Wednesday, May 9, 2012

We're Back!

FOR TODAY Outside my window...
I haven't really looked!  I think it's pretty cloudy and we're expecting rain, but that's good because we need it!

I am thinking...
About the bazillion and one things that need to be done around here!  I'm expecting that my Blessed Mother will give me the grace I need to accomplish the neccesary things.

I am thankful...
for our safe return from the Epic Road Trip to Joplin for my father's 80th birthday party.  It was a good drive with 4 of my children---the 2 college boys couldn't get away---and I managed to do most of the driving out there without my husband.  Katie drove the last couple of hours, but I drove all. the. way. home.  It's a full 12 hours of driving + stopping for meals, gas, and bathroom breaks.  We made it out in 14 hours and back in 13.5!  I had a wonderful visit with my sister and brother; I met a couple of cousins that I didn't know because they're 20+ years older than I am; I didn't get to talk much with my dad, but the kids did.  And I survived the encounters with my stepmother, and that's about all we need to say about that!  

From the learning rooms...
We're down to the last 2 weeks of school which feels really good.  But we're way behind in math, and that doesn't feel so good.  I think we'll attempt to do math daily through the summer; it keeps them from forgetting everything, anyway.


In the kitchen...
Making dinner for a friend today.


I am knitting...
Not fast enough!  A prayer blanket is my current project and I need to finish it last weekend.  But prayers are still needed, so I guess it's okay that I'm still knitting!

I am going...
To see my friend, stop at the library (cool, there's one around the corner from her house where I can drop off the books!), and pick up Tom from school.  Otherwise, I'll be at home slaving away working:  teaching school, cooking, nursing a sick college boy, and doing his stinky college laundry all while encouraging him and others to carry his stuff downstairs.  


I am wondering... How it's all going to get done today!

I am reading... St. Therese is not on my nightstand anymore for some reason (oh, took it on the trip and read not a word!), and I'm into Rifles for Watie which I found at the library for $0.25 and am enjoying.


I am looking forward to...
Saturday.  Seriously.  Oh, and Mother's Day.  And tomorrow because I placed an Amazon order yesterday.  And seeing my Dear Friend today.  So, I'm super busy, but there is something to look forward to every day in addition to all those wonderful little moments with my family where my kids make me laugh.  I'm happy to have my boys home and I have to enjoy the heck out of Brendan who is only staying for 2 days before going back to May-mester.


Around the house...
College dorm stuff spread from the front door to the back door!


One of my favorite things...
My kids making me laugh.  I loved spending all those hours in the car with them.  They crack me up sometimes; they're so witty.  When they're not plugged into their ipods or whining and bickering, that is.

A few plans for the rest of the week...
The usual stuff:  choir, the farm-fresh milk and egg run which now includes fresh veggies which are amazing, AHG (last regular meeting!).  Also this week is our swim team kick-off.  Can you believe that?  I keep having horrifying flashbacks of having to work the bullpens.  Ugh.  Give me a job that doesn't involve wrangling snakes herding cats organizing beautiful children who all look identical in their matching swimsuits and caps!

Is your Month of May super busy?  What are your highlights?
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2 comments:

  1. I am smiling at your college-dorm-stuff and college-laundry-stuff because that is going to be me--TOMORROW. I have 5 boxes/bags of stuff that needs to be donated, but that I can't yet lift and drive somewhere to donate it, and my oldest will be home from the dorm tomorrow with all his Stuff, some of which will want to go into the space that is currently being used by the stuff I need to donate! Last summer we tripped over his Stuff for 3 full months. I'm not expecting any different this year.

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  2. you seem a bit.....well.....BUSY!!

    slow DOWN woman! :-) hee hee hee.

    I'm a bit busy myself and SOOOOOOOOO looking forward to the end of school. Honestly, I didn't like doing homework when it was MINE....I really don't like doing 2 grade schoolers' homework with them.

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