Has it really been 10 days?

I'm teaching a class of 7 third graders this year, at the same school where both of my own children attend. It's been 5 years since I last wore the teacher hat, and it's beginning to feel quite comfortable. It's also the reason that some of you have called and said I've fallen off the face....forgotten about my other stay-at-home mommy friends.......bailed on late nighters..........not returned phone calls/emails.......not blogged for days.......just to name a few. For those things, I really am very sorry I've let you down. Really! It has taken me, and I'm not even close yet, several days to feel somewhat normal. But then, I have a weekend of freedom and Monday comes too quickly! Routines are super important to feeling healthy and vivacious! So I'm going to wind this down, hope everyone has a great night!

Oh, yeah, I see it now

I'm no expert on diving, but I've always loved watching those who are. My last attempt at a cannonball left my audience in tears, and left me with a nose full of pool water. It's not that I can't do it, it's really that I have never tried and it truly is harder than it looks!! Well, for me anyway. Now I can do a pretty jackknife, but preacher seat? No. Can opener? No. Cannonball? No way Jose!!!! So when I watch these gorgeous Olympic divers, I'm baffled that not only can they pull off those amazing dives by themselves, but that they can execute simultaneously 2 divers from platform to water! And the form, the beauty, and the sheer magnitude is breathtaking. I'm really enjoying watching the Summer Olympics! What I don't like is after I'm speechless, I hear this announcer critique a small twist here, or a slight knee bend there. Sad. I know they are judged, but if you have to replay to find the fault, is it really worth lost points? I see it in this picture, but didn't see it as I watched it. Anyway, it's fun to watch with the family and I wish all of them good luck! Makes me wish I would've pursued swimming and diving a little longer than one quarter at college.

And he's off!

This time, to Germany. Last trip: Stockholm, Sweden. The pilot would rather stay home and as Cameron says, "work in the basement." Especially since he'll say goodbye to the three year old and when he returns, she'll be four. I think this is the first time he's missed one of their birthdays, and it will definitely be the most long distance destination from which he'll sing Happy Birthday. I always said he had a gene in him that allowed him to travel away from family. Even before he was our daddy and husband, he lived in Hawaii and traveled many months at a time before heading home. I've lived in Macon. I've lived in Atlanta. All about 1 hour away from the home where I was brought as an infant, where my parents still live. Anyway, here's a cool picture, no pun intended, of his last trip that makes it all worth it. We get good stories, great presents, and priceless pictures. Wish I could've joined him!