Summer Updates

This summer has been very different from any other summer. I think that will be said of many upcoming summers as well. With the ages of my kids and the life phases we are going through, summers aren’t going to be the same anymore. This is neither better nor worse - it’s just different. 

June was crazy. Actually, it’s been crazy going back to March. From the moment Nicky turned in his mission papers, life moved at full speed, and we hardly had a moment to breathe. But June was the capstone. There were things that naturally existed due to, once again, the ages of our kids and our current life phase, things like - end of school events, mission prep, girls camp, summer school, etc. but then there were the unforeseen events like Nicky’s leg injury, Zoe’s broken arm, Amber’s death, and Eva’s dog bite. Those just added to the chaos. 

Now I’ve hit the halt. This is the first week since March that hasn’t been jam packed with event after event, and between the slowing down and Nicky being gone, I’m a little lost. 

The day after Nicky left, I went and stayed at a hotel all by myself. I’d planned it a few weeks ago but didn’t book it until two days before. I almost didn’t do it, especially after Eva got bitten by the dog, and we acquired another medical bill. But Scotty urged me and booked the hotel for me, so I went! And then I made an appointment for a massage the next day. 

I went to dinner and then just hung out at the hotel alone. I cleaned up some files on my laptop, worked on my Relief Society lesson, and watched a documentary. I slept horribly (my norm right now), went to the continental breakfast by myself (that felt weird), and then checked out and went to my massage. I decided I need to do this once a month, and when I got home, I declared this to Scotty and told him we are going to need a lot of money on the side for my new routine. 

I’ve hit the point of summer where I’m overheated and out of energy. I haven’t done my traditional complaining about how much I hate summer yet, but just know, I hate summer. I just want to sleep it away.

Four weeks until school. There are pros and cons to this. Mostly pros, from my perspective, but the big con is that Zoe has to start junior high, and the thought of it makes me absolutely sick. I’ll have kids in three different schools again. Daisy will be able to get her drivers license in September, so hopefully that helps, but I’m a little worried about her driving skills. 

Anyway, I don’t have any fancy way to wrap up this post, but I wanted to do a little update, so there you go.