Some weeks just take more of us than we have the time for. The hours pass so fast, I miss some. Yet the days slug by with tasks that need completion. This mama just had one of these weeks! Everything happening at once with little grace.
The key chunk of my time was spent at the school it was our big community event week. Book Fairs each day at lunch ending with a big carnival style event last evening. I spent hours coordinating people, writing letters and keeping the lines of communication open. Hours --okay let's say DAYS at the school. The weather was a huge issue with our event. Rain pending for days, but never materializing into much kept plans in "undecided" zone. My least favorite place to be. It just hangs over you, and then requires instant action when you may not have the time for the action. Add to this a daughter who is almost sick (running fever of 99.5) all week. Add then a dose of panic with a stolen wallet, wedding ring and watch for Kent. The one night I had time to make a real dinner was ruined as it sat idle while we called credit bureaus and filled out police reports. {Note: We had a crook with a concience who later called and returned the wallet and ring--we were only out some cash and a nice watch.} Then we cannot forget the kids had Wednesday off. No school--teacher work day. My time instantly cut in half as we sped around town for haircuts, groceries, and stopped by the dentist for a filling (for me). Inject practicing theater songs and lines for the two plays Karly is working on, helping teachers with troubled readers in the classroom, a modem that is finicky and only wants to work when IT decides, and a little boy who wants you to watch every replay of the great offensive tactics on Madden 2007-- and my hourglass is empty. The laundry is piled, my floors have dog hair on them, my tub needs scrubbing and it took me three days to get Kent's shirts to the dry cleaners. They sat in my car for days! Now that's bad! Of course I also managed to spill drinks, nearly run out of gas, forget items and drop the ball on my "paid" job. What craziness!
It's amazing how even when we think we are in control of our time, when we think we've got it all managed--life still happens and adds (or subtracts) to/from it.
Next week, I think my hourglass should flow a little slower! Maybe not in real time, but in Melinda time!
Now that the kids are older, we gave them freedom this year to work independently on their pumpkins! Both Karly and Kyle took their time from scooping out the guts, to drawing their designs and then cutting them out. They both did a fabulous job--cut free! No broken skin to be had! Kyle had so much fun, he even had to pray last night before bed and thank Jesus for his pumpkin! It was cute!
My foot has been hurting for months. I tried ignoring it, popping advil, rest, and wore arch supports for a month. No real healing occurred. Today I saw the Podiatrist. I thought he'd give me exercises and pills, or maybe a brace--but not my purple foot! My tibial tendon has issues. Usually this occurs from "overuse". Since I cannot come up with an actual moment of injury--the "overuse" theory seems to have some value. The tendon is "pulling at the fibers of the bone" whatever that means thus it can potentially harm my foot function for life if not cared for now.
Sunday marked the big game between the Cowboys and the Vikings. This meant the Weitzel family team (our friends) vs. the Kern family team. We had the chips and salsa, the team garb and an open afternoon. For the Kern's it was a treat just to get to view the Vikings--as usually we do not get to watch their games. Cincinnati Bengals fan Karly, decided to support her Daddy's team and created her own Minnesota franchise merchandise--a headband with a M and a V (Minnesota Vikings). While we knew our Vikings would likely fall to the talents of the Cowboys--it was an entertaining game at least during the first three quarters. I just got a kick out of Karly's instinct to create her own support for the Vikings cause!
They cut up cheese sticks in small chunks and placed them on toothpicks and also baked cupcakes and decorated them with frosting to create a "Bake Sale". Their "Bake Sale" goal was to donate money to the Placer County SPCA. They paraded about the neighborhood selling their goods and raised $12! Very cute and totally their own original idea. I love it when they get creative and think beyond themselves. Sure they scored a cupcake or two, but they were also proud to help their four legged freinds!
Some weeks just take more of us than we have the time for. The hours pass so fast, I miss some. Yet the days slug by with tasks that need completion. This mama just had one of these weeks! Everything happening at once with little grace.
Fall would not be complete without some sticky apple fun and a few cute pumpkins--off to Apple Hill the Kern team went! The kids couldn't wait to get their face painted --so we made High Hill our first stop. It's the busiest of locations, so we went early to try to beat the crowds--but the crowds were also early. Nonetheless the weather was beautiful and the trees just starting to turn their colors--we couldn't have asked for a more lovely day. The traffic headed up the hill as we were leaving confirmed that even though we had seen a large group, we had still made a wise choice with our timing--early was best!
