February 21, 2017

Tuesday.  I'm on my A-game today.  I got up at 5:40 a.m. to see Julia out the door for Temple Baptisms with her beehive group, and never stopped until I fell into bed at 11:00 p.m. with body aches, chills, and the beginnings of a fever.

I wanted to climb back into bed and fall asleep once Julia was gone, but I knew my day was ultra busy, and I really wanted to get a run in.  So, I got dressed and joined my old pal, the treadmill, in the darkness and started running.  I felt so powerful this morning.  I ran a speedy (for me anyway!) three miles before even really starting my day. Due to the holiday yesterday, I had the cleaning ladies come today.  We cleaned and cleaned for hours.  Then it was laundry and lunch and a quick shower.  I could never get Lance to fall asleep, so on we went with the afternoon schedule.  I ended up driving to the high school three times in two hours.  Julia had basketball practice and Emma had track.  We had piano lessons, and then the girls had volleyball practice.  I spent the whole afternoon driving and driving.

At about this time, Greg came home from work with a fever and chills.  And Lance fell asleep in the car.  Major bummer.  I put him on the bed next to Greg, made Greg some soup and toast, and headed back out the door to pick up the girls.  I was feeling so bad for the girls.  They had both been exercising for hours!  And I knew they would be exhausted and starving.  Which they were.  I swung by Wendy's and got them both a chicken sandwich and a frosty.  They were super grateful.  And even though they were really tired, we headed straight to Young Women's.

6 P.M. -- Lance is sound asleep.  :(

When I got home, Greg was super sick and asleep.  So, I just kept right on going.  We did homework and showers and more laundry and bedtime stories.  I have been loving helping Owen read at night.  He is getting so good!  I have also been reading a book to the little boys, "Because of Winn-Dixie."  It is a really cute story.  I read them a couple of chapters and then kissed them good night.

I had a brief moment to look out my front door and see this gorgeous sunset.  I called all the kids over to see it.  What a beautiful world we live in!

It was only at this point that I got around to asking Miles about his Scout activity.  I was so surprised to hear that they had gone out to the Arizona strip in the BACK of our neighbor's truck and shot guns into the desert.  My mommy senses were tingling.  I felt all sorts of alarm while hearing about this.  I'm sure this type of activity breaks all sorts of rules. But I'm super proud of myself that I stayed very calm and enjoyed listening to Miles tell me all about it.  He had a great time, of course.  So, as Scarlett says, "I'll just think about this tomorrow."

For now, I'm sick.  And super cold.  Good night.