No More Big Blue

Well, Sean sold his truck. It's strange... I hated that thing. I always threatened to leave it somewhere with the keys in it, hoping someone would steal it. I threatened to push it over a cliff. I threatened to give it away to anyone who would come drive it off. I told him it would take forever to sell that piece of crap. He put it up for sale and it was gone the next day. What do I know about trucks? Nothing. We had a couple guys calling from out of state wanting to buy it, for heaven's sake. The buyers came down from Logan. Crazy! I'm not so sure how I feel about this. We had it for so long, and the memory of it is so tied up in Sean. Sean without his old, beat up truck just doesn't feel right. From now on, anything he tears apart and rebuilds has to be some sort of classic sports car. Or a motorcycle. That would be cool.

Dropping Out of High School

Well, Josh had that one bad day, and now he loves kindergarten. He goes willingly and happily off to school. So that's a big relief. Now it's me who wants to drop out. Ugh. I have never had this hard a time going back to work. I mean, it's always a disappointment that summer is over, but usually I'm a little excited to get back into the routine. I start thinking about things I want to do with my students and making mental lists, I get excited to see if my older girls will like their classes, I gear up and get happy about it. This year I just can't muster up the energy. I went in today for a few hours to get my disclosures done and start to straighten up. Walking into the school was so familiar. Usually that's a good, comforting thing. Today it was an I've Spent Way Too Much Of My Life Here FREAKOUT kind of thing. The custodians moved everything out to clean the carpets over the summer, so all my stuff is stacked all over and I've got filing cabinets in the wrong place, and I just looked at it all and started to cry. Seriously, I've never done that before! I mean, not big sobbing tears, but just little poor-me tears. I love my job and I'm sure I'll get myself all sorted out really soon, but right now I'm having a hard time of it.

We've done some fun things the last week or so, trying to get it all in while we can, but it still feels like I need a few more weeks. We went camping up at Rockport, and it was this freakishly cold day, so we all froze. It was crazy. Lexi wouldn't sleep that night. She got overly tired, so she did that thing where they cry uncontrollably over nothing, and then she was happy, but she was singing Macho, Macho Man over and over again while we all cursed silently in our beds and vowed never to go camping again. I think we may still give it another go in September, but we haven't sufficiently recovered from the last one, so we'll see. We also went boating with one of Sean's friends, went to a Bee's game, went to the county fair, and went to the drive-in with Cami, Steve, Mindi, and Marilyn. Brittney and I have been staying up late every night watching movies. It's been a good summer. I'm going to try to hold on to it a little longer.

Dropping Out of Kindergarten

Josh decided that two days of kindergarten was enough for him. I had to pretty much drag him back today. Literally. It wasn't pretty. The main reason he hates it, he informs me, is that they made him play Duck, Duck, Goose yesterday. And he didn't want to. He didn't want to chase anybody. And they might make him play again if he goes back. He wouldn't get his shoes on, wouldn't get in the car, tried to climb back in the car when we got there, and wouldn't let go of my leg. His teacher came and took him from me, so he did go in, crying. We'll see how he is feeling when I pick him up, but I'm envisioning the next 13 years of fighting this kid on going to school. Heaven help me, I need a margarita.



I've been going through pictures and albums and trying to organize a giant hacking mess (as Britt would say) and came across that sweet pic. I love it. Also love this one.



Took the boat out tubing yesterday. We let Courtney's boyfriend come with us. Sean likes him OK, as much as he can like any teenage boy that wants to date his daughter. Sean got out there on the tube with him while I drove. I flipped Sean off (of the tube, not sign language) and tried to flip her boyfriend off, but he held on too tight. So Sean pushed him off. LOL Maybe that was a sign. He won't clean his shotgun when you show up to pick up his daughter, but he may shove you off a tube in the middle of Pineview.

The latest events

It's been a fun summer so far. I've got some massive projects that it's time to tackle, so I've been spending lots of time staring off into space and visualizing myself doing them. Thinking about them. Planning stages, that's what I'll call it. I've been keeping really busy the last week or so playing Coffee Buzz on the internet. It's been really time consuming, but it's really paying off. I'm getting pretty good. If I ever need a second job, I could be a slamming barista.

On a related note, I saw a book at the D.I. called something like The Joy of Laziness or The Myth of Laziness. I don't know... either way I thought it looked interesting, but I was too lazy to pick it up and see how much it was he he he. Books at the D.I. are too expensive. They should be like a quarter.

So here are the latest events.

We went down to Wendover for a quick trip to see a concert and play around. I got some pics, but they're lame, so bleep bloop. Deleted.

Third (Fourth?) Annual Chamberlain Pineview Extravaganza:


That water looks a crazy nasty color in the pic. It didn't look like that irl... did it?




Sean came back in after giving Lexi a ride, and she was fast asleep. He said she loved it and wanted to go faster, but then fell asleep before it was over. She used to fall asleep on the boat last year, and she slept through most assemblies at school, as well as through trick-or-treating, both at home and with the daycare. She's my little napper.

Pioneer Day parade in Bountiful:






Josh, Sean, and Grandpa D. fishing:





Josh's first day of kindergarten. When any of us asked him how it went, he said, "We had recess. That's all I know." Fair enough.

Need a laugh?

This is how I feel about Twinkies, nachos from a gas station, and McDonald's apple pies. Yet, every so often I just have to eat them. I stay away from Hot Pockets, though.

Sean's Theme Song

I told Sean this is his song.

Pictures

I went to pull pics off Sean's phone and there was all kinds of stuff on there.

Lexi's firt official haircut. She cried the *whole time. Her hair didn't really even hardly get cut, because she woulnd't hold still.



At the park.






I don't know what this picture is of. Maybe it's Sean's proof that I'm always yelling at him.


Lagoon





Pineview



We went camping at Perception yesterday. This is one of our favorite camping spots. We usually try to go a couple of times every summer.






Yay for summer! This has been an excellent one, so far.