What A Week

So, here I am, typing away at 2:30 in the morning when I should be sleeping. This week really dragged me down. It started with a really busy weekend, which was fun but not at all restful. Saturday we went to a pancake breakfast in Albany, then took the kids to the bank. We decided that Jordan and Karlye are old enough to have an allowance ($1.50 a week, split 3 ways between church, savings, and spending - woo hoo!) and to start learning to manage their money. In preparation we emptied their piggy banks and had them deposit the money in the "big bank". It was even more fun and educational than I had planned because they got to go in the back with the teller and watch all of their change be counted. Then it was off to the mall to play and eat lunch; then we picked up Marta and Micah and went home. Justin and I had league bowling in the evening, and I bowled my best game ever, a 149, topping my pathetic 91 average by an impressive 50 points. Since it was Valentine's Day, we went out to eat afterwards, and then we came home and crawled into bed. Jordan was up half the night throwing up, but was fine the next morning so we all went to church. Then we drove to Janesville and spent the afternoon with Lydia, Brandon and the boys before dropping Karlye off in Monroe. By the time we got home it was 7 o'clock (bedtime for the kids) and we still hadn't eaten supper. Monday evening Jordan came down with a fever, Wednesday Justin had a root canal, I spent the week fighting cramps, a headache, and a sore throat, and Friday Sasha started sneezing, coughing, and feeling miserable while we were going going going running errands, etc. Friday night we switched Sasha from her crib into her "big girl" toddler bed so that some friends who recently had a baby could have the crib, and that went surprisingly well. She stayed in bed all night, and well after she was awake in the morning, not actually getting out until I went upstairs to get her dressed and she asked for and received permission to get out of bed. Then today, or I guess now it would be yesterday, Justin spend most of the day at Pitcher's Pub participating in Bar Olympics. I had a 3 hour team meeting with a freelance client I've been doing a lot of work for lately, which happened to be at the same time Jordan was supposed to be at a pool party. We also got several inches of snow which needed to be shoveled before I could leave the house. Thankfully my mom was able to come out and watch Sasha, and at the last minute the pool party was rescheduled for next week since the birthday boy came down with strep throat. Tomorrow we're driving to Watertown to help celebrate my niece Hailey's first birthday. All in all, I'm so thankful that every day is a new day with blessings of its own, and I'm praying for an easier week this coming week so that I can relax and start breathing again. Now I'm sending myself to bed, hoping that I'll be able to get back to sleep.