Getting Back to the Surface.

Wow, June is going by quick. Here we are in the middle of it. Here's a quick recap of the last few weeks that I have been absent from the blog. There are photos still going up on flickr though.

The trip home for my grandpa's funeral was good. He had a lovely service and it was awesome to catch up with all the extended family, even under such circumstances. I caught up with almost everyone, but cut my trip super short because Zach got sick running at a hot 101 degrees. I did make the drive both, there and back, by myself. Nine hours each eay, and we only stopped once each trip. The kids did great.

I got a call yesterday from the director of the childcare at Mankato YMCA. She would like me to come to work for her. I go meet with her on Friday, but I won't start till August/September, that way we can still enjoy our summer and Jason is back in school. I am excited and ready to get out. I am nervous at the prospect of having to leave the house this winter to go to work. The hubby actually drives by in on his way to work, so maybe we can carpool on bad days.

Speaking of the man of the house, his new office is on the second floor of the post office. How awesome is that? I always ask him to mail packages for me, and months later, they are still in his backseat. No excuses now. He works 3.2 miles from the house, but is gone on TDY every week. He left today, and wont be home till tomorrow night. His work area covers Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. When he is gone, he puts Jason in charge of the house..

Which leads me into Jason and a whole nother can of worms. Lately he is super moody. Whining a lot and pouting, flopping himself around until we play into, "What's the matter now?" This is really unusual for him. I understand that he is a big brother, with not much time to himself and that he is required to share most of his things. Today the hubby made a comment that maybe it's cause there is no extra curricular activity going on. There's no soccer or karate or school. It's summer and the kid is bored. So I am looking into some summer options, starting with swim lessons. And this weekend, Jason and I are off to see Toy Story 3.

Zachary.. the kid has three favorite sayings right now: "daddy fix it" "needs charged" and "buy some, store." He wants to buy things at the store.. like bath water once it is drained. "Buy some. Store." It seems daddy can fix anything or that it, perhaps, just needs charged.

Ryan is just amazing! He is so excited about everything. His eyes just sparkle. He is well behaved, unlike the other two lately. He absolutely loves Buzz Lightyear and Woody. Both babies do. We watch it many times a day.

This past weekend, we painted the babies room and will get the twin beds set up in there and try to get Ryan from the crib to his big boy bed. And try to get Zach out of our bed. We are also moving Jason to the top floor, to a bigger room. I have yet to really set up my office, but once we get the kids moves all done, I am going to work hard on that.. Then I am going to bust out Bell's fancy sewing machine and get to work on learning to sew a straight line. Then I am determined to learn to sew zipper pouches this year.. It was a Resolution for 2010.

Earlier this week, in an attempt to simplify, I cleaned out a ton of Internet links that I don't need to waste time on visiting. I am still reading. Still my favorite past time. I am on book 28 for the year. I was only able to read one book in the last two weeks. I didn't read for one week, maybe more. And I have something to share from the book Look Again, which I just finished, and found to be a great thought:

"Bad things are like waves. They're going to happen to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. They're part of life, like waves are a part of the ocean. If you're standing on the shoreline, you don't know when the waves are coming. But they'll come. You gotta make sure you get back to the surface, after every wave. That's all."

Get back to the surface. Love it. I am so there.