Adventures in La La Land

1. And just like that, the first week of summer break is over! 😭 As always, I started the season with big plans . . . and mostly stuck to them. You may remember that I've declared this summer "the summer of self-control," and I'm happy to report that I did not have any sugary Dr Pepper this week. I made the transition to gross old Diet Dr Pepper - which is better than nothing, but not as good as the real thing. So I should be lookin' real slim here pretty darn quick . . . Except I'm almost 40, so it doesn't work that way. But I'm also striving for self-control in the way I use my time. I made myself a list of daily chores, and weekly chores. The weekly chores are all things I've been meaning to get to for months. Like reorganizing the dining room and finding homes for everything on the "clutter counter." Next week is the dreaded basement. That's going to be a big project, but a necessary one since our AC isn't super efficient, an...

1. School's out!! Let the fun begin! We had a half day yesterday, and now I have a 10th grader, 7th grader, and 4th grader. When I took Lucy's "last day of school" picture, I realized I'm only going to do that 3 more times! 😳😭 As for me, next year I'll be working two days in the library and two days in Development. My co-librarian officially retired so I'm technically the head librarian now. Although my new co-librarian will be working the three days I'm not there, so she'll have more time in the library than I do. Haha. Development still scares me, but I'm going to set my mind to it and do what needs to be done. First/Last Day pics: I don't think any of them changed that drastically this year . . . 2. We don't have any big plans for the summer. We have our traditional cousin fun days planned of course, but mostly we're going to stay home and not spend money. I need to come up with a solid plan of summer expectations before Monday...

1. We did it! We survived May! Every day, one more thing slides off my plate and I can breathe a little easier. Lena's soccer season wrapped up last week, Levi's last game was today, I finished the bulk of the work on a huge church library project, yesterday was my last church storytime, and we only have one more week of school! I still have a few development tasks to finish, and the Soccer Camp responsibilities are kicking into full gear, but I'm feeling like my load is much more manageable. Maybe I should clean my house now . . . 2. Lena loved  her first year of soccer. She's already making plans to play school basketball in the winter, because she loves being part of a team. Have I mentioned yet how much Prozac has changed her life?!?! Her last couple of games were especially fun because her coach went to Alaska with our seniors, so Justin got to step in as the sub.  As you can see, her last game was another chilly one. We only had one warm game all season! She never...

1. I survived another week of May! It's the perfect storm of spring sports, end-of-school events (both for my kids, and things I need to cover for my development job), something new we're doing with the church library, and the beginning of soccer camp planning/prep! At one point this week, I had my day mapped out by the minute so I wouldn't forget anything. I've also continued to battle this dumb cough. It's not as bad as my usual bronchial inflammation/pre-pneumonia, but it's still annoying and keeping me up at night.  2. Lucy turned 15 on Sunday. 15! 😭 As I was buying birthday presents off her list, I couldn't help but marvel at how quickly we went from Lego sets and stuffed animals to perfume and skin care. (She also asked for a lot of books. Girl after my own heart.) We went through a few rough years, but she has become such a sweet and thoughtful young lady. When I was melting down about my to-do list the other day, she asked what was on it, and then p...