Weather change!

It's been pretty warm around here again. In fact, on Thursday, we tied a record high for the day at 93. Yuck and yuck! I was grateful that I didn't have to work at the end of the week in our schools without air conditioning and could stay at home and be comfortable. Fortunately, a cold front moved through last evening. We are having absolutely beautiful weather here, and this time I'm truly optimistic we are finished with weather in the 90's. In fact, this week we will struggle on some days to get to 70. I'm even looking forward to those yucky, rainy fall days. We are officially in a drought and besides that, the thought of a warm fire in the fireplace is just spectacular!

Overwhelming

We are all feeling a little overwhelmed and exhausted here. I'm not even sure I completely understand why. I don't feel that my children are overscheduled, yet we all seem to be edgy and a little tense. I'm beginning to remember why last year I so didn't like the month of September.

We did have a rather busy weekend. Friday evening my wonderful husband took JR and several friends for a "guys night" of miniature golf and ice cream. From the sounds of it they all had a wonderful time. Saturday morning, bright and early at 9, HT had a soccer game. My little guy is so not a morning person. Either that, or he really, really isn't into soccer. That afternoon, the kids stayed with my grandmother while we spent a couple of hours at my cousins' house. Some relatives were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. It was great getting to see so many people! That evening my in-laws arrived and we had a nice dinner with them. Sunday morning was Sunday School and church, then we spent the day at my parents house with more extended family. I could tell by that evening that everyone was just worn out. We got everyone into bed at their normal bedtime, but had to be up early Monday so that I could go to work. My in-laws generously volunteered to take the kids to breakfast, and that was enjoyed by all! The past two days have really been nothing but our normal school and soccer routine, but I knew it was a bad sign when JR fell asleep before 7:00 last night. I'm grateful that he did though. Today, we have absolutely nothing on our calendar. Here's hoping we can all get some much needed sleep!

Lots of germs

In spite of the fact that I have done my fall cleaning in both the living room and dining room, it seems as though there are some germs floating around here. My ailments are mostly allergy and sinus related, although I think I've gone and developed a head cold. Fortunately it's staying in my head and not settling down in my chest. HT on the other hand, has a horrible cough. I still think it's somewhat sinus related, but I'm only giving it a few more days before I take him to the doctor. No sense in him being miserable. And poor JC has been vomiting since 1am this morning. It's been several hours so I'm hoping that maybe she is past the worst of it. She seems to be sleeping soundly now, and for that I'm grateful. I'm hoping so much that we can keep anyone else from getting it. My in-laws arrive tomorrow and I would hate for any of the kids to be sick while they are here. Hopefully we will all have a healthy weekend!

Not the best of days

I'll be honest. Today was a rough day. Actually, for the 6-1/2 hours that the kids were gone, it was fine. Then they came home and things got ugly. They wanted no part of that nasty word: responsibility. I know they are still adjusting to routine, and I don't mind gentle reminding, but when I have to remind them that I've already reminded them once, I get a little less pleasant. My personal "favorite" moment was when I asked JC to get me some hangers from her closet and she rolled her eyes at me. Seriously?!!!! She is eight years old! AGH!!!!! On the upside, tomorrow is another day!

Weekend recap

We had a really nice weekend, but I had forgotten how short the weekends are during the school year. After HT's soccer on Saturday, we pretty much sat around and watched college football. SOOOOOO disappointed that our Irish couldn't hang on to a victory over Michigan. It was so close, but just didn't happen! OSU prevailed over Miami though, and our Reds took two out of three from the Pirates (I could write a diatribe about the series, but maybe that's another post). The Steelers had an overtime victory yesterday, and the Bengals lost. As a Steelers fan, it is always fun to watch the Bengals disintegrate before our very eyes, and by adding T.O. to the mix, well, it might be as much fun as prime time television dramas (sorry to all (any?) of the Bengals fans reading this)!

JR also got to go to his first ever group sleepover. If I could hand pick kids for him to hang out with, it would pretty much be the ones who were at this sleepover. Such a nice group of boys! It sounds like he had a really great time, although sleeping wasn't really on the agenda. I have to say, I'm really proud of how well he managed to hold himself together throughout the day. It wasn't until about 6:30 last evening that he really hit a wall and just kind of became an emotional, crumbling mess. We put all three to bed at 7:30, and since they were all asleep by 8:00, I think it showed we made the right decision.

Our church's Sunday School program began again yesterday. Church is often a struggle for me, because I was not raised in the same faith as my husband and often find myself disagreeing with some of the teachings of the church we attend. But one of the things that I really do enjoy about the church is that it's a small church, and I love the sense of community that really comes across in the church. I really enjoyed getting to visit with so many other families. My wonderful husband is a Sunday School teacher, and I know that he while he's not always crazy about getting up and going each Sunday, he's also happy to do his part.

This evening we will be signing JC up for girl scouts. She's very excited and has been counting down the days for weeks!

Seasons

I really can't believe how quickly it is turning into fall around here. As miserable as the weather was during August, and I mean really miserable, it is just as beautiful here now. We could use some rain, but it's hard to complain when we are having such gorgeous weather. The humidity has been low and the evenings and nights have been very cool. Things are turning so brown here because it's been so dry, and it just really, really looks like fall. It's very peaceful!

Soccer success

Today was the beginning of soccer season for HT. He is the only one of our three playing this year. It was a successful beginning to the season! His black cast even matches his uniform. After his game we joined some friends for lunch, then went to watch their older son play his game this afternoon. Right now we are getting ready to settle in for the ND/Michigan game, played at the same time as the Miami/Ohio State game. Thank goodness for remote controls!