Brett and I both started back to work on the 13th, had a week of pre-service, then our kiddos started on the 19th for him, and 20th for me. It feels really really good to be back in a routine, and I really love all of my kiddos and missed them over the summer! I'm on a gazillion committees this year, and everyone keeps telling me I really need to start saying no, but it really is all stuff I feel strongly about, and like doing.
I'm also on the Conve
ntion Planning Team for the Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and had a meeting in Columbia for that 2 Saturdays ago. That afternoon, I drove from Columbia to Cedar Rapids, IA to visit Lauren and Johnse and meet Baby Micah, who was born that Monday (August 17). We had a wonderful visit, and I am so in love with Micah. I just held him and snuggled him the whole time I was there, and it was perfect. I am so happy for Lauren and Johnse, and was totally amazed at what wonderful, natural parents they are already (although I was not surprised!)Last weekend I worked at Ronald McDonald House for the whole weekend (the shift is 5pm Friday- 8pm Sunday, with overnight stays Friday and Saturday). I absolutely love being there, and I really like the work, but it's really hard to dedicate that much time and energy to it right now. By the end of the week, I am just done... my brain is fried, I'm exhausted, and I just need some downtime. So last weekend was really tough for me. After a lot of thought, I decided that I cannot commit to RMH any longer, and I told them last night that I was leaving after my next scheduled shift, which is in a few weeks. It was a really tough decision, but I feel like it's the right thing, for now at least. I still want to be active at the house in some capacity, and I may go back to being a volunteer, which is how I got involved with the house in the first place.
Football is of course in full swing for Brett, and they are off to a great start. They were ranked 5th in the state in preseason polls, and they won their first game 42-6 last Friday. Tomorrow night they play Ray-Pec, which should be an exciting game, and a little more of a challenge for them.
What else... oh, we bought a new TV! We had Brett's old one (which really wasn't that old- he bought it less than 3 years ago) in our living room, but it just looked pretty tiny in this big room. We bought a new 42 inch plasma at Nebraska Furniture Mart, and got a great deal on it. We picked it up on Monday night, and finally got it set up last night. It looks HUGE compared to the old one. We sold the old one to my friend Lara, and got that delivered to her last night as well. I bought a new TV stand too (I really hate the old one), but we haven't gotten that put together yet. We might try to tackle that project tonight, we'll see.
So, the moral of the story is that life is really really hectic. All of this on top of trying to (still) get completely unpacked and settled, cooking, trying to keep the place clean, trying to keep up with laundry... it's hard work living with a boy! Brett is such a huge help, which I'm very thankful for, but with his schedule, he doesn't usually get home until at least 7 on weeknights, we eat dinner, and pretty much are ready to crash.
I'm actually home sick today, which is why I'm having time to blog, but we are so looking forward to the long weekend. It will be nice to just be here for the first weekend in awhile, and we have a long to-do list, but hopefully will get some time to relax as well!
