...And She's Back

February completely changed my schedule. One of my older brothers left to spend a semester of study in Spain, which left a gap in our family business that my sister and I have been helping fill. By necessity I rearranged my schedule to account for the several hours a day I would spend away from home, and since blogging isn't exactly at the top of my priorities list, this blog has once more gathered dust. So, I'd thought I'd drop by and ramble on for a bit as I brush away the cobwebs.

The gifts still pile up, and are met with thanks though unfortunately most haven't been recorded. God is good all the time, whether we can see it or not.

February may have rearrange things, but it was nothing compared to March. Three people admitted to the hospital through the Emergency Department on three separate days over six days was one crazy week. It was one heck of a week which I hope never to see the likes of again. The gifts did flow freely if one just looked for them. We were immensely blessed with the gift of groceries from our church family for two weeks afterwards, which was such a soothing balm during that time. April has been calm thus far and hopefully will stay that way, though we will head back to the hospital in a couple weeks for little man's next surgery. The summer should be a marvelous vacation though, compared to this past Winter/Spring. Things seem to be falling into place for BWSC. Since I missed out on the Greenville conference, I'm forward to BWSC that much more. I'm sad though that so many great people aren't able to go this year. It's also my last year attending as a student. Just another thing to make me feel old - aging out of the college age bracket. I'm thinking about getting my CNA training over the summer while things are quiet, if everything works out. Then in the fall, it'll be back to the hospital again with little man for his foot surgery. After that? Only God knows.

One thing lead to another, and I'm leading the homeschool ball again this year. There have been a bit more frustrations this year, but so far things have been working out. It really is like planning a wedding reception every year (which is probably why the leadership usually changes every year!). I'm excited about our Robin Hood theme, though in some ways I wish we could've done a Titanic theme this year I know it would've been a lot harder than Robin Hood. The hardest part is probably trying to make it both formal and like Robin Hood, while on a small budget. Scratch that, the hardest part is getting people to register in a timely manner. We're only a week or so away from the early bird cut off and only have a handful of registrations. Why are homeschoolers such notorious procrastinators? Just a few more weeks before the event, and I'm starting to get nervous. All the planning doesn't bother me, I really enjoy it, but the crunch time can get stressful sometimes. It's the couple of weeks before hand when you wonder if you'll even get enough people to register, or if you'll forget something extremely important, or if something will go wrong at the last minute, or if someone you are counting on to do something either doesn't do it or doesn't do it well. So many things can go wrong, and the less time you have before the event the harder is it to fix. Hopefully all major crisis' will be avoided, and enough people will register so we have a decent crowd. And most of all, hopefully I won't worry myself sick.

I've been trying to start reading again. I've done a simply awful job reading this past year. I have about six books I started in 2011 that I am really wanting to finish, along with a couple books I recently started. It doesn't help that I'm a slow reader!

I have an adorable niece that is growing up so fast. I can't wait for her to start talking, crawling and walking, but I'm also enjoying every single minute of the stage she's in right now. She's definitely a cutie pie.

Well, my time is out, but I guess this is enough rambling for now. Kudos to you if you've actually read all this without skimming. ;) Actually, kudos to you if you are actually reading this, I doubt anyone actually reads this anymore. Until next time...toodles!