Time, playing with some ideas for the future **
Time is flying by. June is nearly over. What? I need to plan more activites for the kids, instead of just hanging out day to day. I don’t want them to get bored. Owen misses school, especially his friends. He keeps asking to go, so he can see his friend Alex 🙁 I tried explaining that he won’t go back for a couple of months, and that there will be new students in his class. I hope he transitions easily in the fall and makes some new friends. It took him over half of the year this year to start to relax and open up.
Ethan’s birthday party is this Saturday. I’m really hoping that it doesn’t rain. We are looking at a 30% chance right now. I still have quite a few things to pick up for the party: cupcakes, watermelon, other various fruit, balloons, water guns for the kids, bubbles for the kids and items for the little loot bags. Why are parties so expensive?? Thankfully, Jamie gets his first paycheck that includes his new raise on Friday, so I have a little bit of cash to play around with. We worked on our finances for quite a while last night. We finally feel like we have a little bit of breathing room. We were looking at larger houses last night too, on real estate websites. There just weren’t any that really caught our eye. I think we want more land with our next house purchase, but that would mean moving to a different county. Eh who knows, it’s a few years away before we seriously want to think about moving. We’re also playing with the idea of keeping our house, and purchasing a condo at the beach. We both love the beach, and could see ourselves living there. Maybe we will move there full time one day. I have a feeling there will be a few changes in the next few years. All in good time though.
I haven’t got on the elliptical in almost a week. Eek! Why have I been so lazy?! It’s on my to-do list today. I’m never going to lose anymore weight if I get complacent. I had hoped to lose another pant size by now. I need to get my butt in to gear (story of my life). I’m probably going to struggle through my workout today, as I haven’t had a somewhat decent night sleep in about 2 weeks 🙁 Its hard to function when you are always tired and grumpy. Not to mention I have been suffering from horrible headaches every evening for the past week. I’m not sure if it is sinus related, or from not wearing my glasses (which broke). Either way, I’ve got to figure out how to make them stop, and soon.
I’ve got the kiddie pool out filling up with water so the kids can spash around a bit. I’m hoping the sun comes out enough today to warm the water up some. I’ve been wanting to take them to the public pool, but we haven’t gotten around to it. Mom and dad invited us to dinner at the campground for the 4th, so we’ll probably take the kids then atleast.
** Edit
Ugh, so I just changed Owen’s clothes and he is COVERED in a rash made up of small red bumps. His torso, boy parts and face are covered. How did I not noticed this sooner? Off to the dr we go in a few. I looked at his throat and he red tonsils and white blisters. I’m thinking he probably has Scarlet Fever.