August 29, 2025 - Friday


I started school in the morning, because we still have a bunch of things to get done for this week, but everyone wanted to go to the LHM park day, so we left at 10:15 to go there. I, of course, was dreading it. This group is such a challenge for me! I just don't feel like I fit in here. Alas, we went to the park and I found a spot to sit...kind of intruding on a conversation happening between a couple of other moms, one of whom I had met once or twice. I was very grateful that Sara (who is in one of my other co-ops) got there soon after that and she and I talked for a long time. I definitely feel like we click well, but she's the kind of person that clicks well with everyone, it seems. :) A very endearing quality in a person! But not one that I trust, because I never feel like I really know if they like me or if they just like everyone. That sounds pathetic. Me and my stupid trust issues. Christine came over after a little while and joined us, along with a new mom to the co-op. It ended up not being a bad time, all-in-all. I gathered the kids together around lunch time and we headed to the post office to finally ship off that package of curriculum that I sold (WOO!!!). Glad to check that off the list! Then I grabbed Chick-fil-A for lunch for all of us. Ben got to work from home today and that was his request. 

We did not do more school in the afternoon. I spent a while cleaning and getting dinner and dessert ready for the Traders, then we left around 4:15 to bring stuff over to them. We got to meet Amelia for the first time! She was a very tiny, very sleepy baby. The girls couldn't stop oohing and ahhing over her. :) We took Seth with us and dropped him and Jonas off at Max's for their first sleepover together. I hope they have such a great time! Max's mom, Brittany, was telling me at Wild & Free that she just feels like kids should be hanging out in person so much more than they do. It's like they don't even realize that, so they don't even know to ask for it. They're all just so used to not seeing their friends. I'm glad she took the initiative to plan this hangout. The boys seem excited for it! 

With Jonas gone and Ben gone to play MtG this evening, and the younger girls in bed by 8:30, I just put on a fluff show for me and Clem and spent HOURS getting my brain organized. I have felt so frazzled and pulled in a million directions lately. I needed lists and comprehensive calendars and real ORGANIZATION!!! So that's what I did and it was so therapeutic and good for my heart and my brain. I tackled nearly ALL of the little tasks that have been on my mind to do lately, probably a dozen of them - both personal and work related, all administrative. I feel like I'll actually be able to use the weekend productively to start packing for Maine and to get things ready for our first co-op days on Thursday and Friday, AND for my first parenting meeting work day on Wednesday! Not looking forward to that, btw. Hopefully I'll squeeze in some relaxation too. :)

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