March 22, 2016

the Break


It's 1:30 in the morning. James started a new job today (yesterday now), and I got his abbreviated report, as we traded kid duty, and I headed out to teach evening studio (he says it went well, more on that coming soon). The sun was still up when I pulled out of the driveway. Daylight savings has been nothing but bliss in this house, 5am wakeups have slid all the way back to 6am- pinch me!

After a month of deferred transitions, James's limbo between jobs magically coordinated with my spring break last week, so we pulled Smith from preschool and headed out to my mom's for some down time. I am already dreading next year, when Kindergarten guidelines will make our lives even less flexible (homeschool?! James says 'no way'... but it sure is tempting me). 

We had intended to ski, but the crazy warm winter put an early end to the season (I tried not to add another parenthetical thought here... but I have to note that we now have several inches of fresh snow, in a predictably dramatic March twist... I'm only going to get a few hours of sleep, let me have my parenthesis!). So instead we played with Poppyseed the wonder dog, hiked, and poked around town. It was mostly relaxing, though the impending new job did have us more on edge than I would have liked. Considering we generally don't handle transitions all that well, I think it was a success. 

I watched Smith come to life, exploring nature without restriction, and did my usual hemming and hawing over whether we should be living in the country. Both kids fell in love with Poppy, despite the jumping and nipping, and have been begging to see her since our return, and for a dog of our own for next Christmas. James and I went out for a nice dinner to celebrate our 12th or 13th dating anniversary (he's going to kill me... but I really don't remember). My mom and I caught up on reality tv... so quite the well rounded spring break.

And now it's back to the not-so-usual routine. Updates coming when I can string together a few more hours of sleep!

*thanks iPhone for taking these pictures. I keep trying to use my real camera more. I have been better! But in truth, I need a new camera as mine has all kinds of issues, and that iPhone is always right there in my pocket ;)

4 comments:

  1. oh hello there! I shamelessly use phone photos on my blog now too - it is just so easy. I'm happy to hear you had a nice break and that the transitions have gone smoothly. And around here the leaves are beginning to fall and it's getting cooler each evening, and darker faster - so it's nice to see a picture of those gorgeous blooming daffodils! x

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    1. Thx! The iPhohe really is so easy... I do miss the greater clarity of 'real' pictures tho. When my camera works properly ;) Goals for this year!

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  2. I've been home schooling my son and daughter (ages 8 and six) for almost two years now...and I can't imagine going back to a regular school schedule. We just spent two weeks in Puerto Rico, home schooling throughout the trip. I love the freedom of it! -Mary not James ; )

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    1. Thanks so much for sharing Mary! Perhaps your comment will be a tiny step in convincing my James ;) We shall see how kindergarten progresses next year, holding my breath!

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