Hot and (sort of) Ready

Wow, it has been so long since I posted that I sort of forgot how to log in. It's not that I haven't had plenty of things going through my mind, just no time to sit down and write. Of course most of those things are the usual - work, family, crazy life in genral.

Yes, work is the same is always - one crisis after another, thanks to a mess of a boss, on top of being genuinely busy, thanks to Jerry Sandusky (bad) and Obamacare (good). The biggest difference is that I am actively job hunting and feeling good about the prospects. Change is all around in my little work community, with things opening up, and a few allies who know what my workplace is like and that I am capable of more and they are willing to help me get it.

L's work is about to change too, I think. After two years of trying, and I mean really trying, his business is paying for itself, but not paying him a salary. He is thinking seriously about taking A up on his offer to drive a truck. He had passed part of the test and is working on scheduling the rest. Not sure yet how I feel about this. We talked about it for a long time yesterday, and if it goes as planned it will be good for our family. Problem is that nothing ever goes as planned for us. More on this if and when it happens.

School starts in a couple of weeks and I am so not ready. Ready for the twins to start school, yes, because they are going to love it. Ready even for B to start junior high. Looking forward to him playing football for the school and not just for parks and rec. But schedule- and home-wise, everything is in an uproar. I really should be in working on B's room, but I am not that motivated.

It was a long weekend, with a quick trip to OK on Friday, back late Saturday night. Then yesterday I helped L do cars. Today the kids are back, and it doesn't feel like I have had a break yet, not even a weekend. Plus, it is just way too hot to want to work very hard. It was 107 today, and supposed to be even hotter tomorrow. Ordinarily I would just take time off and work on projects, but not this year.

OK, break time over, time to get the kids ready for bed. Maybe tomorrow I will feel like making a stab at all of the things I have volunteered myself for.