stuff

delaney climbed into bed with me yesterday, and since i magically wasn't contagious anymore, i let her. and when d wants a pic, d gets a pic. one day (pre-strep) i said to her "come here please," and she said "okay, m." when i asked why she called me 'm' she said it's because i call her 'd'. fair enough.

anyways, this picture was yesterday, and then today i felt well enough to shower. apparently delaney took notice. i had to call the school and talked to lorrie for a minute, and then when matt and i went in (after he'd dropped d off) lorrie told me that she could tell i wasn't feeling great, so she'd asked delaney if i'd been sick. delaney said "yes, she's been sick. but she's feeling better today, she even took a shower." thanks, laney-love.

today was mrs. g's birthday and even though i didn't do what we'd originally planned, i still managed to bring a card for the kids to sign, give the kids treats (not my best teacher birthday move, but i blame it on brain fog), and present the gluten free cake another mom had picked up. we looooove our mrs. g, so i hope she felt the love.

tonight was the big Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner at the church. it was quite lovely. the rs room was decorated so nicely and everything looked amazing. the dinner was 5 courses - cheese and meat appetizers, butternut squash soup, salad, chicken cordon bleu, and 2 different parfait style desserts.

chris made fun of me for snapping a pic of my soup, so i snapped one of the two of us.

the cool table.

at the end of the evening they had all the eagles stand up and tell about their eagle projects, degree, and profession.

it was great and interesting.

from surgeon to pilot to banker and some in between, pretty distinguished group of men.

we had arden over to babysit and all were happy and all went well. good night.

last saturday we had the opportunity to volunteer with our interfaith council food drive. the opportunity came up midweek and i thought instead of asking someone, since i was free, we could do it. i had to take the girls since matt was gone to a youth planning breakfast, but it led to a good conversation on why or how kids might not have enough to eat. and for picky little eaters like mine, i know they can't really even fathom that. i can hardly fathom it.

the girls were pretty well behaved. it was super chilly and there wasn't much to do. they made some fun with the other two kids that were there, niece and nephew to a nice pagan representative named rachel. we had an interesting discussion about what she believes, which is so fascinating to me.

i'd say i'm 75% better, for which i am grateful. now i just need to work past some reflux (fun) and the general feeling of exhaustion after an illness. and then tackle my house. the dishes are done and the kids are happy and that's all that matters. the rest of the house, notso hotso. but that's ok, i am still grateful.