Longing for Routine....

Ahhhh....I miss my routine.  I miss the fall weather, the smell of cinnamon potpourri, and the sounds of pencils to paper and keys tapping a keyboard. I need routine!  I need school to start back!

I never thought I would see or hear the day when I longed for our summer break to be over or longed for a schedule to follow.  But here I am.....longing and yearning for a regular routine.  The busyness of summer has finally come to a close.  We were blessed to entertain all summer and I do mean all summer.  7 weekends out of the past 8 weekends we had family or friends staying with us.  It was such a Great summer!  A true summer to remember, but I'm ready for routine, ready for school.......ready for a schedule!

I had huge plans this week to get my lesson plans all drawn out, organize the new curriculum, ready the computers and school desks, but a migraine was in store for me instead.  After 2 full days in bed I've had to put off all lesson planning.  Motrin wasn't a help, but my dearest husband called my Dr and got my regular migraine medicine and I'm feeling human again with a bit of after pain in my eye.  So it looks like another day partially in bed, but at least today I can look at the computer screen with sunglasses on.

My oldest arrows have been a HUGE blessing to me these past few days.  Always taking care of me, bringing me anything I needed, and taking care of the little ones.  I am so blessed.  I'm so glad that they had family and friends over recently to just play and be kids.  We've played so many games together this summer and enjoyed each other, like families should, it was a wonderful summer.

But I'm longing for routine.........................

Barefoot Blessing Beach Blast

 Our beach trip was wonderful!  I need to say a special thanks to my Mom and Step Dad for allowing us to use their beautiful beach house for the week!  We had a wonderful time!  The kids loved the sand, ocean, riding the golf cart and going for ice cream!  We made some great memories!  Daddy was able to join us halfway through the week and enjoy a few days with us.  It was extra fun when Daddy got there.  The kids missed their Daddy and I KNOW I missed him even more than them.  There's something about taking your kids to the beach, for me its not relaxing.  I feel always on guard.  I have to watch the ones in the ocean on boogie boards to make sure they don't get caught in the undertow or drown, gotta watch the little ones on the beach playing in the sand so they don't wonder off and get lost.  There wasn't a peaceful day at the beach for mommy until Daddy arrived!  Ahhhhh....now I can relax and tan the backside of my legs, since so far I had only been able to sit in a chair and watch everyone.  However, I should've asked Daddy to put my sunscreen on my backside.  My oldest arrow put it on and missed a few spots!  I was so sunburned on the back of my legs that I had trouble sitting for a few days!  It's better now, but it itches reallllly really bad! 

Daddy got sunburned on his feet the first day out on the beach.  Poor guy!  They were swollen, red and HOT....now they are RED and Itchy!  Poor thing...he is still having a hard time with his feet and it's been a week!  His 2nd day on the beach he thought he would play it safe and just stay out of the sun and under the umbrella for shade.  Well, he didn't put on sunscreen, thinking the umbrella would protect him.  WRONG!!  Very Wrong, he was burnt to a crisp!  He sat under the umbrella for about 3 hours, then cooked on the way home, by the time he reached home he had to remove his shirt from the pain.  He saw how red he was and realized what he had done.  He is still suffering from that burn too.  Finally starting to peel around his shoulders, ears and face.  He is quite pitiful to look at.  I guess in our mature years we don't "tan" as we once did. 

All in all, despite sunburns and itching, we had a fabulous time!  I especially enjoyed the peaceful days of doing nothing.  While my Mom and Step Dad didn't get to stay the whole time, we missed them, but made the most of our time together!  During the week we had beautiful weather, but on the days we needed a rest from the sun and beach the Lord provided rain.  Those days we spent inside, doing a little homeschooling, playing cards with my Mammaw and making memories for a lifetime.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES MOM & DAD!!!!!

Barefoot Blessings to you all!!