May 13, 2024 - Monday



School was pretty easy today, but I also skipped a subject because I'm starting to feel like...why don't I just stop now? I found out for sure that Uncle Ed's funeral is next Wednesday, which is sad for us. But we can't do anything about it. I'm feeling extremely anxious about leaving. We have all of these stupid pets now and I just don't know how they're going to be taken care of properly while we're gone!

I couldn't go to HC tonight because CACH had their fall planning meeting tonight and, for the first time, I actually had to do some leading! I mostly was just a scribe and I made a spreadsheet for our classes, but I thought it was a fun evening and everything seemed to turn out all right. I have no desire to be the actual person in charge of the next one, but that is my job so I'll need to just suck it up.

After the meeting, the other leaders wanted to go get ice cream. It was already 9pm and it was the very last thing on earth I wanted to do, but I did it anyway, just to be a joiner. It was very boring. And lengthy. Not a whole lot more to say about that! We just talked about our kids and homeschooling and it was super cold outside. Idk. I'm probably just being negative, but I really would have preferred to be home in my pajamas. Plus, Ben texted me, asking if I could bring him home some Rita's, but I didn't see the text until after they closed and he was super frustrated with me when I got home. I felt like it was pretty unfair of him to just expect me to have my phone out when I'm visiting with people, especially after I ASKED him if he wanted anything and he told me NO! But, alas, he was upset, and I felt bad for missing his text. 



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