March 30, 2015

Look what came in the mail today!  We are super excited to give it a try.  Owen helped me get it out of the box and get it set up.  Now we are just waiting on some big blocks of ice to freeze.  We have twelve different flavors and lots of cups and straws.

That machine will make a LOT of shaved ice! Yum!

An enormous wind blew into town today.  It knocked down power lines and disrupted life for a lot of people.  Tennis and baseball both got cancelled (which was SO nice!), but Miles and Greg carried on for the golf clinic and Emma kept at it on the high school track, nearly blowing over!

Lance and I rode in the car for over an hour delivering and collecting all of our athletes.  Once at home, I made some pork chops with Mom's bbq sauce and put them in the oven.  I still feel like I'm a couple of steps behind in life.  But I'll catch up, hopefully.

As I dropped off Emma at Polynesian dance, I passed Sunee in the parking lot.  She was there to pick up her girls who take the class before Emma.  We could only roll down the window and say a quick hello before cars pulled up behind us and we had to move along.  I haven't seen Sunee for a month.  And I haven't even talked to her either.  It's sad.  I shed a tear or two when I told Greg about registering Owen for kindergarten and how I didn't put Sunee down as the emergency contact.  I just didn't think the school would be able to get a hold of her if they tried calling in an emergency.  I didn't put my parents, either.  They aren't always here, but I did list them on the form as someone who could check my children out of school.  So, I finally put my neighbor, Kelsey, across the street.  At least she's close.  But as I told Greg, it made me start to cry.  I feel like I have a lot of friendly people in my life, I just don't have a close friend anymore (at least not within the same zip code).  I don't have anyone to call in the day if I want to go for a walk.  Nobody comes over to visit and chat while the kids play in the backyard.  Nobody comes over at all.  I'm not the type of girl who gets invited on the annual ski weekend (that a huge group of girls in my neighborhood go on every year!), and Greg and I didn't even get invited to the adult Christmas party this year.  We got axed.  Ha!

Sometimes I think about how I'm too busy for friends anyway.  It's probably all my fault for not going to book clubs and social lunches...But then I miss it.  I'm a little lonely for friendships, I guess.  And as I get older, I'm learning that it takes a lot of time and effort to start from scratch and build a new "best friend."  Oh well.  I really don't mind being alone.  :)

Mom and Dad texted that their power is out for the night, so they are reading my blog in the candlelight as they sit in bed.  They say they are having a great time, cherishing every word.  I'm thankful for their undying support.  They will always be my biggest fans! :)