Aw, shucks....

You people are so nice! To be honest, I do wonder sometimes if anybody reads this. I have been doing several other things online lately and I will have to say that the blog has taken a back burner. And now that I've had to rejoin the working world, I can't promise that things will get much better. It feels good to write and get things off my chest sometimes. I think I tend to write more when I have lots of stress, which I am happy to say I didn't have a lot of this summer! I am sure the stress will return with the job and I will have the need to write more again. Lately when I sit down to write, Lily climbs up on my lap and wants me to go to jigzone and do a puzzle with her. Then I get started doing puzzles and before I know it I need to get up and do something else. You know, there really aren;t enough hours in a day!

So, as I said, I have rejoined the working world. I will have to admit that, although I didn't want to go back, part of me was actually glad to be there after a while. I have the "bestest" work buddies and we have a ball together. I missed them a lot. I also enjoyed the peace and quiet of my classroom after having been in the midst of screaming and fighting with Spongebob in the background this summer. That will all change Monday morning when the crazies arrive. I hope I have good kids this year.

I took Sam to meet his teacher yesterday morning and that seems like it will probably be a good situation. I had to take him to the doctor after that because he has had a terrible croupy cough for a few days and, lo and behold, he has an ear infection. Glad I got that taken care of this week instead of having to fit a doctor's appointment in next week.

Speaking of Sam, he started baseball practice this past week. He LOVES it! I was a little worried about him having never played before but he has done just fine! His first game is September 2nd...

Liy starts dance class again on September 2nd, as well. When I asked her if she wanted to take dance again, she said no, but she DID want to dance on that stage at the fair! Well, you can't dance on the stage at the fair if you don't take dance, so...

I had to go to UNCC today for a meeting and I was absolutely AMAZED at how much that place has changed. I also was hit with a wave of "I want to go back to college" syndrome. Even the smell triggered nostalgia. All the kids were moving into their dormitories (which I don't miss) and they seemed so free and happy. Maybe I need another degree...

Well, thank you to those of you who do comment on my posts. It does motivate me to write when I know someone is reading. I know that sometimes I don't really have that much of interest to write about, but I try! Here's a quick little funny before I go...

Lily and Sam were playing with a piece of rope yesterday and apparently he hit her and left a little red place right above her panty line on her stomach. She cried so I gave her a couple pieces of ice in a ziploc bag, wrapped it in a paper towel and tucked it into the top of her panties to hold it in place. You know it is amazing how a piece of ice can IMMEDIATELY stop the hurt! Anyway, this morning when I took her to Grandmomma's house she went up to Granddaddy to show him her boo-boo and I said "Yes, we had to put some ice on that yesterday." She said, "Oh yeah, here that is mom!" and she pulled the wadded up ziploc bag out of her underwear!!!! She took a bath last night, changed panties and I guess stuck the "ice pack" back in her panties and slept on it. Her underwear was soaked! She cracks me up! Crazy child!