Another weekend has arrived in our house, and I'm so very grateful. October is proving to be just as crazy as September, but then the holidays are right around the corner...sounds like a dream!
It's definitely become fall here. The leaves aren't quite as colorful as years past because of our drought, but it's still rather pretty. The temps have also dropped quite a bit, although a slight rebound is predicted for our weekend. Everyone is still trudging through school, and I have 3-1/2 weeks left in my long term sub job. I love the kids in the classroom, but I don't love the fact that I don't feel like I'm doing a very good job of being "mom" at home. We are all working on adjusting, and I'm hoping that we can take the kids and do something fun for a little treat after this is over. They've been Catherine and Thomas have been a tremendous help at school when I needs packets put together for my classroom, but to be honest, their assistance at home as been less enthusiastic. They've both been enjoying scouts, but we've kind of taken a slight break from karate. It seems as though Robert has joined every club that he can at the middle school, and we love watching him be so happy at school. Last weekend he attended a birthday party of a friend from his baseball team and ended up spending the night. I'm grateful that his confidence he's found at his new school is able to carry over to other aspects of his life. He's still doing youth group and there are at least two more fall baseball games scheduled, but he's taken a break from early Saturday morning scout meetings while football season is happening. My in-laws arrive later today and we haven't seen them in over two months. My father-in-law no longer wants to make the drive here, and at 77, I do understand that it's out of his comfort zone. Of course, he has no problem getting on a plane flying to Vegas or the ocean a couple of times a year. I know it's the driving, but honestly they could occasionally fly if they wanted to do so...or even take a bus. They are willing to take a bus the same distance to visit D.C., but somehow it's not the same to come visit us. The issue is that as the kids get older, it becomes increasingly more difficult to visit them...right now we are barely able to find time together with the five of us!
Sorry if this seems a little rambling and disjointed. I was up at 2:30 this morning and couldn't sleep, so I got up and cleaned before going back to bed at 6:30. I was able to get another two hours of sleep, but I can tell I'm just not totally with it today!
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