7/3/12

Another quick day. Work zoomed right by. We're off tomorrow for the 4th, and then I think a majority of the building took Thursday and Friday off, so it's going to be a very quiet there after the holiday. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm so mega swamped again, it's getting stressful.

I left work an hour early today because we had a ton of stuff to pack in tonight. First up, the prints I ordered for the girls' princess area downstairs came in, so off to the post office I went. Again, it's hotter than the surface of the sun, so it was another sweaty, disgusting drive home. I never realized how amazing the car AC was before! I picked up the prints, and they are PERFECT! I love them. I'm trying to move away from the Disney Princess chaos...it just won't carry well as the girls get older so I don't want to decorate too much in that, or buy too much. When we finally finish the basement, I'll take some pics of everything. They're super cute though. Etsy, of course.

Next up, I stopped home to do some picking up around the house. We'll be having people over tomorrow, so I wanted to get a start on making the house presentable. I got the kitchen, living room and bedrooms picked up. Still hot and sweaty.

After that, I was off to pick up the girls from school. Christian had to work a little late, so I wanted to get them and have us all ready to go for tonights events by the time he arrived home. We ended up getting home at the same time, Christian changed, my BFF Kari and her son showed up, and off we went.

Tonight we were off to our local 4th of July carnival. It's so gross and hot out, but we braved it to have a little fun. Unfortunately, it was so hot, that there was no petting zoo at the carnival this year. That's always my favorite part, but I'm glad they weren't out there suffering. The girls went on a couple rides, Andrew played a few games, we all ate some dinner and ice cream, and hung out for a big, but it literally felt like we were standing on top of the sun, so we didn't stay too late. It was fun while it lasted though.

After the carnival, we stopped by our reserved parade spot (yes, you must reserve your spot the day before - things get crazy around here!) and set up the canopy for tomorrow. It's still supposed to be crazy hot, so we borrowed a big canopy to shield us from the sun a little bit. THANK GOD!

Finally, we were home. The girls went straight to bed, Christian went out with some friends for a while, and I slipped into bed to watch a little TV and rest. Ready for a long, hot day of fun tomorrow :)