I really don’t know where to begin. It seems that everyday, something new happens that would be totally blog worthy, yet I never get a chance to actually write about it because I’m too stinkin’ busy or tired. Then by the time the next day comes and something new happens, I feel like I can’t write about that until I write about the day before, and the cycle just continues. Excuses excuses, I know. So, I’ve finally decided that this cannot go on any longer. I don’t even know what I’m going to write about yet, but it will be something….or everything.
So, did I ever tell you I totalled the car? Yep, I t-boned another car in the middle of an intersection as the other car was running there red light. Air bags deployed in both cars, and both cars were totalled. Luckily no one was hurt, and the kids weren’t in the car. So, since then we’ve gotten a “new” van (’96 Plymouth voyager..yeah baby) and I’ve been going to the chiropractor’s office two to three times a week. Aside from having to find child care, the visits have been a total blessing.
Let’s see, what else has happened. Oh, did I tell you about the bath tub? Yeah, one morning I decided to buzz the boy’s heads, and afterwards, I threw them in the bath tub. I needed to pick out songs for worship that Sunday, so I ran out to the piano to play through a couple of songs while the boys played in the water (I know, I know, I shouldn’t have left them alone…totally my fault) Anyways, about half way through my first song, I hear Silas yelling “mom, mom, Owen….” That was all I needed to hear to stop me from playing piano and go investigate. Before I even got up though, I noticed the water was trailing into the living room, from the bathroom. Eight soaking wet towels later, the floor was dry and the boys were out of the tub. As I descended to the basement to start the laundry, I noticed, ummm, a huge puddle on the floor. That’s right, all the water had leaked through the ceiling and into the basement….directly on top of our computer table, of course. I mean, really, it could have leaked anywhere, but it had to be there. There were puddles on the keyboard, the mouse, the printer/scanner/fax, our home phone, and our digital camera (which had been left on the computer the night before). For a day and a half I thought our computer was dead. It wouldn’t turn on, and I was so frustrated. Until someone who knows about computer’s told me to unplug the computer from the back up battery, and directly into an outlet that I know works(thank you TC). Sure enough, the back up battery took the blow for our computer, and so it was saved. And everything else turned out to work fine too. Amazing!
Oh, last weekend was my ten year High School reunion. I know, I can’t believe it’s already been ten years!! I still feel like I just graduated…except for the fact that I’ve been married 8+ years and have four children. Inspite of the nerves I had going into it, I had a really great time. I went to a small Christian school of about 35 classmates, and so everybody knew everybody pretty well. It was great to see old friend and meet new spouses. Then the next day we had a family BBQ where all the kids were invited to come, along with siblings and parents, and it all went down at my parents house. Good times.
Needless to say, life has been quite busy. Eden and Olivia started school a couple weeks ago, and Silas started Pre-School yesterday. Although it’s a lot of dropping off and picking up, it has been nice to have a little quiet time with Owen for a couple hours out of the day. I hope I didn’t bore too many of you with these longwinded stories, and I’m gonna try to be more consistent with my writings from hear on out.
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Tags: bath tub, car wreck, computer, HS reunion, school