It's Been Awhile

It's been awhile since me and Jared have written anything. The past couple of months have been full of activities with school, work, and girls. Jared has been running behind in school because his light duty work has been more stressful than his regular duty job patrolling the town. The biggest stressor - computers. He complains how his schedule doesn't allow him extra time or the energy to do work at home. In other words, a 9 to 5 job is more stressful than arresting drunks.

I've done alright with the stress level with my class. I've made sure I keep up with grading papers, answering paniky emails, and reviewing my lecture. The stress that does come usually happens when I am lecturing and my brain does a blitz and I'm standing in front of twenty people with confused expressions of why I stopped talking. I hate it when that happens.

We were lucky to have made a family trip to Disneyland for Spring Break. The girls didn't even know where we were going until we hit the California border. We had them believing we were making a scenic run to see Grandma and Grandpa, which was true, but they were thinking Utah. We rendezvous with the grandparents at a castle style hotel two blocks from the Disneyland entrance. Aunt Britney and Uncle Ross with little Ryder made it there too. Six adults and four kids sharing one hotel room - crowded to say the least - but we made it work.

My feet and legs were screaming agony for four days from walking from one end of the park to the next and from standing in hour long lines, and then walk back to the hotel usually with a kid hanging on me. They become so heavy after a block on your back. However, seeing their eyes sparkle when meeting a princess or a Disney character or were thrilled on a fun ride made the agony worth the trouble. And we survived without any time outs and Mom blowing her top!

Now Spring is here and I'm starting to feel the planting bug. Jared is feeling the pressure of increased activity in social misbehaving and in canyon trips. The girls are counting down to Summer vacation (yikes). Which means, another schedule book to plot out the whole day to keep busy girls busy and retain some kind of sanity with them home all day.