September 20, 2023 - Wednesday


Remember that nonsense I posted yesterday about the week dragging? Well, it's no longer dragging. It is suddenly rushing by, with less than 36 hours until we leave, and I AM NOT READY. *face palm* I've been thinking about getting ready for weeks, but actually putting stuff in bags isn't done yet. And then there's all of the things you don't think about initially: hair stuff for the girls, stacks of absolutely necessary books, board games, medicine, nail clippers, extra blankets, extra hoodies, snacks, packing lunch, camera stuff, charging tablets, picking out DVDs, making cookies for MJ's birthday. The list goes on. In truth, I'm probably about halfway done packing. I'm not in bad shape. But I wanted the house to be clean and I wanted to go to bed at a decent time tomorrow. We'll see how it all plays out. 

We did school today and it went well. I dropped the bags off to Anne and also handed off a bunch of things that I need to return to people at the same time. :) I don't think I'll be able to make it to cell tomorrow evening because we are leaving at 5am on Friday and I just think it's too much. Plus, Ben wants me to be social distancing. He's even wearing a mask to work tomorrow. I'm going to miss Brittany's teaching though and I'm so sad about it. Who knows? Maybe I'll be packed by mid-afternoon and able to be there with a mask on. It seems unlikely, as it is currently 11:45 pm and all I can think about is the millions of things I need to get done in the next 24 hours. 

Oh, I cut all of the girls' hair last night! They're all really happy with their new do's and I just really love that Ruby's hair isn't in her eyes anymore. 

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