June 8, 2022 - Wednesday


Another busy summer day in the books! It was looking like a slow morning, so I asked the kids if they wanted to go to the pool. We haven't been yet and I have been wanting to check it out. Of course, they exclaimed YES! We all got dressed and headed over and when we got there, they told us that they don't open until 12. :( :( The kids were SO UPSET. Ollie laid on the ground crying and everyone else just moped around confused. Super frustrating! The fact that I paid $300 for a pool membership that I'll only be able to use at inconvenient times is not something I'm happy about at all. The pool opens at 10, so I thought we'd be able to go at 10! As a consolation, I took them to the splash pad in Hilliard. They had a good time and nobody complained once they knew they'd still get wet and have fun. 

After the splash pad, we rushed home, ate lunch, refreshed waters, dropped Jonas off at camp, and headed to Fancyburg to hang out with Melis and Naz. It was so good to see them after a couple of weeks apart. I had a great time visiting with Melis and the girls all had a fun time with Naz. They didn't all play together the whole time, but nobody was left out and everyone was happy, so I guess that's all that matters! We'll get to have dinner with them on Saturday too, which everyone is looking forward to. 

We got back a little after 4 and I started dinner, cleaned, did laundry, picked up Jonas, ate, did baths, put clean clothes away, scrubbed the vomit stain on my bedroom floor, etc. It's 8:30 and I've finished reading to 3/4 kids. One more to go and I'll be able to relax for a whole hour before I go to sleep and then start the next busy day in the morning. It has been a good week so far and I am managing to keep it all together, but I'm still having that same feeling of grasping at all of the pieces of paper before they flutter away. 

I found out yesterday afternoon that Uncle George passed away. It was a rough last couple of weeks for him, Aunt MaryAnn, and marme & dad. It's always kind of a relief when the suffering ends, but that's when the missing them starts. Very, very sad that he's gone. I wish there had been a different outcome, but I know that he's happy to be in the Lord's presence now and that we'll see him again someday, fully restored. 








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