It's been awhile.......

It's been awhile since my last post and although there doesn't seem to be much to write about I thought I should throw something out there.

Summer is half way over. I cannot believe it. Where are my days of fun and relaxation? Rayce is finally done with summer school but I just got a second job so I am not so sure how the vacation plans are going to work out. I have off most Thursdays and Fridays but it seems like I am so tired from the rest of the week that I don't get much enjoyment out of my free time. I am a voracious reader but this summer I have made it through one, maybe two books, tops. We have gone to the cabin once, been to one fair, one baseball game, and zero pools, zoos, parks, or beaches. Before I know it the summer will be over, I'll be into my third semester of nursing school and my life will officially reside inside of a text book. I just checked out a review book from the library so I can be sure to be ready for classes to start.

Back to books I am reading. I just started a book called "Monster Island" by David Wellington which is about zombies. So far it is pretty good, actually put it down last night to fall asleep at a very interesting turn of events, looking forward to finding out what happens. Just finished "The Zookeeper's Wife" by Diane Ackerman. This was one of the few non-fiction books I have read about a family in Warsaw, Poland during WWII that used the zoo they ran to help Jews and Poles survive the Nazi invasion. It was very interesting and I even learned a thing or two. I've also been reading "From Chaos to Calm" by Janet Heininger. It is an interesting read about a child with ADHD, something I am living daily. Reading this book helps me to deal with my child a bit more, understanding what is going through his mind when he doesn't even know.

Well, that's about as random as I can get for now. I'll try to be back soon!

Just another Friday......

Today is Friday and although I seldom work on Friday I was able to get a few extra hours in so I took them, money is money after all. It was scheduled to be a beautiful day today and so I took the cycle to work. I love the fact that I can ride almost everyday in the summer, we had some rainy days there but I think I have been on the bike everyday this week but one.

I have to ride into Mt Horeb today before going home so that I can get my servers license. I will be bartending at The Firehouse. Pretty excited to be back behind a bar, in a bar where there are no owner's sons running around thinking they run the place that is. My friends Dad owns this place but I have a feeling things are run a bit differently than the other bar I worked at.

One month from today my son turns 14. He is the last of the children to have a birthday for the year so I can then quit saying my kids are 16, almsot 14, 12 and 11. It is so hard to believe that my babies are not babies anymore, I guess that means I am getting old too.

One year from today my best friend from High School is getting married. I am sooooo excited. I have not seen her in 16 years but there has not been a single one of them that went by when I wasn't wondering what she has been up to. We have been in and out of touch many times since High school but I still feel like she is one of my best friends, I just wish she lived closer. Oh well, time for a road trip!!

Not too much else is happening around these parts. I'll try to post again soon!

Saturday with the Boys

I spent today with the boys today, only one of mine, and 4 of his friends. I took them Paintballing, it was definitely worth it. Last year I got tickets to the paintball place and decided that it would make a good 13th birthday gift for Rayce. We finally went. Now I think we need to invest in paintball equipment so the kids can just go out in our woods and do the same thing. Boys are still staying over tonight so I have a house full of teenagers right now. I guess it is better than if they were girls, LOL.

Tomorrow its a day with the dog, Dog Fest!!!

Just a thought................

I was thinking the other day that I should start using my blog the way others do, as a sort of diary to get things off of my chest and just vent about daily life while also keeping a written record of what goes on in my life. The problem I have with this is that sometimes the things I want to write are about other people and although they do not currently read this blog it is possible they may stumble across it someday. Should I really be worried? If its how I am feeling I should probably tell them anyhow. The problem with that is sometimes that just causes way more problems than it solves.

So, I'm thinking that maybe I should start with just the diary thing, here goes.

I am supposed to have Fridays off this summer but when I got offered some hours at the downtown campus I decided I kinda needed the money. I worked 4 hours today, took the motorcycle into town, yea for the beautiful weather, boo on the road construction. Riding a motorcycle in stop and go traffic is just not very fun.
I got home and planned to take a bike ride with Rayce into town, not for fun but because Rayce has to go to summer school in order to get into High School next year and he will need to bike in since I have to work. I figured we should make the trip so that he knows how long it is going to take him to get there each day. EVERY bike we have has something wrong with it, except for Brinna's which is a little girls bike that no one else wants to ride. I ended up taking Rayce into town to get a new rear wheel for his bike as well as a new chain and now he doesn't know how to put it back together. UGGHHH!
Rayce's friend is supposed to be coming over tonight because we are going Paintballing for his birthday present for last year. Haven't heard from him since he called to RSVP. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. If he doesn't get here I may end up at the beer tent with my friends after all!
Making dinner and looking forward to a nice quiet night at home (unless I can go out :-)), maybe open a bottle of wine, who knows.

BBQ, Barrels, and Bonfires

Yesterday we had a BBQ for Memorial Day weekend and had a bunch of friends come out. It was a great time, tapped the keg at about 2pm and got the grills going by about 5. Tons of brats, hot dogs, and burgers amid the other things people had brought to grill. The fire got going around 8 or so and thanks to the wonderful firebug friends we have it was very lively.

Now of course I have a huge mess to clean up!! I spent the day on Friday getting the house clean so that people wouldn't think that I live like a slob. Now, all of my hard work is undone and I must begin again. I think I may wait until later, Bratfest is waiting!!

Happy Memorial Day everyone and remember all our veterans tomorrow as you continue to relax on this long weekend.

Spring Break

Here it is Spring Break, or rather the end of it, and I am SICK!!

I had such plans. Keep the house clean (this has kinda happened but I was gonna do some real cleaning today), work on my motorcycle (I lost the key, now I will probably have to buy a new ignition and tank lock unless the keys show up soon), work in the yard a little bit (may still be able to do some of this tomorrow or Sunday if the rain holds off), and just plain relax.

Instead I woke up Wednesday morning feeling kinda yucky, super headache, crampy (thanks to my little friend), and just overall blah. Wednesday night was a friends birthday so we went out and although I was pretty congested I did sing some karaoke but should have stayed home. Yesterday was parent/teacher conferences and so I was on the go more than I wanted to be and this morning I woke up, can't breathe, throat hurts, and strange colors are coming out of orifices. Oh what fun!!

I hope that everyone else is doing well and enjoying this beautiful weather for the first day of spring. Bring on the Robins!!!!

Baby Boy

My baby boy turned 12 yesterday. I can hardly believe it. I remember when his favorite thing in the world was swinging on the swing set, I could not push him enough, now he asked for pellets for his BB gun. He also got video games of course and we went to Rocky's for pizza and games. He said he had fun and that's what its all about.

Happy Birthday "Butter"!!!