Stop Bringing Me Down, Man

I'd first like to apologize for my written pity party post yesterday. Things are not as bad as I made them sound--or even as bad as I meant for them to sound. A lot of my whining comes from things I signed myself up for--like Dear Friend Micheale reminds me "I'm a volunteer". So true. So I am sorry to dump on each of you in this forum.

The Boy's stitches came out yesterday morning and the doctor said his incision is healing beautifully. The nurse put steri-stips on the incision and they will stay on until they slowly wear themselves off. The Boy, much to his disappointment, can fully wash his hair and face every day without disrupting the wound. Good thing, is all I can say there.

The Girl is still enjoying swim practice, but prefers to actually swim. They only have access to the pool every other day (on "A" days) so on "B" days, at least so far this week, they are running and doing dry land workouts. They are no so fun for her. But she is getting to know the high school and the high school kids. As a freshman from the junior high, that might ease her transition next fall. Not that she will need much easing. She is mostly easy going in general. Lucky for me.

I'm preparing an assignment for our Stake Leadership meeting coming up next week. I have the spiritual thought in our opening exercises with the Relief Society and Primary sisters and then a small part in our Young Women specific section. That is my goal today, as I spent all of yesterday working on PTA. I need a break from that side of my life and the concentration on the Spirit might do me some good.

Genius Golfer is putting in long hours at his new job--new being about two weeks or so old. He seems to like it, but the hours are not my favorite. At least he HAS a job, I know. I was just spoiled when he was only 5 minutes away. Now he is almost an hour on the freeway each direction. I miss having him home for dinner and to say morning family prayer with us. He is building a department and a IT system from scratch, essentially, so there will be long hours for him for a while. SO long as he is happy, I can learn to adjust.

It is Tuesday, and while I still have many things on my "To-Do" list, I recognize I am blessed just to have the flexibility to do all the things I can do. I am blessed to be healthy enough to do them. I am blessed to have the time to do many things other ladies don't have time to do. Some day I'll have time to do other things I think I want to do, but in the meantime I am counting my blessings today and trying to enjoy the day as it unfolds. Thanks for listening, even when the whine gets turned up too loud.