Home again.

Today I'm spending some much needed time with my kids.  This past week has been a whirlwind and I was just people'd out.  I have a fire in the fireplace, pandora on, and laundry going.  I don't plan on getting dressed at all today.  :)

I spent the past week at John's.  It was wonderful being with him all the time.  He is so appreciative about having dinner on the table every night, and expressed how nice it is to have someone to sleep next to.  I'm going to miss him a lot, and I know he'll miss having us there too.  The house is quiet when no one is home.  It truly feels like home over there.  I have about 6 more months before I move in over there.  I'm taking this time to help the kids slowly adjust to being in their new home, their new rooms, and talking about the fact that they'll have a new school.  It won't be as hard for Eloise, because she is just starting Kindergarten in the fall.  Jaime will have some adjusting to do, but it should be easier than if I took him out of his current school now.  Waiting also gives me time to slowly move instead of just moving everything at once.  I have time to make sure that all of my things have a home, and that the rooms are all set up the way that I want them.

I also started my winter intersession class last week.  It is 3 weeks of class, 3.5 hours a day, 4 days a week.  It is very intense, but also very good to be taking public speaking and having it over quickly.  I have no time to get nervous about giving a speech.  It's assigned, then two days later due.  I'm keeping up with my reading, papers, and speeches, but it isn't easy at all.  I wouldn't have been able to do class last week without the help of a friend.  She babysat all week so that I could go to class and hide at mom and dad's to do my homework before coming home to the kids.

Thursday, I came and got another friend's child so that she could run an errand, and her car ended up breaking down.  It is still sitting up on the ramps at John's house.  She stayed all weekend, and I'm eternally grateful for all of her help over the weekend.  We got a lot accomplished and I feel very good about it. 

Tomorrow starts another whirlwind week, with a paper due tomorrow, a speech due on Thursday, and another major paper due a week from today.  As soon as this class ends, the spring semester will begin.  Keeping busy will help the time to pass quickly.  Right now, that's exactly how I want it to be.

Now, back to life.