Plugging Away

We're still here, just plugging away and I feel like I never get a chance to document anything.  I was looking back and I had 52 posts in 2009.  That's one a week.  That should be doable.  If I could do that I would feel like I was keeping up and had great memories to look back on.  Last year, I had 9.  And I think at least 3 of them mentioned wanting to post more.  Seriously.

Anywhos.  The boys are doing really good.  Colton is playing basketball on a club team which is a whole new experience for all of us.  The schedule is much more involved than anything we have ever done and we find out weekend game times on Thursday nights which goes against every fiber of my Type A being, but so far, we are making it and he is really enjoying it.  Dawson is finishing up his basketball season with the city recreation program and then is going to take a break until we possibly try golf this summer.  School is going really well for both of the boys too, which makes me thankful.

James' schedule changed in January and has been a huge adjustment.  Instead of 24 on, 48 off, he is working 48 on, 96 off.  The problem is that by time the boys and I get done with school and home to see him, it's more like 72 hours that he is gone.  Also, when he works over the weekends, we only see him an average of 8-10 hours in 4 days because of practice and therapies and what not.  I don't hate it nearly as much as I did week one, but I'm not liking it by any means either.  I am trying to keep an open mind and see how it goes over the summer before I fully judge it.

My job is going good.  It's almost the end of February and I finally feel like I have a handle on what I am doing.  Going full time this year brought a lot more responsibilities and the need for a lot more creativity in my lesson plans, but I finally feel together and like I will make it.  I still haven't fully figured out how to balance working full time with home life, but hopefully that will come too.

We have a couple trips coming up that I am hoping to be diligent enough to post memories and then the big project of redoing the floors in the house.  Whether we all survive that will remain to be seen!