AWOL

Sorry.  I've been on a bit of a hiatus the last couple of weeks. 

I love that word.

Hiatus.

I also love the word "ominous;"  as in...

Before the storm, the skies looked ominous.  Sinister is another one I like to use and can oftentimes be used interchangeably with ominous.  Both words are a bit dark and twisty.  What does that say about me?  Hmmm.  Don't answer that question.

When I was in Junior High, I had a friend who had an equal interest in vocabulary.  She went so far as to make a list, though, of words she absolutely hated.

Among the words my friend Kate disliked were:  sweet, muffins and bloated.

I personally like the word muffins.  I also like muffins.  I wonder how Kate ever felt about cupcake?

I digress...

The reason I've been AWOL lately?

• helping Jenna complete her 4-H projects
• running Jenna back/forth to county fair judging
• and then state fair judging
• our church VBS five nights in a row
• getting casts removed from 2 of my 3 children's arms
• purchasing school supplies for 3 children
• planning an early birthday party
• scheduling and/or hosting playdates/sleepovers for any number of my 3 children
• attending to PTO responsibilities at my children's elementary school
• preparing to launch a Kid's Morning Out preschool-type program at my church (where I will teach one morning a week)
• preparing to leave for a 4 day trip to Wisconsin to visit my husband's sister and her family
• trying to enjoy some summer fun with my kids before the grind of homework, and packing lunches and early wake-up calls and soccer and karate and tennis and swimming lessons/practices begins again.

If you have children who are about to start a new school year too, I hope you are able to carve out some time to spend with them as I am hoping to do with mine as well.  Quality time.  Not time spent racing from one errand to the next appointment.  But time to just be together.