Insomnia

Look at those sweet, huge lips!!  He makes my heart melt...  I little bit of insomnia finally got me out of bed and being a bit more productive.  I am WAY behind on the blog.  I miss writing my posts and being able to troll my own memories.  It's 350am and I am patiently waiting on my coffee as I update a quick 5.

1. The boys had a better week than last

Oh goodness we all had a huge adjustment last week going back to school.  It legit felt like our world was going insane.  Cameron's teacher even called home to tell me to get his shit together!!!  (In different words -- but still!)  This week we seem to be doing so much better.

2. Sunday Study-day
On Sunday I worked on a paper ALL.DAY.LONG.  but I was able to finish it, turn it in AND I passed another class.  I only have 5 classes left until my masters is complete!!

3. honeycomb
Last month when we were in Columbus we had honeycomb and cheese.  It was to die for.  This weekend I decided to purchase some fresh honeycomb from the farmer's market and it did not disappoint.

4. The dishwasher
Our dishwasher is officially out of commission.  We have a brand-new one in the garage but we decided to hold out for the month and have it installed with the rest of the kitchen.  This month has been eye opening on how much I love my dishwasher.  I miss you old friend.

5. the bus stop
The bus stop has easily become my favorite time of the day.  We head out early so the boys can play soccer, do time trials and be silly together.  Grateful for these small little moments with the kids.

6. Rouzer
He has been working nights this week on a project.  His absence in bed causes part of my insomnia but goodness am I grateful for this man.  I have missed spending my evenings doing "life" with him.  He always works so hard.  Love love love.

Pie face.  Classic.

Jenna was in town!!  Menless martini night with the newest addition to the family.

Welcome Ana!

Making bird feeders at the Farmer's market.

The COOLEST game at the library with Aunt Sue.

hanging out at the bus stop after school.

I am not the only one who loves the bus stop.

LOTS of dinosaurs.  (Last night he roared at me as I walked through the room he was in)

#magictoothpaste

August 6th

I can't believe that it has only been a little over a week since my last post.  It feels like it has been a month.

1. The boys started second grade
First -- I love Cameron's hair cut in this picture.  It rarely looks this good so when I actually get him with good hair I LOVE LOVE it.

The boys were excited to head back to school.  At back to school night last week year were more relaxed than last year and so was I -- I actually had parent friends to talk to!!

Owen loves going to school.  He talked non-stop when I saw him that evening telling me all of the details of his day.

**Yes -- we bring a soccer ball to the bus stop.**

The bus came ON TIME.  WHAT???!!!  And we had the same driver from last year.  I was told our time was 6:54 but Sra Romero called at 930pm the night before and told us he would be there at 7:04.  He was spot-on.  Cheers!

2. Two main characters
I looked over in my car this week and caught these two characters staring back at me.  Ohhhh kitty and moo how we obsess over you in this house.

3. Orientation doesn't last forever
More than once this week I could feel tears filling my eyes when I pulled up to work.  It has been that type of an adjustment.  I realized that getting dressed in the morning is my favorite part of the day because it is the only real decision I get to make.  The picture I added is from Thursday -- I worked on the workque ALL DAY.  But I chose to do this because shadowing is quickly killing my soul.

On Friday I actually did interviews for new CT surgeon NPs and cleaned out some old boxes in the office.  I still think that eventually this will be the best thing for me but right now....holy moly this BLOWS.  AND I am getting an amazing catered lunch every day and getting really fat.  It's miserable, and I am not being funny about it.

4. Mike's trip
Rouzer is currently in San Deigo living the LIFE. It has actually been fun to hold the fort down while he is gone.  He does all (really....all) of the cooking and lots of the cleaning so now that I have to actually step up my game I feel a little refreshed. It has been fun to spend time with these littles by myself.  That being said -- I am super grateful he is coming home tonight!

5. Jumping in puddles

Jack and I stopped outside of HomeDepot yesterday to jump in puddles.  He was in heaven.  This is his absolute favorite activity.

Our morning picture to daddy.  We were getting up for the day and Mike was still up from the night before.

 6. Sweet Ana
Last night Jack and I brought Panera over to Melissa and visited for a bit. Goodness she is beautiful and so tiny.  Melissa looks amazing per usual.  It was great to sit and catch up AND SBJ did a great job playing and keeping himself entertained.  To top it off the weather was perfect.  Great night.

7. 6 more classes

Besides the misery of my new job, I have been trying to wake up and finish school as quickly as possible without actually gauging my eyes out.  I only have 6 classes left which means I will easily meet my goal of getting done with my masters in 1 year.  BUT I hate it.  I hate the stuff I am studying.  I loath writing paper after paper after paper.  I want to read books, work out, paint with my husband, sleep in........and all I think about is how much I hate school.  I can't get it off my mind.  So I figure the faster I get it done -- the faster this will be a distant memory of my life.  

So I have 6 more classes.  My goal is to be done in 2016.  I am not sure if that is possible with our kitchen renovation, fall schedule AND the holidays....but that is my goal.  Short term, my goal is to write my next paper in 2 weeks.  If I get up every morning at 4am and work on it before I head into work then I should be able to accomplish this.  If I do 2 weeks on, 1 week off, 2 weeks on......I will be done with these classes quickly.  

Rant over.