Saturday, July 16, 2022

Summer flies by

I can’t believe we are more then half way through another summer. Ellie starts high school in a month. I’m off to Poland for work for 10 days on Monday. It really is flying. The kids do a lot of just hanging out - Ellie in her room on that stupid chrome books or making her beautiful art and Max and Clair in the basement.  Sometimes Max and Clair are on the desktop computer in the office trying to do scratch coding. 

We did manage to get Clair into two camps - basketball with her friend Brooklyn and the Soccer last week with Max. I’ve been trying to organize some play dates at times. I wish they had more friends in the neighborhood. 

Ellie did have a friends pool party. Max and clair has a celebration for their birthdays mid June. 

The Ls are back local and we have had a couple afternoons and evenings around the pool with cousins which has been really nice. 

The work weeks are hard. I wish I could work less and spend more time with them. This guilt is real and will follow me around forever. Each day feels like a waste of these few years I get with my babies. They are the one thing I knew I wanted my whole life and it’s flying by. I’m really sad about that. I wish I could change it but with the lifestyle we have built I truly do not know how. I am great full for all we can give them. I hope and pray we have made decent trade offs but I sometimes wonder. I hope they feel loved and know how much I like being with them. Sometimes the stress of work is too much and I fail to demonstrate what they mean to me. Kiddos, I’m really sorry about that. 

Preparing to be gone for 10 days is hard. I’ve made a schedule and they will have some time with Gramma and their cousins. David has a schedule for food and doctors. It will be fine he tells me repeatedly. I know it will be but it’s still hard to leave. Work does call and I need this trip for my team who I do care about greatly. 

When I get back we are taking a family vacation road trip. This will be an adventure and they seem to be looking forward to it. So I am too! 

I’m thankful for the pool. We have lots of relaxing evenings and afternoons there. It’s also a good reason to have people over. They had a friend yesterday and today we have family friends coming. 

I hope they are enjoying their summer. I hope they enjoy the relaxation. The crazy fall schedule starts in one month. 




















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