June 18, 2025 - Wednesday


Hump day! It definitely feels like it should be Friday by now. Alas, two and a half more days until the week is done.

I stopped by to hang out with some Torelli's this morning and got to celebrate this little girl's birthday with her for a bit. ONE YEAR OLD!! Crazy. She's such a sweet, relational babe. I got lots of hugs and snuggles while I was there. I felt so loved! 

Aside from this visit, I didn't do much besides drop off and pick up kids. I emailed the camp leader for Jonas and Ruby's camp next week and asked if I could take them out of it because I'm so darn burnt out already. He was very kind, and very persuasive, in his response. He said he will take them off the roster and refund me if I need him to, but he's been praying for them by name since we signed up months ago. He has prayerfully put them in the groups that he's felt led to create and he would be very sad for them to not go...especially since he's so short on male counselors. *face palm* How could I take them out after that? I mean, we'll get a whole day to sleep in this weekend, so that's enough to recuperate, right? It's all good. At least I won't have to go back and forth as many times AND it's closer to home! 

Everything needs to be cleaned and organized tonight for Patrick and Erin's visit tomorrow. Things aren't looking too bad, but I can't help but feel a little embarrassed about the clutter and whatnot. Erin's house is always very uncluttered and perfectly clean! However, it also smells like dog pee, so we all have our issues, I guess. 

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