. Put those 2 together an I get it. Really I do. But there has to be a middle ground somewhere. Maybe that is what the delays represent, the middle ground. OK, enough blowing off steam. I need to get my kids to thier alternate arrangements and get to work.
Made it to Saturday again. Game day for the winter. Piper had an Upward game to cheer at at noon. We will be leaving shortly to go to Alexa’s 4:15 basketball game. Poor little Tori just gets to tag along to everything this year. Dinner is in the crockpot so I feel a movie night coming on after Lex’s game. Now, as long as my phone stays quiet, it will be a nice relaxing family evening. (I am o. Call this weekend)
and yet it still hurts so much.
October 26, 1998. Just another insane, post time change Monday. We had been living in Evansville for about 8 months at that time. I was right around 23 weeks pregnant with our first baby. A baby girl. Matt and I got up and headed off to work. I was orienting to my new position at work. I was out doing some work on one of the clinical areas with a coworker when we got a call that she needed to come back to meet with a vendor that had shown up (I think that was the excuse….it’s foggy).
When we got back to our office area, I was called in to my brand new manager’s office. Matt was there. I figured he was there to let me know that he had finally lost his job. You see, the company that transferred him to Evansville was purchased by another company around 6 weeks after the move. We both knew that at some point they would no longer keep both management staffs.
That wasn’t it at all though. He had one of the most horrible jobs on the planet. Family friends had finally located him. They hadn’t been able to find me because I was so new in my position, HR didn’t know where to find me. His job was to take me home….to my Daddy….after he had to tell me that Mom had been in an accident that morning. She was killed on impact. I don’t remember much from that point. Or I do, but not full segments, not in chronological order. I remember numbness. Lots of it. Insulating myself and our baby in it. Lots of wonderful friends and family. Trying to help my dad. He is a First Responder and he was the first person on the scene–I can’t even begin to imagine the horror of that. Leaning on my wonderful husband. Trying very hard to not have any problems with the pregnancy–scared that I would go into preterm labor from all the stresses. Funeral arrangements. Not doing them as Mom wanted (cremation) because I was the only one who knew that and my dad and brother, I felt, needed something more tangible. On and on…bits and pieces….broken parts of conversations….too many flowers…..generous donations to her charities…..SO many visitors and so many broken hearts.
She was too young. She had just turned 52 in August. She had been so very patient on waiting for her grandbabies. She was thrilled to know that it wasn’t much longer. We had talked about names. She knew that her granddaughter’s name was most likely going to be Alexa. It was suggested later that I name the baby after Mom. I couldn’t do that. Mom knew this baby as Alexa (and Mom had made me promise not to because she didn’t like her name! LOL)
What happened? Not sure. I’m sure there was plenty of speculation. She pulled out to make a left turn in front of a semi loaded with coal. He couldn’t stop. Was he speeding? Don’t know and probably wouldn’t have changed anything anyway. Why did she pull out? The semi drive did see her using her hand as if she were shielding the sun. My theory? She was blinded by the sun. If I could do away with the time changes I would in a heartbeat. All year (or from the previous time change) we drive and we make gradual adjustments to the gradual changing position of the sun-especially in the morning and evening. Then we have THE GREAT TIME CHANGE. Now you must head out early or late and deal with a sudden change in your routine. OK, that really is my soapbox but I do believe that is what happened.
12 years. Seems like a lifetime with so many changes in that time. Yet it also seems like yesterday. It doesn’t hurt as bad as yesterday. But it’s there. It will never go away. I can’t let it. It’s what I have left. That and the memories.
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