August 13, 2025 - Wednesday


Today was a pretty good day! Brit cancelled our hangout this morning, due to sick kiddos, but it meant that we had the full morning to get school done. The kids did a great job with their work and, around 12:30, I headed to Christine's with Ruby and Ollie. Clem was going to come, but Jonas guilted her into staying home with him so he wouldn't get too bored.

Christine's was good! Ollie and Ruby kept the little ones occupied, while I cleaned the house and Christine worked in the gardens, both front and back. Little Lavendar was OBSESSED with Ollie! Ollie did not even know what to do with all that adoration. 😅 It was cute though. I'm thinking I might just keep going over there on the Wednesdays that I don't have parenting meetings. There's no real reason I have to stop, aside from overwhelm. Since I'm not feeling overwhelmed right now, it's easy to say I can keep going! I think I'll just have to take it week by week and not over-commit myself. 

In the evening, I was feeling pretty tired from not getting enough sleep the last two night, so we just sat and watched a family movie together for awhile. We all got into an exercising thing right before the girls went to bed and I got dared to do some sit-ups. Just to prove that I could, I got down there and knocked out/struggled through 10 of them. I could have never predicted the HUGE dizzy spell that overtook me from those sit-ups! I literally feel like I have the spins from drinking too much and it's been like four hours. I could just lean over and puke right now. I can't walk without falling over. Such a freaking disaster!

*Darn good garden haul today!

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