Playing Ketchup

I have gotten really horrible at keeping this thing updated. It's not that my life has suddenly become mundane, but that I am super busy 90% of the time and the other 10% I just want to sleep :)

School is out for summer break and really as of right now I haven't had the chance to enjoy any of it :(
My summer semester classes started before the kids were even out of school and are still going strong. My life and earth science class final was today. yay! It was actually a very interesting class and I (think) learned a lot, but after going to that class 4 days a week for 3 hours a day..... MY BRAIN IS FRIED! I'm also taking a math course for edu majors and... well... ehh. I think I would have more fun picking cigarette butts off the interstate. The math class lasts until the end of July and then I will get 2 whole weeks off before fall semester.

I've had the sensation the past couple of weeks that i'm getting wound tighter and tighter. It's not a good feeling. Some people have told me before that they think I'm super woman for working, going to school, and having a house full of kids. I'm telling you though, some days I'm an inch away from going insane. lol. I spent the better part of today cleaning my house b/c it has been neglected for so long. I'm barely at home here lately and Chris comes home from working in a hot warehouse all day and cooks supper and takes care of the kids and does a few upkeep chores and he is wiped out. I'm not a clean freak by any means so you can imagine the level of ick our house was/is in. I've done 5 loads of laundry today and am only half way through.

My dad just got out of a week long stay in the hospital. Gave us quite the scare, so I've been running back and forth from Rockspring to Tullahoma. I haven't been running nearly as much as my Aunt. I don't know how she does it. She works miracles.

I feel like the past 4 weeks of my life have been a blurr. seriously. It's like when you are driving home and you get home and you can't remember the drive you just made. I've done that here lately too. lol.

The kids themselves are great. They won so many awards the last couple of days of school. They make me so proud! It's so easy for me to whine and complain or get discouraged but as soon as I do I have four faces pop in my head. Of course, I want to graduate and have a better job and a better life, but I want to do it for them. I remember growing up and my mother saying she wanted better for me. She wanted me to have a better life than what she had. I want the same thing for my step-children. I don't care how many tears i shed in the next two years or how many times i feel like throwing in the towel (i wont), I will do this!

And i can't thank Chris and our families enough. I reallllllly dont know what we would do without them. They are always there for us volunteering to keep the kids when our schedules dont line up right. thank you to my sister in law carrie, niece katy, and mil ginger for keeping the kids while i go to school. If we didnt have them i wouldnt be able to go to school at all. They say it takes a village to raise a child and we have the **BEST** village!

My life is so crazy it's hard for me to even think of certain things the kids have done of late that are super funny. It's something everyday, but sometimes hard to recall. ethan did ask me this morning if candy had been invented when i was a kid. lol. i thought, "does he really think im that old?"

I tell you one thing that has helped me keep my sanity lately is imagine dragons. I'm addicted to their pandora station. it's all a listen to. love me some dragons, florence and the machine and mumford and sons. I would love to go to bonnaroo if i thought i could just take off for a week, not bathe, and actually have people come with me. lol.

We leave for florida on friday and i am beyond ready!!!!!!!!!!!! you have no idea! no work, no school, no laundry. Just lots of fun and relaxation :) ill be sure to post some pics upon our return :) stay classy!