hurry up and wait

so here i sit at the computer on a rainy friday night wondering what else should i be doing? probably nothing since it's already 10:00 :)

we had a good week! the kids did well with their tests, homework, reading for AR testing, etc. wednesday was our first 1/2 day and we didn't let it go to waste. griffin got a haircut. a very needed haircut! he was my lil chia pet! he's looking very suave now. cassandra was running for student council historian but she didn't win. she was pretty disappointed. she felt like she could do a great job because she says loves her school and that would drive her to do good things for them. i know life is full of little disappointments and she wasn't falling apart but she was down. i tried to tell her the right things and give her a pep talk but ultimately i felt awful that hugging her couldn't just instantly make it better. i reminded her there will be other opportunities later on.

as for the weekend, shane is doing more work in the backyard. i am teaching sunday school with my two awesome assistants. my one assistant is pregnant with her first baby. i am very happy for her but partly sad too. i guess some things don't change, huh? they are not finding out the baby's sex so now she's going to keep me in suspense until january.

it's dang near the end of august and i'm done with the heat. i know i say that this time every year but geez. i really am tired of it by now. it's hot all day and hot all night. no real break. i feel sorry for the kids because they want to go outside but it's just too miserable. they get short short recesses at school but it's more outside time than they'd get at home. i'm anxious for it to be over or at least on the decline. last year for griffin's birthday (sept 24th) it was 106 degrees. i hope that's not the case this year!

we have so much coming up, i am looking forward to it! i wish it would hurry up already and get here but at the same time, i'm trying to savor it as well. i know, i am my own worst enemy for some of this! we were originally flying to san antonio in november then tickets were outrageous so we were driving and now they are decent again so they are bought and we are flying. the kids are so excited! and nervous. me too :) this is where we are staying in san antonio http://www.historicsanantonio.com/lodging/HiltonPalaciodelRio2.cfm and it looks nice! i hope the kids enjoy all the stuff we have planned.

i can't even begin to tell you how excited we are about disneyland. alyssa gets in the car with me today to go to weight watchers and she says "we go to disneyland now!" and i thought "don't i wish!" she's soooooooo our kid ;)

so that's about it for us. just the usual stuff going on.