friends, family, readers...I'm sorry I've been a downer lately. I don't mean to be ms. moaning all the time, but I'm honestly just completely burnt out. not good.
however, today has been quite fun, seriously. long, but fun. I had my two hours of personal time and finally got my hair cut and colored - it was in need of some serious attention. I left looking good and feeling slightly renewed, yet still exhausted.
Ran to the chiropractor, got my back adjusted and felt a little better again.
Ran to the grocery store, picked up all the essentials for a great beach bonfire hot dog and s'mores party and then went and picked up the kids. yes, that's right. the kids.
It's my bosses anniversary tomorrow, so I offered to babysit overnight so he could actually have night off and enjoy a little bit of relaxation with his wife, away from crazy crazy crazy beyond stressful work, away from his hectic full-time job (that of being the Bishop) and being a loving father of 5 beautiful children. I'm exhausted with my life, I can't even imagine how he feels. so I'm a pushover and am spending my weekend sorta still working??? it's really just serving though, and I feel good.
his 4 kids are spending the night (and are soundly sleeping as I write this) with me at my place by the beach. it's awesome. we had a great time at the beach. yummy hot dogs, and fruits and veggies, and s'mores. yum. yum. yum. then we came back, popped in a good disney flick, changed into jammies and off to bed they went. GOOD. KIDS. holy cow. i hope I can raise such good kids someday. i love them!
their youngest is named maggie, she's four, all about pink and was a little concerned that her sweater didn't match her shirt, but spits out the funniest things I've ever heard. she's quite precocious for being only 4. i love it. she also has just been putting things into perspective for me all night. it's amazing. she was quite determined to roast her own marshmallow, and then proceeded to light it on fire multiple times. clapped her hands and cheered "yeah I cooked my marshmallow! I lit it on fire Beth! How cool is that?!!!" then she ate it like a champ, said she liked the crunchy taste and burnt about 5 more marshmallows. or when I forgot the ketchup at home, she cheered "yeah you forgot the ketchup! we can put extra pickles on it then!" like literally nothing in the world can get her down. she's one of the happiest, most cheerful little kids I've ever met, and I mean that. I can't help but smile every time I look at her. and this was her first time really meeting me or spending time with me, and she's attached to my leg. she just loves so openly. we're best friends now by the way. she might not even want to go home tomorrow. ;) jk
oh, and to put that extra little cherry on top - a friend of mine that I met a couple of months before my mission is getting baptized in a week. that is worthy of an entire post, so I'll save it for later. but his phone call made my night, my week, maybe even my month, maybe even a long long time. but like I said, another day another story.
Now it's 10:23, the kids are asleep and I'm heading off to bed soon. let's just hope they sleep in cuz it's saturday. :) cuz I'm still exhausted, and could use a good 10 hours of sleep tonight.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
longest. week. ever. (or one of them...)
remember last week, Tuesday to be precise, when I had a major meltdown here on my blog......I thought the week was gonna get better...but this week just got worse. I'm done. Completely burnt out. The end. I can't handle it anymore. I repeat, the end.
That is all.
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