Our home has been taken down by the Maycember bug. The big weekend was too much for Marly. She didn’t get out of bed until Wednesday. She went to school for a bit before I came to get her. I think Abby actually started the train. She missed a day last week but I can’t remember which one. It took a few days (she told me 4) for her to recover. Phil stayed home Thursday and Friday. I started going downhill Thursday but powered through. Theraflu is my jam. The rain spoiled a lot this week, although we truly needed it. Monday at flag raising Voss’ patrol training ended and now he’s official. He was also student of the month for citizenship! I went to HIIT, then WD. I picked Abby up from school early for a dentist appointment since she was on her class trip when the others went. Voss built a rocket at cub scouts. Tuesday I did a 105 clinic and played nurse to Marly. We worked on nominating committee for high school and elementary school. We had a Nutcracker marketing lunch then I proctored an IB exam. Thursday I drove out to PV to play in the C team play day. The chills started on the drive while listening to The End of the Alzheimer’s Program. It’s a bit too much for me but I’m letting it do the talking. I had to do some gift card shopping for coaches. Voss was supposed to have a make up game but the other team didn’t show so they had a practice and then their end of season party. Phil and I were both feeling awful, quite the sight to see, sweating it out on the field for awards. Friday we had the check presentation for Nutcracker. We donated $57,500 to Dreams Come True, WeCare and Lutheran Social Services. I went back to high school to pass out teacher appreciation gift cards (never ending project). Phil took Marly to her swim banquet (she racked up with the coach’s award!). Ellie took the littles to the pool. I went to my C team tennis party for a bit then came home and went to bed. Saturday we slept in, except Ellie who got up and went to dance. Abby went to a paint party. My mom and SQ came to cheer on Voss for his last soccer game of the season. They won 4-1! Great season! I took Voss to Isabel’s Birthday. Then Marly to head to her semi-formal. I’m stuck watching The Last of Us, drinking tea, staying hydrated and popping cold med. I picked up the crew from the semiformal and crashed. This morning we all served at mass then had our last CCD class of the season. I took my kids on a walk around the campus talking about our lessons of the year. It was a nice ending. I’ve been begging on the coach all afternoons. Hoping this bug has run its course! Here are the pics of the week.
It was National Teacher Appreciation Week this week. I drove middle school carpool and spent a lot of time there. I was waitlisted for clinic so I went to HIIT and then WD and got the week set up, a Monday fave when Sunday was crazy. Last week of middle school swim. War Eagle swim has started for the little two (just because they have more time to go to practice than the older two). I bit the bullet and booked flights to Denmark and also the hotel for our lobster trip with friends this summer. You can imagine Phil flipped when he checked the credit card. It was a hot week in our house! It took a few days for him to cool off. No regrets on my part. YOLO! After barre on Tuesday I met Jamie at school to have students write thank you notes for teachers. Sitting through three middle school lunches back to back is not for the meek. Especially those 6th graders are awful! We had a zoom meeting for high school nominating committee...looks like I'm rolling into a VP there. Wednesday I went to HIIT, Facetimed some Danish cousins and then proctored an AP computer exam. I had a quick walk with Tracy and Laurie after trombone, during dance. Mom came over for dinner- shish kabobs! With an after party/ marriage mediation sesh with the locals at Lillians (it actually helped). Thursday we had our final PTSA meeting for middle school and got a new board, me as treasurer. We set out sweet treats for the teachers. We had a patrol parent meeting at elementary school. Later, I went to Aubree's to go over the treasurer books and get a heavy reimbursement check. Friday we did the caffeine cart at middle school then I went to help pass out teacher gifts at elementary school. Spot had a spa day and I was able to get in some Hacks in the middle. It was Phil's Birthday. To celebrate we met a bunch of friends for drinks and dinner at TCC. Such a fun group and we ended up with fried pickles at Lillians. Marly got to go to Gradventure with the 8th graders. My amazing friend, Rachel drove her home at 3am! At 8am we drove out to the pool for warm up for the city championship meet. Aunt Suzanne picked up Phil and met us out there just in time. I timed the first shift, which made it fly by. The rain finally came! Voss' soccer game was canceled so we had a relaxing afternoon. Running on fumes, Marly went to a jump park with her swim friends. She finished 4th in the 100 IM, 4th in 25 fly, 2nd and 3rd in a relay and her team finished 4th overall. Phil and I went on a date for sushi. Sunday was Mother's Day. Phil took Marly early, she was asked to crown Mary at mass. The rest of us rolled in just in time. I taught CCD (and they were not good) and then we went to my mom's for lunch. Suzanne made chicken salad. Matt (really mom) took us on a boat ride. It was a relaxing afternoon.Ellie was so sweet and got me a massage with Sherry! I always love the 'no fighting' coupons. Pizza and hot cookies for dinner, yes please. I stayed up finishing off Hacks. It was a nice day. Here are the pics of the week.
I think those last few weeks of April might be more Maycember than May. Or did I just jinx myself? Easter week was like a calm before the storm. Voss started his patrol training. I get to be patrol parent president. Meredith and I scooted to book club on Monday to discuss Table for Two, possibly my favorite short story book. The first of 3 GNO fun times this week. Next, was the MJ musical downtown, which was very good. A little harder to follow than Tina Turner but the dancing and of course music was amazing. I spent the morning at DCCPTA on Tuesday and met a new DA friend to get the scoop on Marly's new school. She had two swim meets that week, killing it at both. I went to high school to get students to write thank you notes in prep for the following week. Thursday I hosted a women on the water day- boating around town on a perfect spring afternoon. Friday morning I played tennis with my new friend, Zee to practice for our upcoming member guest. We had a Nutcracker board meeting (first time taking notes!) and then Julie hosted us for dinner al fresco on a perfect night in her backyard. Voss racked up some goals in his game on Saturday then we dipped in for the last bit of the neighborhood party honoring my dad. We welcomed my mom back to town and helped her move back in and get settled. It's nice to have her close to keep an eye on her. That night we met the Cummings and Strassers for dinner and stayed so late that we went home with leftover wedding flowers. Gorgeous! My house is full and my neighbors all got arrangements, too! Sunday we had mass, CCD then later soccer Sunday. The next week was teacher appreciation week at high school...which had me so stressed I wasn't sleeping well. They were a week early due to testing, works out for me bc then I only have to juggle two schools next week. I took the morning off then went to high school for the kick off teacher lunch, hosted by Masala. Tuesday after barre class, Emma met me at Costco and we picked up 91 dinners to pass out to teachers on their way home. My week theme was the 5 love languages. So Monday was quality time over lunch, acts of service with dinner done on Tuesday. Wednesday we put the thank you notes from the previous week in the teacher boxes for words of affirmation. The principal threw a carnival to relieve stress before testing. I helped serve BBQ to teachers while I was there. Abby got to go on a 6th grade field trip to the Kennedy Space Center! Thursday was physical touch so we had 3 massage therapists come and give teachers chair massages. I dipped out for a bit to attend the last MomCo meeting of the season and hold babies. I ubered to the other side of town to meet Phil at the kickoff for the Deerwood Member Guest. He was called in to play last minute. I had at least a week to plan, both blind dates. They did a fun Derby party with lots of fun friends playing. Friday was gift cards at high school but we moved that to next week, just too much and trying to support local! Zee and I kicked off the morning with a win for our 9am match. We played my ole pal, Renee and her friend in the second match that afternoon and ended up losing the tie breaker 3-10. We were still trying to figure it out. The girls and I with my mom and sister had dinner and then went to the DA spring recital. We were blown away by the choreography and dance, just wow! Voss had a soccer dinner date with his coach and son. Phil lost his evening match. We were all so tired and came home to crash. Saturday morning, Ellie went to the Best Buddies walk then helped me drive Voss to his camp out after his soccer match. Marly went to Target. Phil and I headed back to Deerwood. We got spanked by an 82 year old in our match. Phil got spanked by a tennis pro in his match. Still, live music, my brother and sister coming to watch, watching the derby with great food and drinks. It was a great night. And we couldn't just turn in- we had to keep going with belly dancers at the Casbah and Holy Shittake at Mellow. Goodness. Instead of getting our act in gear on Sunday, we slept in while the girls went to mass (such good kids!), Phil went to play another match, Marly and I went on the Freeman's yacht to shark tooth island. We met my brother for live music at High Tide for quatro de mayo. Abby is home sick. Voss made it back from the camp out and is now biking to a play date. Happy Sunday Funday! Here are the pics from the last two weeks.
The weather was perfect for a gorgeous Holy Week. We didn't make it to mass or all the special services. SQ and I did a 36 hour fast to kick off the week, though. Good for holy week and Dementia prevention. We had tennis clinic. quick WD run and then a swim team sign up party. I put all the practice and meet dates in my calendar to prepare for Maycember. I went to a barre class on Tuesday and then a day at the new FYC pool to catch up with my ole pal. Stacy. I popped in the watch the end of Phi's tennis match. Still getting used to having a driver for the late dance pick up. After the HIIT class on Wednesday, my brother, Matt taught me how to change the oil in the boat. It's pretty simple once you have all the materials. I took him to Firehouse for lunch. It was nice to spend time with him. I went to high school for a SAC meeting that afternoon and then back for a PTSA meeting the next morning. Doom and gloom conversations about public schools sinking into the Florida swamp...figuratively, of course. It was school spirit night at Lillians on Thursday so we went there instead of Holy Thursday mass. Friday morning we packed up and instead of doing the Stations of the Cross on our street we listened to a Matthew Kelly devotional and drove to Miami. We had a pleasant surprise visit with one of our favorite cousins, Jamie Jr. and went to Matheson Hammock beach. We all went out to a fun Colombian restaurant to break our Good Friday fast. Saturday morning Abu made a pancake breakfast and then we headed out to explore Biscayne Bay National Park. I must have googled "things to do in Miami with kids" 50 times and this NP never showed up! Thirty minutes from Phil's parent's house and it's amazing! The kids did the junior ranger packets, we got stamps, had lunch at a beach nearby, went fishing and enjoyed learning about the protected area. We had a Holy Saturday supper and then early bedtime (for some). Phil had us all up for sunrise mass (which was anticlimactic from the INSIDE of the church) serenaded by peacocks on the way in. Egg hunt and pack up and then we drove back to Jax. I finished reading The Red Tent (which was even better the second time!) and almost The Age of Vice. Once home we were invited to a Hawaiian dinner at the Fredlands which was a wonderful way to spend Easter evening.
Click here for the photos of the week. Spring time is gorgeous in NE Florida. Being outside is enough to dispel any bad mood. My mornings were pretty calm, I tried to lean into the quiet. Tennis clinic and a match with Kerri on Tuesday, bringing my win average to 79%! HIIT classes for the rest of the week with the Easter egg bonus work outs. Marly had two swim meets and swimming strong in both, short and sweet. It was pictures week at dance so we got to see the fun costumes and figure out what all they were missing for recital time. We had crummy political news with a legislative vote to cut AP, IB and career class funding because I guess our representatives want us all to go to private or charter despite what we the people want. We had a Nutcracker board meeting on Friday. Phil had a work party that night to see the Icemen. The kids and I watched a storm come in over the river at the Grove (lightning and hail, oh my!). We had a nightcap with the Strassers, kambucha and bar hopping. Saturday morning Voss killed it at a soccer game then we did a boat day with my siblings. It was a bit chilly for boat day but enjoying the spring before summer overtakes us. Fun day bar hopping on the river! This morning we went to Palm Sunday mass, CCD then breakfast. Getting ready for a foam day party and then family soccer. Here are the pics of the week.
This was a big Birthday week! Monday I had a women on the water day to celebrate my pal, Jess. Perfect (and much needed) day to take the boat out. That evening, Phil and I went to the Mazda dealership with Ellie and got her car! She’s saved $12+ in the last 5 years for this day! I’m so proud of her! She turned 16 on Tuesday! I let her skip that morning (missing another stupid state test) and went to the tax collector to get her license! It was a bit more stressful than anticipated but we had a CFA breakfast while we waited and the poof! She drove off to school! I teared up a bit before getting it together. Went for a walk and worked on PTA stuff. Phil left for a bank meeting in Tampa on Wednesday morning. Ellie’s driving came just in time because I needed her help! I had a PTSA board meeting Wednesday morning then did my own HIIT workout at the gym. Swim practice pick up, trombone and dance then I headed downtown for dinner with the girls and then Les Miserables. I’d seen the show before but it hit differently this time. Maybe following Peter Pan, but it was so good! Borrowed my friend, Liz’s shimmery dress right from the show for Friday night. Thursday my friend Ann Marie worked us out at MomCo. Full circle in MOPS, just love it! I dashed from there to middle school lunch to get students to sign a pedestrian safety pledge. Dance and soccer drop offs then to Marly’s first swim meet. She rocked the IM and close seconds to Fletcher middle, maybe the most difficult team this season. I started White Lotus and have been wasting time binging. So good. Friday I went to HIIT then tennis then put together a balloon arch. That evening we threw a Sweet 16 Birthday party for Ellie at the club. It was a wonderful party! She had about 20 girlfriends from school, church, youth group, etc. DJ Soph spun some tunes. Delicious veggie dinner on the water and then we danced the night away. Saturday morning Ellie drove herself to dance, Phil took the kids bday gift shopping, I went to mass and then a Lenten retreat at church. A great conversation about what is in our cup, for when we get bumped. I dipped out in time to see Voss work the soccer field. The team lost but he played great. I took Abby to a Birthday party on the south side. Phil took Voss to a paintball party on the westside. Ellie drove a minivan of 8th graders to Cotillion on the north side. I closed my ring walking in the parking lot and listening to Table for Two while Abby ate habachi with friends. Later Phil and I went on a date for craft beer and sushi. Sunday morning mass, religion class then I went to watch tennis while the family went to breakfast. I got to see a bunch of friends play while sipping a bloody. Happy Sunday! Family soccer then the Penance service and Five Guys for dinner. Here are the pics of the week.
There was no school on Monday; one more day to catch our breath after spring break. I dropped the middles at the ortho, Ellie at the gym and went to tennis clinic. We did a gals grocery run (nice to have all the help!) and then the afternoon reading Wicked and getting organized for the week. The girls had dance, I went to book club at Aubree’s to discuss After the Hurricane. It was one of those books I liked less after discussing it with the group; woops. I drove carpool this week and spent lots of time doing middle school PTSA stuff; signs for new students, awards were due this week and getting ready for end of the school year chaos! Maureen and I played tennis on Tuesday and pulled out a not so easy win against Oakleaf. Still laughing about my failed Australian attempt in HIIT class on Wednesday. I got to play with Kerri that night in the Ros tournament. We got a bit of a spanking but made it look not so bad in the second set. We had a pretty easy win at San Jose on Thursday morning so that felt good. Lots of tennis this week! Our 21st wedding anniversary was Thursday. We went to dinner and fought through most of it, over raising teens. That’s so 21 years! Phil arranged an after party at Lillians which ended on a high note but made Friday a bit harder. I hosted the elementary school PTA nominating committee that morning (after pressure washing all the pollen off the porch!) We combed through some drama to iron out a slate to present sometime next month. Next I went to the Nutcracker board meeting to vote on how much money to donate (love that) and rolled myself a bit out of that board into another secretary position. The Bentons had us over for oysters on the river on a perfect springtime Friday night. Of course we stayed too long and ended up in another fight. Saturday morning started early with my last drive with Ellie to FruitCove dance class (she will be driving herself next week!), Abby to a Birthday party at the beach and then met at Voss’ soccer game. Watched him score two amazing goals and winning the game! He went off to a Birthday Party sleepover. Back to FruitCove to get Ellie. We had CFA lunch with the older two then I worked on planting and trying to revive a few of my holiday plants. I’m most excited about replanting an orchid in a tree. We shall see. Phil and I had a date on the balcony of TCC Saturday night, another perfect spring night! Watching a gorgeous wedding on the lawn. Sunday morning we had mass, religion class (learning how to strengthen our conscience) then picked up some pals and went to the North FL Land trust brunch. A fun morning turned into a rainy cocktails afternoon at TCC with a different set of pals and then OrSay dinner on a Sunday night. What Sunday scaries? Here are the pics of the week
I was out of it on Monday and forgot about meeting my high school friend, Alex for lunch. Luckily she was running late and that text prompted me to hop in the car! Tennis clinic was canceled due to rain so I had more time after HIIT and a WD run. No dance this week due to spring break. Abby tried out for track. Marly tried out for swim. I orchestrated afternoon activity pick ups so I could sneak out for a quick girls beach weekend retreat with Rachael and Julie. Rachael’s daughter was sick so I headed out there first on Tuesday afternoon. I enjoyed a nice solo ruc on the beach listening to After the Hurricane. I messed up Marly’s athletic packet to try out so I had to rush and call in favors from my neighbor to help. Julie met me out first. We went out for a sushi dinner. Rachael finally showed up later. We stayed up late chatting. The condo was a perfect oasis in the middle of the week. Wednesday we went on another beach walk, hot tub hopping and a walk to dinner. The moon was gorgeous on the beach on the walk home. We went for an ocean night swim and then more hot tub hopping. Thursday morning we packed up and headed out. Lots of laughs and soul renewal. I drove all the way up A1A and met my pal, Jess and her sister for lunch at Jax beach. Phil enjoyed TPC for the day. Voss had soccer practice, I walked with Laurie and we packed up all our snow gear. We met the crew for after dinner drinks at Lillians. The Bodeck sisters ended up showing up! Friday morning I started at Play Day helping with the mixed up relay. There was drama in the neighborhood on the Westside so there was a lock out at the middle school. That complicated things for pi day. I was still able to get in there, make it happen, love on some teachers and then pull my kids out early. We picked up Ellie a bit early then made it home ahead of schedule. We Ubered to the airport to kick off our spring break trip. We flew to Atlanta for a 45min lay over! Of course the gate was moved so we had to take a tram to the next gate. We made it and guess who was on our flight to Reno? Our ole Michigander pal, Gilbo! We got into Reno around 10pm and walked to our hotel. It was close but still some drama. Lots of tired people so showers and right to bed. The next morning, rocking east coast time zone, I got up, made a coffee in the lobby and walked back to the airport to pick up our rental car. My friend, Heather hooked us up with the discount and we got a nice Expedition with AWD. We stopped at CFA for bfast then Walmart for groceries and headed up the mountain. We high fived Uncle Matt on his way down the mountain (he ended up in the sky lounge with the Freemans!) We spent the first day kina bumming around Heavenly Village. We had lunch on the lake at Riva Grill and played in the snow. That lobster bisque was perfect! We sat in the hot tub and the kids found a super steep sledding hill by Matt’s place. I couldn’t watch and went inside to read One by One, my spring break read. We had an early dinner at Base Camp pizza and walked around the shops. Sunday morning Phil wanted to ski but it was windy and I wanted to avoid the weekend crowd. We went to mass at St. Theresa’s. The kids brought up the gifts. Gorgeous stained glass of scenes around the lake. We built a snowman and had lunch at Yellow Submarine. We did a 2 mile hike to Emerald Bay, just gorgeous scenes with each turn! We sat around the fire pit at South of North Brewery sipping local beers. Phil did some gambling at Harah’s. The kids and I did a little shopping and had another snowball fight on the beach. We had an early dinner at the Tahoe Tavern (fried Salmon yes please!) and then early bedtime. We got up on Monday and headed to the ski rental place and were talked out of renting that day. We went to the Boulder lift and were talked into skiing. It was snowing but then the sun popped out for a bit. We got 3 day lift tickets. Matt’s friend hooked us up with half off passes and then the guy working the window went and grabbed 3 more! We went back to rent gear and made it back to Boulder. The older girls headed up and away. It took me a while to get the younger two geared up. Snow falling made clicking their boots into their skies so difficult. Lots of frustration that first day. It was cold! It was neat skiing through the snow (with like 3 inches on top of the skis!) and gorgeous with the snow falling. It was good to have that first day to get our ski legs back again. We stayed close to Boulder that first day. Ellie was brave and got us to go further up. We skied until close and went back to the house and crashed. We warmed up with chili, hot tub time and early bedtime. Tuesday we were back at it. We spent at least 30min in the parking lot putting boots back on. The gear is the hardest part! Finally on our way. The sky was perfect blue with fresh powder. Gorgeous ski day! We made it to the California side and tried lots of runs. Phil wasn’t feeling as well and spent more time in the lodge. Ellie was the most adventurous. The other kids made their way over, too. We skied until close again and had pizza for dinner at Matt’s place. More hot tub time and early bedtime. The final day of skiing, we were pros. Marly convinced Phil to come up with us and we all did some family skiing on the California run with gorgeous views of Lake Tahoe. Ellie and I went off and tried a black diamond called Ellie (it wasn’t nearly as bad as it looked! I think the blue moguls are worse.) We did runs from the Roundabout on the California side (accidently going on a double black diamond with lots of scary rocks and fallen trees) and made it just in time to the Perimeter on the Nevada side. It was another perfect ski day! Marly even landed a free pizza for lunch. Of course we skied until close and returned our gear. We had enough time to clean up, pack up, refresh sheets and towels for the next guest and eat dinner. We drove back to Reno, returned the car and flew back to Atlanta. Phil upgraded us to comfort plus but we slept through all the perks. Another quick flight from Atlanta to Jax and then Lyft home. We were wiped out! The red eye was brutal. We went to breakfast then took a nice nap. Ellie babysat. Abby went to dance. Voss went to soccer. I went to sleep by 9pm and then overslept and was late to tennis clinic on Friday at 10:30am! Guess I was tired! Spent the day unpacking and doing laundry. We met the Freemans for dinner at TCC and ended up late night at Lillian’s with the Strassers. Saturday I drove Marly and Sophie to Target and the pool then went for a neighborhood walk enjoying all the blooming azaleas. Ellie went to the beach with friends. Phil and Voss played soccer at the park. We went to 5pm mass then met the Freemans at Lillian’s to watch basketball. We are having a quiet Sunday morning now. Ellie is at mass with the Fredlands (since she missed mass with us last night) Marly is babysitting (that’s was prompted us to go last night). I am finally back on east coast time! Abby and Voss are glued to screens. Voss has a soccer game later today and then Phil scheduled family soccer after. Here are the pics of the last two weeks.
Monday started with a PTSA board meeting at Southern Grounds. Dotting i’s and crossing Ts. I did a day of fasting to prepare for my first colonoscopy. It wasn’t a real fast since I had to drink 64oz of Miralax. It was dicey but I was able to pick up Marly from tutoring and take Abby to her annual. She got another round of HPV and Tdap. All ready for track try outs! Tuesday, Phil and I got up early and he took me for my colonoscopy. Pretty simple, in and out gig. Not bad at all. “The best sleep of my life” was hardly that and only 20min. I had 2 small polyps that were sent off for biopsy. So now I’m all clear. We had Maple Street and then Phil did "driving Miss Daisy" after with a dental cleaning for me (clean from both ends according to my hygienist) and then dance and soccer for the kids. Wednesday was back to normal with early morning Ash Wednesday mass, HIIT class and more fasting. Trombone and dance and quick walk w Tracy. I was grateful Phil picked up the fish fry. Thursday we had MomCo and I moderated the mother in law panel. Always a good meeting…with my arms sore from holding babies! I was inspired to FaceTime my MIL and see baby Izzy. Friday was Marly’s 14th Birthday with a start at Starbucks. HIIT and adoration and then I brought her CFA for lunch. I was crabby by dinner. We tried Biscottis but ended up at TCC after a wait. I escaped to Keith & Chris for an overdue nightcap. Ellie spent the night there. Saturday I brought Ellie to dance then made it in time for Voss’ first soccer match of the season. I’m so thankful my sister brought Ellie home. Voss scored all 4 of the team’s goals. Three in the last 5min of the match! Still
not enough to beat the other team’s 5 but awesome to watch! Phil made it to a tennis match. A few errands running around to prepare and then we hosted Marly’s Pinterest Perfect party. She had this vision of a pink bow theme and I really tried to make it happen! It was a sweet party. My brother, sister and I sat on the porch. Ellie helped run the party games. It was a nice afternoon. Matt took us on a boat ride on the newly fixed up boat. That night Phil, SQ and Matt and I went to Mellow, Intuition and then Mustangs. It was a fun night out. Sunday we sprang ahead and were late to 8:30, as were most. We had the last CCD class for a while and then brunch at TCC amidst the pouring rain! For the first time in -I don’t know how long- I took a nice, long Sunday afternoon nap. The girls and I read Wicked and it put me to sleep. We had pizza for dinner and watched the Americas. All back to sleep for an early bedtime. I guess we needed it! Here are the pics of the week. The week began nice and calm with my usual tennis clinic, WD shopping trip (I started writing the weekly dinner menu on the fridge so people will stop asking me 100 times, "what's for dinner?") and I tried this air compression therapy for my hip. Hoping to alleviate some of the inflamation. I got to go to April's that night to discuss All the Colors of the Dark, enjoy quesadillas and ice cream sandwiches. Such a great book with even better discussion! Marly went early to young life. I headed to middle school for SAC stakeholders then DCCPTA. The superintendent didn't show so the meeting went fast. We learned most schools are going back to 7 classes/ day. A few high schools were carved out and now fighting for our middle school to do a 3:3:skinny schedule. The drama continues! I took Spot for a run and a visit with my brother. Wednesday I went to HIIT then had some time before early release. My brother took Voss camping gear shopping for the weekend prep. I took Marly dance gear shopping for weekend prep. Voss had his one year check up and is looking great. Trombone and dance and walking in the park for the afternoon. Phil played tennis each night this week, which is so good but now he's so sore. Liz and I got to play in a match on Thursday morning. We had a team lunch (first one ever for the season, I believe). Later, Phil and I had two more matches to kick off the Mixed Doubles tournament. I was so nervous then so spent. We won both matches! Me hugging the net and Phil running everything down; it worked! Friday, HIIT, adoration and then a quiet afternoon. Once the kids came home it was a scramble. Ellie was in the French ballet portion of the Multicultural club's dance performance over the weekend. She's had lots of rehearsals and then shows Friday and Saturday. My brother took Voss on a cub scout camping trip to Fort Clinch. They were gone all weekend. Marly signed the paperwork to dance at the arts high school next year! Four kids in four different schools- woopie! Abby lived her best life in a quiet house alone. Phil and I headed up for our third match. Marly got a babysitting gig. We won our third match and crashed into bed early that night. Saturday we were up and at 'em. Phil played two matches with his member member partner. I dropped off Marly for another babysitting gig and then Ellie for her other dance class, watched Phil for a bit then Ellie to high school for a multi show. Phil and I lost our 4th match (he was toast!). I sat and watched some tennis then home to get ready for Ellie's show. It was a long concert but super neat to see all the different dance styles and costumes. We could have done without the MCs in my opinion. We went to dinner at TCC then home all exhausted! Sunday the girls made it to mass on time to serve. Phil rolled in a bit late. CCD then Phil and I had brunch while watching tennis, drinking prosecco in my new champions glass! The older two headed to their winter concert dress rehearsal. Voss came home then to Will's reptile Birthday party. I got in a quick WD run in between. Then we headed to the winter dance recital. We had quite the fan club with my sister, brother, GF and child. We all went out to a celebratory dinner for the concert, Matt's first day as a veteran, celebrating all the things! Here are the pics of the week.
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