Yep, it's been forever since I've written. The problem with this is the longer out it gets, the less I want to write because there is so much to catch up on. Plus, we've had a lot of company and for some reason I don't like to write when we have people here. We've done so much and so little in the past couple of weeks I don't know where to start and how much to tell. Ugh! So I think about writing a lot, but then I don't because I get wrapped up in something else and then it just seems so daunting. The summer will be like that, mostly because we are traveling a lot and I don't really like to blog from other people's houses, but also because every day will run into the next and before you know it two to three weeks will have passed and I will have written nothing. Dead space, white air. Again, ugh! So I will try to get you up to speed and it will be boring and not as funny but then I won't feel so bad and can just pick up and move on until this happens again in a few weeks.
So, the last I wrote I told you about the wonderful, amazing weekend I had with my college besties April and Renee. My high from that weekend lasted several days. I still smile just thinking about it and cannot wait to see them in mid-July at April's house in New Jersey. A couple days after that was the fourth grade presentation of Colorado history. You know you are in trouble when even before the presentation starts they tell you it's going to be a "lengthy program" because there are five fourth grade classes. Way to get everybody excited for Colorado history. Lucky for me I don't know a lot about Colorado or it's history so I found it pretty interesting and may have even learned a few things. Plus, the presentation turned out to only be an hour which isn't horrible. I would have learned a lot more but when you give fourth grades a microphone apparently they don't know how to talk slowly so I missed a lot just because I couldn't understand what they were saying. They finished off with John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" which was pretty cool. Overall much better than I anticipated, but I'm a true believer in the theory that if you don't have very high expectations for something then your expectations are usually exceeded.
That same afternoon that I was enlightened by Colorado history my niece, Megan, flew in from Michigan. She just finished her first year at the University of Michigan. I wanted her to come visit last summer but it was pretty crazy with her graduation and wanting to hang out with her friends and other obligations and us moving and everything that happened with my brother, so I thought this year might work out a little better. On top of the fact that we really needed someone to watch the kids while we went to the Denver 1/2 marathon that weekend and our babysitter can't babysit on Sundays because she's Mormon. Yeah, I need to find another babysitter who can babysit on Sundays.
So Megan came to visit and didn't really have anything specific she wanted to do while she was here, so I made her come do everything I do on a daily basis. I brought her to Lifetime with me and she got to meet my trainer and the other people in my class and do class with me for a few days. I think she enjoyed it, maybe not, but I liked having her there with me. Otherwise, we just kind of hung out, ran errands and did a little shopping. Very low key, but nice to spend time with her and catch up.
Two days after Megan arrived Charlie's brother, Ivan, arrived. He came to do the 1/2 marathon with Charlie. So it worked out that they went together and started the race and ran about two miles together and then finished separately. I went with my next door neighbor and we did the race together and stayed together until the end. But everybody was happy when it was over so it was all good. Ivan and Charlie had some time to catch up and hang out and shop, which Ivan likes to do because he lives in Mexico and everything is uber expensive there, for the few days that he was here. The kids loved seeing him and even after he left Amanda kept saying she was going to marry him. Some day she will sadly realize that just can't happen.
The day after the 1/2 marathon was my birthday and we didn't do anything fabulous but I'm too old for that anyway. I like to be recognized, but don't have to have any kind of big celebration. Megan and I went out to lunch so I was good. Charlie got me a heart rate monitor which doesn't sound exciting but was exactly what I wanted but forgot to ask for so I was pretty excited. I get to try it out in my class next week. Yay!
On Friday Charlie's mom came in for the weekend. This was her first time visiting since we moved so it was great to show her where we live and show her around Colorado a little. We took her and Megan to the Garden of the Gods on Saturday where we looked at but didn't climb Pikes Peak and let the kids crawl around on the rocks. This is the second time they've been there and they really love it. Every time we go we are pressed for time so they don't get to stay long but they still have a blast.
Megan left on Sunday and Charlie's mom left on Monday and at that point the kids had two weeks of school left. Tomorrow is Field Day, which like everything else is a bit different than it was in Texas, but they are really looking forward to it. Then next Thursday is their last day of school and they are home with me for weeks and weeks. Except we aren't going to have much down time. We will be jetting off before you know it to see lots of friends and family.
So that's it, you didn't miss much. Lots of end of the school stuff that I hate and wish didn't all happen all at once at the end of the year. Amanda is already out of school so I'm dragging her to the gym and much to her chagrin she's actually enjoying it. Except if you ask she'll totally deny it. There's a million things I want to do before the kids are out of school and know I won't get them done and I'm trying to be okay with that. It's just a lot easier to throw out all their crap when they aren't there, know what I mean? But we'll be gone so much this summer it won't have time to bug me and the time that we are home we'll just want to relax, so it's all good.
Five more days, we're almost there.
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