My Heart Hurts

Hug your babies, big and small. Hug them tight this evening and every chance you get. This morning started off with devastating news the the boy's teacher's daughter passed away in the night. She was a junior in high school...had the whole world in her grasp. We have, as parents, moved through the day in a fog. While we weren't necessarily super close with her, we watched her grow up from a little sweet girl in the first grade to a gorgeous young woman. I watched her cheer on the football team just this past Friday. G and the boy have both had her mother as a teacher. She often came to hang out in the classroom and play with the kids when G was a third grader. S saw her every day in the hallway in school and at every game as the cheerleaders did their job in front of the band. As a parent, I am heartbroken and want to hold my children close and squeeze them as tight as they will allow.

Also, a bus load of children in our state, just down the road, were involved in an accident and at least 5 were killed. The bus was carrying grades K-5, 35 of them. Fiv babies are gone. It, paired with the above news, is almost too much to bear. I just pray that the peace that passes all understanding washes over the families during this horrible time. I ask for your prayers for all involved in the sadness of this day.

Hug your babies...big and small.

Night all.


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It's 8pm

It has been a long, LONG day and I have never been so glad to see 8pm. We had lots going on at church today and we never stopped. My feet are not pleased with me, but I think I more than blew out my usual Sunday step record. The kids were awfully cute at church today and they never fail to make me laugh. I am grateful for the opportunity to spend time with them each Sunday. As we move into the Thanksgiving craziness and then on into Advent, I hope I can keep my focus on making sure they understand the meaning and wonder of this season.

Now, I am preparing for the new TWD episode. My happy place(maybe)for the night.

Night all.


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What's that wet stuff?

We finally got some much needed rain, even though it wasn't enough for many areas. It was a great sound to hear it pattering on the roof in the night. Our neighbors a county over are suffering badly with wildfires. So much damage and it isn't showing signs of stopping yet. The dampness didn't last long. I think the ground sucked it up like is was truly dying of thirst.

The kids are all back home from their various activities of last night and the boy has already conked out. His mom is not far behind him. I've got to pick out my clothes for tomorrow and then I have a date with my Snoopy pillowcase covered pillow. I can't wait.

Night all.


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They win!!!

The high school football team won another playoff game and it was great.  I am proud of all of them and so proud of the band and the encouragement they give to the players.  I am tired and have very little to say.  I''m done.

Night all.  

I'm Horrible

Today has been a fairly low key day, thankfully. I needed one after the first half of the week. I did get part of the makings for Thanksgiving dinner including the "turkey lurkey" as my grandmother used to call it. The sweet young man bagging my groceries and I were discussing all the exercise benefits that might come from hauling a 23lb frozen turkey around. CrossFit might be able to come up with a whole Thanksgiving themed workout. Just saying.

We had an unexpected night at home with futsal practice being cancelled, so we enjoyed a laugh-filled dinner together. Then jokes began. And then jokes were being created on the spot. And then the boy trumped everybody with a Yo Mama joke. It was not dirty, thank goodness, but it was funny. Amid I hated to laugh as hard as I did, but coming from that spectacled little guy, I couldn't help myself.

I am now completely current with The Walking Dead, so my Thanksgiving meal prep will have to be accompanied by a new series or documentary. I've heard "13th" is one that everyone must see. I may check it out.

Night all.


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Loopy

I did not sleep well last night, so I've been off today. I worked hard cleaning out closets and pitching and tossing crap. I did get rid of many things, which was good. I ran all day long...which was good and bad. By the time I got in the car for school pick up, I wiped out. Luckily, I set my alarm and woke up before I gummed up the carline. I was so loopy that I am sad to say I don't remember, completely, how I got from one school pickup to the other. I will pay for that very soon, because I will not be able to go to sleep tonight. Oh well. I'll catch up on The Walking Dead.

Night all.


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He's almost home

The hub has been on a business trip and returns home in just 30 minutes or so. We are all excited to have him home. We've been very fortunate that he hasn't had to travel much at all in the last several years. My parents came to help me with transportation and child wrangling. We had several doc appointments and standing meetings that I needed help child shuffling. My father, as always, managed to tell us hilarious stories about the people in his hometown. Tonight's involved a strange couple who attended every dance thrown in the community and their love for dancing was only eclipsed by the pet monkey they kept in their home. The story went downhill from there, but in the best kind of way. I need to record these things, I really do.

It has been a pretty run of the mill day otherwise. The boy made pumpkin pizelles tonight. They were very tasty. He's quite the budding chef.



Night all.
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