A Good Feeling...

Once again I haven't blogged in a couple of weeks, but there are more important things than blogging, like my FAMILY.

School is in full swing for Maggie and Lincoln and they are both doing very well. Maggie finds that as an 8th grader, she has a little more homework than in the past. However, she is rising to the challenge and making the grade. Lincoln loves Kindergarten and even though he's had to pull a couple of 'cards' (behavior issues) he has done very well.

This morning was a little comical...I have to share. We used to go to Donut Country every Friday morning before Eddie started carpooling and Lincoln was in school. But now we only go sometimes and Eddie can't come with us. I hadn't planned on going this morning but the kids got up and wanted to go and made the effort to leave before 7 o'clock. We didn't get out of the house as soon as we needed to to be able to eat inside so we got our donuts to go. While I'm waiting in line with a couple other people, both of the children come in and needed to go to the bathroom. And the girl behind the counter decided she didn't want to wait on me so she went and did something else. Finally another lady waited on us. And yes, I was trying very hard to be patient.

Once we got to Lincoln's school, we sat in the parking lot and ate our donuts. And all was well, we were on the way to Maggie's school. When I got home, I was preparing to go walking and Maggie called and said she had forgotten to print off a report that was due TODAY - so I printed it off and took it to her. I returned home and was talking to Eddie on the phone and he reminded me that it was TEDDY BEAR day in Lincoln's class - so once again I left home and took him a teddy bear.

I really wanted to get some walking in today so I left my car at the elementary school and walked for about 30 minutes before returning. Then I came home and got some much needed house cleaning and laundry done.

Believe it or not, I don't feel stressed today, I don't feel tired. I feel a sense of accomplishment, which is a good feeling. I know I can get extremely busy, but I am learning when to say no and when to take the focus off other things and put them on my family. That's a good feeling...