October 9, 2021 - Saturday


The morning started out kind of rough. I was feeling frustrated and resentful that I didn't have much solid time to relax and get the day started slowly. The kids were kind of hyper and nutty and I was just being a little bit of a jerk because things weren't going my way. Thankfully, once we got outside, I got my space and the kids got to go crazy...without driving me crazy too! I cleaned out the van, finally. It has been really messy ever since our Maine trip, so it definitely needed a good vacuum and trash clean out. Ben did a LOT too. He gathered up all of the leaves and mowed/supervised Jonas mowing the front and back yards. Hopefully he doesn't suffer too much for all of that work he did today! His leg has been feeling a little better the last two days, so I hope that means he's making some progress towards healing. 

I'm starting to feel really anxious about our Delaware trip next week. We leave Thursday. I'm not really in the right mindset to list out all of the negative thoughts swimming through my head yet. Hopefully some of them will just swim away! I keep putting the trip out of my mind so that I can stop feeling sick to my stomach. 😬

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