Well, Monday came.
Seemed to come faster than usual, especially after last week’s incident. But,
I’m trying to buck up and move past it. Trying to just focus on myself – my own
issues, and work on my own shortfalls. While the flexibility of my workplace
allows for sliding start/end times, I’m going to try hard to start getting
myself up earlier, and getting to work on time. Today I was just a TAD late, so
I’m getting there. And, although for me it’s my “break time”, I have to work on
limiting my phone surfing during the day too. While I know it’s my break time,
broken up throughout the day, people walking by don’t know that, so I get that
it doesn’t look great. I swear, my connection to the outside world is the only
thing that gets me through the day, so that one is going to be hard! Time to
make some changes! As far as actual work goes, I had a TON of stuff to work on
today, a lot of catching up from my Friday off, so the day flew by. I suddenly
have so many “rushes” on my plate, it’s a little overwhelming. But, anything to
make the days go faster is worth it to me. I did leave a little early today
because I just have so much stuff to deal with at home. I needed the house, all
to myself, for a little while to really focus on it. I got the living room,
kitchen and girls’ room picked up, and cleaned up, and worked on some more
laundry. It’s so hard to really make a dent in everything being gone all week,
busy on the weekends, and having all of the kids around whenever I am home – it
felt good to really make some progress on getting the house in order. Finally,
a little before closing time, I picked the big girls up from daycare. Then, we
were off for a big Target run – needed lots of groceries! We didn’t end up
getting home from the store until around 7:30…so, we had a late dinner tonight.
And, the girls were up way too late! Didn’t get the big girls down until 9:00,
with Eliza going down shortly after. Gonna be a rough morning tomorrow!
Bedtime Snuggles - I love how she wraps her arm around me.
I was up and at ‘em
this morning, actually on time! I showered, got ready, got the girls up and
ready. We were rolling. Tired, but rolling. I packed up my food for work, for
the week. I’m trying SO hard to get my diet back on track, but it’s so dang
hard!!! I just have to get my mind in check, and focus on it. I also had to
pack up the last of our baby bedding…both of our ladybug bedding sets from the
big girls. So hard!!! I’m meeting somebody after work, and with that, we should
have more than enough “sale” money for this weekend’s fair trip…entry, rides
and all the food we can eat. It’s so nice to have this extra money on hand for
stuff like this. Definitely a relief! Finally, I loaded everybody, and
everything, up in the van and we were off. I dropped the girls off and arrived
at work. Just a TAD late, but I’ll get there! It’s only Tuesday, but so far
this week I’ve been super productive. Dare I say it; I think that I might
actually be catching up on my workload! I haven’t felt this way since before
leaving on Maternity leave last year. I’ve felt so flooded with work…every time
I turn around my inbox is full, my invoices are piling up, the e-mails and
phone calls don’t stop. It’s been so stressful. Finally, I feel like I actually
have a handle on things, and things are just a tad more normal. Again, another
huge relief! After work, after meeting up to sell the bedding, I picked the
girls up from daycare and got the big girls ready for soccer. Christian met us,
and was off with Amelia, while Eliza and I took Olivia. Olivia had a little
inter-team scrimmage, and she actually scored a goal! Nice!! Finally, we all
met up back at home for the night...dinner, showers, a little TV and bed.
Daycare e-mailed this photo of Eliza to me from the Toddler Room. She looks like such a big girl!
Wednesday was
another busy, and LATE night. We were all off to work and daycare as usual. Had
another productive day – I’m on fire! After work, I let the dog out, grabbed
some snacks and the girls’ school supplies, and picked the girls up from
daycare. We met Christian at the big girls’ school for their summer
assessments. We dropped Olivia off with her teacher, Ms. Kissell. We had never
met her, but she was Olivia’s little BFF’s teacher last year, so Olivia was
pretty excited about having her. She seemed a little standoffish, not super
friendly (especially for a 1st grade teacher), but she’s young and
Olivia is happy to have her, so we’ll see how it goes. Next up, we brought
Amelia to her room…she has Mrs. Eisen, who was Olivia’s teacher last year (I
assume they do that on purpose, otherwise that’s a pretty crazy coincidence).
We loved her last year, and Amelia is really excited, so it was reassuring to
have her again. While they met with the teachers and did some assessment
testing, Christian and I made our way to the cafeteria to fill out lots, and
LOTS of paperwork. Amelia’s assessment was pretty quick – it’s really all
basics (letter and number recognition, writing her name, etc.). Meanwhile,
Olivia’s ended up taking FOREVER! We waited, and waited, and waited for her to
finish, to no avail. I finally sent Christian and Eliza home…she was antsy, he
started dinner, Amelia and I hung out in the library. Finally, after 90
minutes, she was done. They didn’t really seem to have any concerns, or any real
reason it took so long, just brought her back to me and sent us on our way. I
talked to her about it, and she said that she did forget some things, but that
she did well. Hopefully she picks everything back up quickly once school starts
up in a couple of weeks (two weeks to be exact…TWO WEEKS< so crazy!). We
FINALLY got home around 7:45, had dinner and then started sending the girls off
to bed. Eliza was actually in a pretty good mood tonight…ate, played, and went
to bed easily. Woot! I love easy nights like this, hopefully we’re turning a
corner!
Photo Op!
On Thursday, I
seriously lost it on the way to work. We were all up, ready and out the door as
usual. Making good time, then BAM, of course, like always, something has to
happen to make me late. Like I said last week, it does not matter, NOT ONE BIT,
how early I may leave the house, something always happens. Today, there was a
semi on the shoulder, on fire. A semi on fire. I mean, how? So, everything was
all backed up, everybody checking it out. To top that off, there was a 3 car
accident a couple miles ahead of the crash, likely from people not paying
attention during said back up. I lost it. I cried. I literally sat there, in my
van, not moving, crying (after calling in late, of course). To work so hard to get a house full of people up and ready and on
their way, just to have some other road block knock me down, just kills me.
It’s so frustrating! Then, I finally return to work, just to realize that after
two glorious, quiet, wonderful days…the hacker is back in the office, coughing
and hacking away all day long. SO DAMN ANNOYING! Nothing has been done, or
said, or anything regarding the incident a couple of weeks ago, which makes me
even more upset. Of course, like always, let’s just sweep the issue under the
run….until the next time somebody blows up, or loses it. Needless to say, the
day wasn’t starting off to great. I pushed through the day, stopped home quick
after work, then picked the girls up from daycare to get ready for soccer.
Tonight, we switched it up, and Eliza and I were off with Amelia for her game.
And, ya’ll, she got her first REAL GOAL. Like ever! She was so excited, so
proud, just beaming from ear to ear. My baby, so proud of her!!! She’s been
trying so hard this year, listening really well, playing better and better each
night. She may just be a little soccer star after all! After soccer, we all met
up back at home, had diner, gave the girls their bath and settled in for the
night. Eliza was in a good mood – AGAIN! Seriously, the whole house is in a
better mood when baby is in a better mood! One more day to get through, then
finally the WEEKEND! These full weeks just kill me!
Number 3's - Coming At Ya!
FINALLY Friday, and
we were all off to work and daycare. My mom lives pretty close to work now, so
she walked down with Eliza at lunch time for a visit. Lord knows a mama loves
to show her baby off at work, so I was pretty excited to show her around. She
ran and played and high fived everyone. She’s so funny, everybody just adored
her. Naturally. The distraction helped move the day long a little bit too,
which doesn’t hurt. After work, I picked Eliza up, picked the big girls up, and
we made our way home. We played outside, we checked the gardens, picked some
veggies. And, Amelia’s kindergarten sunflowers have officially bloomed! Pretty
exciting! Christian had a follow-up appointment today, at the specialist, for
the lump on his chest. We were under the impression that he’d be having an
x-ray or mammogram or something…but, it ended up just being a consultation.
Seriously, so annoying! What a waste. But, he now has an ultrasound scheduled
for next week. Can’t wait to get some more answers, this is so stressful! Once
we were all home and settled in, it was a pretty quiet night. Just some dinner
and family time.
On My Timehop Today - My Biggest Baby Trying on Flower Girl Dresses. So Cute!
The Sunflowers Have Bloomed!!! Almost Kindergarten Time!
The Garden is Booming!
Ready for Some Baby Shower Fun!
Sunday was the big
day. FINALLY! IT was State Fair Day, and we were all beyond excited. We were up
and at it early, showered, packed up and one by one got ready to head out. We
ended up leaving the house around 9:30, which is like a miracle for us. We
dropped Eliza off at my mom’s for the day. I felt terrible not bringing her
with us, but I knew she’d be miserable in the stroller all day, and there just
wasn’t going to be much for her to do at the fair this year. So, we thought it
would be best for everybody, especially her, to give her a break. My mom fed
her, they went to the zoo for a while, stopped at the lake, and she took a nice
long nap, so she definitely had a good day. After dropping her off, the rest of
us were off to the fair. Our friend works near the fair, so he was able to get
us free parking in his lot – seriously, SCORE! And then we were off, for lots
of food and fun! We ate so much stuff, even a few new things! First up we had
some Australian Potatoes (my and Olivia’s favorite), some strawberry shortcakes
and a milkshake from the dairy bar. We visited the horse and swine bars, and
the girls did their extreme trampolining – Olivia can finally do flips on it!
We had fried pickles (well, I did!), lots of lemonade and drinks, some caramel
apples and some yummy cheese curds. Then, finally, the girls got to go on
rides. Olivia was big enough for the kidway swings this year, so she was every
excited about that. And, they were both big enough, and brave enough, for some
of the crazy, spinny, pretty fast rides too. And, they went in every fun house
there. They had so much fun – they have no fear and I just love it! We ride the
Space Needle, I slyly bought the girls’ 2015 Christmas Ornaments, Christian and
Olivia split a burrito, the girls had some fruit cups, and, of course, we had
some pronto pups. YUMMMMY!!!!! Finally, to end the day, Christian and the girls
rode the giant slide, we grabbed some mini-donuts and ICEE’s, and made our way
back to the car. The weather was perfect, it wasn’t nearly as crowded as I
expected, and we were beyond full. Amelia hasn’t been feeling too great, so she
spent most of the day in the stroller (outside of rides, of course), but she
still had a lot of fun. We left around 5:30, and were all so exhausted. I
thought for sure the girls would fall asleep right away, but they made it to my
mom’s, to pick Eliza up. Eliza was so excited to see us, it was sweet. FINALLY,
we were on our way home. It was such a fun, amazing day. Fair Day comes, and
goes, so fast, but we were all exhausted, full, fair dirty and ready to get
home. And, of course, I started developing a headache. The girls and I settled
in at home…they had a light dinner and were off to bed a little earlier than
usual, I watched Big Brother and Fear the Walking Dead – pretty much my
favorite TV night right now, and Christian was off to a friends to have a
couple beers and hang out for a while. I
think tomorrow is going to be a rougher-than-usual Monday, that’s for sure!
Eliza Feeding the Giraffe at the Zoo
The Rest of the Family, at the Fair
Fair Food - YUM!!!!!!!
Until Next Week!
XOXO
