It's Disney time! That's right...we are 20 days away from our trip! And we are sooo ready!! Dining is booked, fastpasses are booked, our touring plans are almost finalized, Tinkerbell gifts have been bought, and call me crazy, but our clothes are already laid out. In fact, I might start laying things in suitcases tomorrow to see how much room we have...or don't have.
The countdown chain started at 30 days and we've already had to move it down since we've cut off 10 links! We almost had to cancel our Disney movie night this Friday because of our power outage and crazy weather. This week was flat out nuts. We started with a very exciting night at swim. Sean passed Level 5 while my mom and dad were there watching! It felt even more exciting having an "audience". Of course, that meant we were doing ice cream cones from McDonalds on the way home. I'm so proud of him and I'm excited to see him do the crazy amount of laps they do in Level 6.
Tuesday, was my field trip to the DIA with 60 of our Spanish 2 students to study art and lead them ourselves on tours. It was a success, but it took a lot of panicking and preparation to get to that point.
As I picked up Sean that afternoon from school, it was his turn to have Buster overnight again. Luckily we were headed to the library for Lego Club so we had something interesting to write out about in the journal. But, seriously, adding that to the mix on a Tuesday night almost put me over the edge. I believe Sean's words were, "These are the best two days of my life". Well, in that case, I'll suck it up and write in that journal for you, kiddo.
Wednesday brought on the most ridiculous weather I've seen in Michigan in a long time. Snow storms are one thing to expect, but 60-80mph winds? Nope. It was very stressful picking up the boys from school and driving by so much damage to people's houses, yards, trees, cars, etc. And of course, coming home to dim lights and no functioning outlets was no picnic either. The boys used the last of the hot water for their shower that evening and from Wednesday evening - Thursday night we were out of power.
Thursday was an adventure and one that I would not like to take again. I used ice cold water to wet my hair in the morning so that I could put it in a bun. Of course I had parent-teacher conferences that evening so it was awful not being able to shower and feel put together. Sean and Scott both had school closed for the day so they were home in the cold house together with no ability to cook. They used coolers and bags of ice to keep the refridgerated food cold and I took an ikea bag full of freezer food to work. It was such a good decision since we had to throw out next to nothing in the end.
Work was a drag. I was exhausted and I worked until 6:30pm when my principal let me leave an hour early to be able to pick up the boys, pack a bag, and head to Troy to sleep at my parent's house for the evening where it would be warm. It was a bit of a drive in the dark to get there, but it was for the best. We had a warm house, a warm shower, and some time with Grandma and Grandpa. Scott called me at 9:30pm to tell me our power was back on.
Friday, Scott and Sean were off school again. So, Sean and Evan stayed at my parent's house all day in Troy and Scott put the house back together and was able to wash some dishes and get some laundry going. It made coming home after work more tolerable since everything was clean and back in order. What a week! We made some homemade pizza and snuggled in to watch Beauty and the Beast for our Disney movie night. I made "grey stuff" and put it on graham crackers as the only treat for the movie.
This weekend has been so relaxing after a very stressful week. I feel at peace this evening after a great day with the family. We took the boys to Jungle Java this morning to play. We finally got around to playing with the Short Circuits activity we bought Sean for Christmas and it was so much fun - although definitely hard for a 6 year old. The boys and I colored for a while (I can't believe I'm actually saying that!). We ate dinner at The Burger Stop in downtown Plymouth and did some browsing at the toy store downtown. It was just a nice evening. I ran on the treadmill last night and tonight and it felt good to get back into routine.
Last weekend was nice with the family too! We finally have our weekends back with Scott's basketball season over. We went to Trader Joe's, did a Home Depot kid's workshop, got ice cream at the opening of Dairy King downtown, and just enjoyed time with each other.
I'm kind of liking our March weekends. :)
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