I have it all day. I blame the crow. I am about to go downstairs and launch into the homework-dinner-activity days-bedtime roller coaster that, once started, you cannot get off until the very, very end.
I feel like this year is very different from previous school years. The kids aren't having as much fun with their work. I understand that is to be expected. Except I didn't expect it. And I'm a little sad about it, too. On the flip side, they work more independently than ever before. Hey, wait, maybe I don't feel as important and crucial! Whatever it is, it is different. I remind myself we are only a couple of months into school, and routines take time to gel.
We have been getting rain finally during this record drought in Texas. I thank the Lord daily for it. It's amazing that mankind, with our best efforts and intentions, can only pray for the Lord to make the elements work for our good. I'm grateful to Him and hopeful the rain keeps up until the land is healed. I'm also grateful for the experiences I've had with my kids praying and growing our faith.
It has cooled down to a tolerable 95 degrees, and I never thought I'd feel like that was bearable. And yet, after a summer in the hundreds and drier than dust, I feel like it is almost fall weather. It's all relative, eh?
Speaking of real fall weather, I wonder if we'll get any. I wonder if winter will hurt as much as summer did. I dread the cold ever so much more than the heat. Heat hurts, yes, but cold makes me want to cry.
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Your comments about prayer and the elements are so true. Here many in our ward have flooded basements and yards from all the rain and there the land is so dry--but humans cannot control it so that half the water gets sent to you!
We can hardly wait to see you and for Miriam and Sam to have some cousins to play with!
yes--i was so happy for you guys when i saw it was raining there. it was so needed. also, i laughed at your 95 degrees. i'm sorry, but in my book, that's unbearable! perhaps that's why we live in very different places. also, those fabrics are super fun...unlike you, however, i have no skills for creating something beautiful and useful for them. take pictures when you finish a project, please!
I agree with you about the heat and the cold. But I'm a desert rat. When it's really hot I get uncomfortable but when it's cold it just hurts. I always feel cold and it seems like no matter what I do I can't get warm. I'm hoping after Gary graduates we will move to a warmer part of Texas.
And the daily after school roller coaster makes me really happy for Friday!!
Fall has arrived and it's still stinkin' hot, but eventually it will feel like fall. We must celebrate with stew again soon. We'll wear sweaters and contemplate creative projects while wearing fabulous red lipstick. And if it were a video montage it would have a kickin' soundtrack.
P.S. I'm feeling all sentimental after looking at photos of my sweet baby nephew again. Your playlist is working right along with my roller coaster menopausal hormones. Love me some good tune-age.
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