When Did My Life Get This Busy?

I'm not sure when my life got this crazy (oh wait, I guess it was when school started again) but I am barely keeping my head above water. If I have a productive yet restful weekend then I can usually trick myself into thinking I'm on top of things during the week. But since I was out of town last weekend and didn't have that time at home, this week has seriously kicked my butt. It's a good thing we're off school next Thursday and Friday for Fall Break, but that means I still have to make it through Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Aargh.

My big girl tap shoes with stripey socks. They were a little slippery on the dance floor and at one point my lunge got away from me and I'm lucky that it didn't end in a 911 call...it wasn't pretty. Thank heaven there are only 2 of us in the class along with the teacher (what happens in tap class stays in tap class).

I dropped Landon off at the church yesterday for a Scout Camp Out but then ended up staying and talking to one of the other moms for over an hour (it was delightful), so I got to see our former Bishop (who is now their scout leader) get the boys in formation complete with vintage scout hats. (Click on the photo to enlarge. Landon is the 4th in from the right.)

Adam, Amy and the girls came over for game night last night and mocked us with their new iPhones.

 Bella slept over so Whitney could NOT have been happier.

This morning I met up with my friend Cathy to go walking around the temple grounds (it's a .75 mile loop) and we just kept going and going. Every time we got around to the starting point we'd say "one more time" because we just wanted to keep talking. It was great, but I've been paying for it all day. By the time I got home I had 13, 775 steps on my pedometer (my daily goal is 10,000). That little white item on the ground near Cathy's foot is a mini marshmallow. She had found a bunch of them in her coat pocket and even mashed one on her toe to act as a blister barrier, so she put one on the ground as part of our photo...cute.

This tree looked so pretty with the early morning sun shining through it, plus the temple is in the background (though you can't really see it in this picture).

There is major construction happening on our street directly in front of our house, so every time I return home from somewhere I have to wait for several minutes until it's clear for me to go. This afternoon I was returning home from Costco when the orange-vested worker person (who makes double what I make at the school by the way) told me it was going to be a 10 minute wait. I informed her that I live at the house with the cement mixer in front of it, so she worked some magic with her walkie talkie and got me through in about 2 minutes instead. I've got connections.

Both Landon and Whitney have been talking about wanting a job like this because the money is good, so I've had to explain to them how it's important to factor more than just the dollar amount of a job when choosing one's employment.

**How was your Saturday?

Are you exhausted?

Has a lunge every gotten away from you?**

Comment Window Tidbit: I visited with both Robyn and Lori at different times today. Viva familia!