The Friday Wrap

This was a slightly less eventful week than last. AND, thank goodness, a bit better.

Last Saturday I taught part of a private childbirth class. It went well, mostly. But I kind of had a full cup concerning this couple and thought I knew for sure what they needed, rather than waiting for them to let me know that. I'm teaching them this evening and tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to do better.

On Sunday, J&J (my wonderful BIL and SIL) invited us over for dinner. Dinner was good, but the company was infinitely better. I'm always so grateful to be related to them. We enjoy them immensely.

My brother is getting ready to go to San Diego for the summer to sell security systems. So, if you live in San Diego and a cute guy with huge, muscular arms, dark brown hair and brown puppy dog eyes knocks on your door this summer, be nice to him. Okay? He's a good guy and I think he'll do well. I'll miss him a lot.

We got to meet Sarah, my brother's girlfriend, on Tuesday. She's nice. I liked her. I didn't feel as instant a connection to her as I did his last GF (sorry bro). But, I liked her. And I can tell he does. One thing I really liked is how comfortable he was and how easily he was able to be himself with her. That was one drawback with his last girlfriend. We all adored her, but he always felt like he needed to be someone else to please her. And that's not a good way to live life. So, I'm hoping for him that things will work out with Sarah. She really is a cute girl.

My cute sister came over on Tuesday as well. She makes me happy. She's considering getting a job down here and living in this area. I'd love it. My kiddos would be in heaven. Heaven, I tell you.

Also my Mom and Dad came to see us on Tuesday. It's always nice to see them. I have been blessed with wonderful parents.

Kaitybean and Scud each played their last soccer game this week. So, soccer season is over and it's always a bittersweet thing. Especially for me, since I'm going to miss "my girls", the team I coached the last two seasons. Since I'll be very pregnant in the fall, I'm not sure I'll be able to coach next season. Sigh. It might be nice to be "just" a soccer mom, though.
Aren't they all so cute?

And here are my little soccer players. Kaitybean's hair needs help, but what else is new? I love the look on Scud's face.

Well, I showed up for my workshop last night. I had some wonderful stuff prepared. Nobody showed up. I guess that's what happens when you don't take time to advertise. Good news, though. We'll be trying it again next month. The woman in charge of workshops at Babies R Us visits nearly every doctor's office in the valley each month. She said that if I can get my flyers to her, she'd be glad to take them around. Woohoo!

I had a good talk with one of my favorite friends this week. It's nice to have good friends and to talk to them in "real time" once in a while.

Went to a mostly pointless meeting last night for my children's charter school. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm terribly excited about this school. I think it will be an awesome experience for all involved. I've been working with the founding members for the better part of a year to get things going. But, I. Am. Tired. Of. Their. Meetings. Honestly, the meeting lasted for an hour and a half. In that hour and a half I got about 5 minutes worth of useful information. The rest was blah, blah, blah and questions from the audience that could have easily been held until the end and asked without the rest of us needing to listen in. I just get frustrated when people waste my time. There's a time and place for "Rah, Rah" meetings and then there's a good application for EMAIL. And I tell you, the amount of information I gleaned from this meeting would have taken someone between 10 and 15 minutes to type up and send to all of the parents. Okay. Complaining off.

Most of all, I just have to say that I'm happy, I'm surviving and I'm still pregnant. So, I'm good. Life is good. Thanks for checking up with me!

Enjoy your weekend.