Ok, I knew I had been neglecting my little blog, but when the inclination struck me to look at it today...WHOA! I have not posted in over eight months?!
So what has the Four Walls Family been up to in the last eight months?
Well, first off, the I Clean Up After Myself Campaign? Epic failure. I think that I just have to accept that I am raising a pack of slobs, and give myself over to it. Oh, and the dishwasher died last night, so that will make it even more interesting around here until the landlord gets around to fixing it...
We passed the one-year anniversary of the foreclosure last month. No fanfare. I pulled our credit reports, and actually we're almost fully recovered in terms of our credit scores. Savings and sanity--not so much, yet.
The kids keep getting bigger.
Jellybean turned ten and is in fifth grade. Middle school is on the horizon, and every time I really think about it I start to hyper-ventilate, so that's all I will say about that today. She is still competing in gymnastics, although on a slightly less strenuous level, and her first meet of the season is in a few weeks. Of course, she is stunning in her new competition leo. It actually brought tears to my eyes when I saw her in it for the first time, but that's not surprising. Peanut has taken to calling me Cry-Baby-Mama, lately...
Miss Florida turned eight, was accepted into the Highly Capable program for our district, and is thriving there. Don't get me wrong, she has had some great teachers up until now, but she has never really been challenged. That was most evident the other day as she was working with Mr. Four Walls on a challenging assignment. She was struggling to grasp a new concept and broke down in tears, saying "I don't like not being the smartest in the class anymore!" That, my dear daughter, is a GREAT lesson to learn, and your life will be so much easier if you grasp it now at age eight and take it to heart: no matter where you go, who you meet, and what you do, there will always be someone bigger, better, faster, stronger, smarter than you. Don't let it defeat you, let it inspire you. Learn from them!
And now for Peanut. Oh, Little Peanut. She is still Terrific, just now as a three-year old. All that means, really, is her tantrums have become more mature. I had a really hard time with her birthday this year, though. Three. She's not so much a baby anymore, is she? Since we're done, it was really bitter-sweet for me. I suppose every birthday will be, though. Thanks to my sister for having a new baby the week after Peanut's birthday! Is it wrong that as I breathed in his Baby-ness, I wanted to take him home with me forever? It is? Ok, that's what Mr. Four Walls said, too. And he reminded me that they don't stay that little and sweet for long, as he pointed to Peanut and Miss Florida, wrestling, screaming and clawing at each other over...I'm not sure, really. Oxygen, maybe?
So what about me? What have I been up to that has caused me to neglect my mind-blowing fifteen Followers? As usual, Life. Around the time of my last post, I was getting sick and tired with always feeling sick and tired, so I started a long-ish process of addressing what was going on. Doctors appointments, lab work, etc, etc, etc. Long story short, I have now joined the ranks of the Gluten Free world. It's been six months since I've intentionally eaten gluten, and oh-my-goodness, what a difference! I'm not yet completely symptom free, but at least now I can function. I can braid Jellybean's hair. I can type. I can live without so much pain.
And I can look forward! So much so that I am finally returning to finish my BA! No more College Dropout status for me. So, I cannot promise this blog will not continue to be neglected, because let's face it: Wife, mom of three, employee, and college student...not much left to give there. But I will try to update and come up with interesting observations on what this crazy, busy, wonderful Four Walls Home life brings.
