randoms

I finally gave in and took a nap this afternoon, something I haven't done in a really long time. I decided not to fight it after I was driving home from meeting my friend Lucy for brunch and doing a bit of shopping (last minute Halloween and even some Christmas shopping), and noticed my blinks were a little too long for my own good. It felt good to give in, needed.

I ran 11.1 miles Friday. Yes you read that correctly, 11.1 miles. It's the longest I've ran in my life. I must say, I'm impressed. I honestly didn't think I had it in me. What's even better is I could have run the extra 2 miles to make it a 1/2 marathon, but decided to wait to November 5th, race day, to meet my ultimate goal. Of course it didn't hurt that I ran down a canyon lined with yellow and orange covered trees.

I'm frantically putting the finishing touches on Tess' costume, or trying to at least. Remind me again why I'm making it? It was suppose to be an easy "no sew" costume (of course it was), but it's not turning out quite the way I had envisioned. Bleh! I'm really hoping the makeup will add the extra punch it needs.

I need a last minute costume idea for myself? Adam and I are invited to a "costumes strongly encouraged" Halloween party. We never dress up so I have nothing and really no good ideas. Are you dressing up? If so, what will you be?

I've been in a bit of a reading drought lately. Nothing has been calling to me and everything I start I have no desire to finish. Last week we chose The Little Book to read for bookclub and I'm hoping it will be engaging enough to keep me interested. What have you read recently that you've loved?

Adam's been out of town the last couple of days. I usually don't mind it the first night, but then it grows old and we all just really want him back with us. He definitely adds a layer of goodness to our day we can't get anywhere else.

The best part of my day was sitting around the dinner table eating homemade pizza with my girls chatting about anything and everything. We do it every night as a family so I don't know why it would stand out tonight, but it did. It seemed different somehow, exciting. I think there is a serious buzz surrounding the upcoming holiday (they have their school parties on Thursday, no school Friday) and for some reason Megan's really excited to wear her new boots to school tomorrow. I can't pin point exactly what it was, but it ended my day in just the right way.

And now it's time for bed. Good night.

deep breath

i'm exhausted.
my mind is fried.
my emotions are too.
i've got a huge community party to make flyers and posters for that i've worked on all day and only have a rough draft to show for it.
i've had to reschedule all our "scheduled" summer activities & find time to re-fit them in.
i've been on the phone with about 20 different people, no exaggeration, for various reasons. some of them two or three times.
i've got several days worth of photos to edit for others & myself i need/like to get to.
i've got loads of laundry backed up waiting to be folded
i just found out, literally 20 minutes ago, i'm supposedly hosting a cub scout roundtable in less than a month and i don't know what a roundtable is let alone cub scouts. what in the world?
amongst all this i'm trying to prep to leave town on monday and I haven't had a moment to consider what I might need.

i know this doesn't seem like that big of a deal, and it really shouldn't be because i'm getting it done, it's just the weight of everything i need to do and all the new stuff getting thrown at me feels heavy today.
i'm exhausted.

deep breath.



i'm grateful to robyn and jill for having my girls tonight. they certainly had no idea how my day would evolve and it's nice to be minutes away from climbing into bed with a book and a quiet house. so although i am overwhelmed on so many levels at this moment I am blessed. I know it will all be ok.

ramblings

I was up late last night, a little too late, being creative and spending time with friends. It's crazy how much you don't know how much you need those evenings with other women, creating, until it's been absent for a time. And over all, it hasn't been long at all, but I guess that's my point...i need those experiences to keep me sane. Crazy how I got along with out them.

At any rate, I'm tired, wicked tired and I keep wondering how I'm going to do a midnight showing of harry potter tonight. Am I making a huge mistake? Of course not. I shouldn't talk silliness. I'm quite excited to see the movie and don't mind staying up for it. In preparation, I think after I'm done writing this a nap is in order, or two. Some caffeine perhaps...in the form of chocolate, though I think I'm going to have to go with caffeine in the version of a soda if I'm really going to get what I need.

So in my attempts to stay up I won't sit down. I've been trying to keep myself moving at all costs. My house has benefited greatly, though, listening to a book while working has been an utter failure...my mind is not all there. And so that has finally brought me to my point of my ramblings today. While working, while trying to keep myself up, I found this list or note or scribblings from one of the girls.


[if you can't read it is says "goals on massage dad: back, head, legs, back"]

I believe it's Tess' handwriting and I'm not surprised as she seems to be the one to head up these massages for her dad almost on a daily basis...she loves to please him. It goes something like this. All three of my girls unanimously squeal with excitement as Adam pronounces a daddy daughter movie night. Somehow those movie dates have turned into full on massages for Adam. He lays face down and one of the girls rubs his head, another his back, while the other rests, important to have the rest period, and then they switch. Sounds crazy I know, but they love it and so does he. In fact, there are nights that I have to break up the fun and force them all to bed.

At any rate, this note made me smile, on an otherwise tired, weirdish day, and reminded me how much i love my life.

xo
amy

**anyone else going to the midnight showing of HP?
**don't you just love what you find around the house?

it's been one of these kinds of days

You know the kind of days that start at 5:50am and don't quit until sundown. Ya, it's been that kind of day. I don't always embrace those days, come on there exhausting, but today I did because it's a Monday. I'm always more receptive to getting back to work, hitting my to do list hard on Mondays. Tuesday-Sunday...not so much :)

Sure feels good to get in bed after getting so much done.

Goodnight Monday...

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p.s. Bella's reading over my shoulder correcting my grammar. I don't know if it bugs me or just embarrasses me that she's catching my mistakes before me.