Butterfly

10-28-13

How is it already Monday morning?

The alarm went off and I was sure it was some kind of cruel joke. I had a hard time getting comfortable all night. I am sore and tired from a full weekend.

Saturday morning was crazy hectic. Ken had to open two fields which meant he had to leave early to start Levy and then over to Hull where he was frustrated to no end at the crappy condition that supply container is in. That is always hard to deal with Ken when he is grumpy like that. Especially when I am just trying to get the kids excited for soccer and get things done. He becomes all surly and pissy. Luckily he comes out of it, but still, it isn’t fun.

At 9:30, half way through Bobby’s game and an hour before Dax’s, Dax shows me the blow out in his soccer shoe. Yeah, he was rocking a hobo-toe on his shoe. FUCK! I consulted the time and determined if I hurried, I could get over to Sports Authority and back to Levy in time for the game. I had to leave Bobby’s game, and luckily my folks could take Dax over. I managed to not only get a pair of shoes, I didn’t have to pay anything! I had a gift card that still had enough money to get the shoes. I was thrilled!! I even made it to Levy before anyone else on the team. YAY ME!

Dax was on FIRE at his game. Holy crap, it was truly magical to watch. He is such a natural and he almost scored twice. His new position as halfback suits him and it was amazing to watch how determined he is on the field. Then put him in goal and seriously, you would think he was a pro at that, too! I am not just saying these things because he is my kid. I am telling you people on the sideline were impressed to the same level. There is something truly remarkable about how skilled he is becoming. I suppose it helps that he has a soccer practice 3 nights a week, along with doing the clinic on Friday nights now. In any spare time, he is kicking that ball. He has found his sport and he is thrilled.

After the games, the boys and I went out to find me my wig. I was excited to find one in the first place we tried. I also got some face paint. We also decided to go to Joanne’s since I knew they would have the shirt Dax needed for his costume. I also managed to find some ribbon for part of mine. Sadly, I was an idiot in assuming one can just quickly stop in Joanne’s less than a week before Halloween. LOL! Despite the crowd, we had a decent time in the store. We dinked around a bit while we waited for our number in order to measure out the small amount of ribbon I needed. Bobby was all kinds of upset because they had three Carsons there and I told him he couldn’t have any. I tried to explain that Christmas is almost here and truly, I am not getting them things right now. It didn’t improve his mood, but we made do.

Saturday evening was mellow. We took some much needed down time. Ken worked on putting together Bobby’s costume. We painted the primer on it yesterday so now it just needs the actual paint. I need to paint my shoes, too. That may be this evening what with I am sure practice will be canceled on account of rain.

Sunday was the day. The floors at Steve were dry and we headed over to there to work. I painted A LOT. Ken did a ton of cutting and putting in trim and base boards. There was so much to do!! I painted a lot of trim and I painted the front door. My folks worked on a ton of stuff in the boys’ room, too, including putting up the bed. We got to Steve at around 9:30, and were there to about 7. Long day. However, we left with I believe most of the trim and floor boards that we have painted, the master bedroom is trimmed and the bed frame is in there, a ton of the living room trim is up, a lot of the hallway trim is done, Ken started the trench around the house for the stucco repair, and we cemented in a small section that was near the garage. This little square now has handprints of the boys, which really makes this so awesome.

I have to go over to Steve after work and clear out the catio. That section needs stucco repair, too, so we need to bring all that stuff inside or at the very least, away from that area. I think I can get it all done, and then when Ken arrives, he will help me move the couches into the living room. I am kind of hopeful of this rain if only since it means no practice which gives us time, which I like. Sadly, I have a shit ton of trim on my little tables outside that hopefully Ken can bring in before he goes to class today.

Sadly, I have no book to read this morning. Apparently the third book in the series I am reading only just came out on the 22^nd, which means there are no PDF copies out there at this point. As if that isn’t bad enough, our company was hit with a virus so a lot of files on the public drive were messed with, which means I can’t prep for reports tomorrow. So this leaves me with less to do than I would like.