TOGETHER

the boy has been bouncing on the trampoline for years.  since he was a small chubby little guy.   he has always gone out there on his own and would just jump, up and down on his own for the longest time.  it has always been like he goes in a zone, time in his own head, scheming and imagining.  it would calm him, it has always been his go to when he got shooed outside.  well, yesterday was the day that came to an end, snap.  the boy broke his arm.  yes, it was bound to happen yes, trampolines are an accident waiting to happen no, there is not a net around it yes, i am an awful mom so now that we have gotten that out of the way.   it went down like this, the first day of summer break, the boy got shooed outside and off fortnite. jumping away he goes, and attempts the cardinal trampoline sin, a flip.  doesn't land the flip and snap, just like a pencil snapping as he would describe it.     Clea...

Wow... we just pulled in from a great, warm sun filled vacation.  The last days unexpected twist was the road trip part of it all.  I watched airfare for the past month, looking at every combo of days and cities and for the number of people to fly, well it was just not in the trying to pay off everything budget.  I really did not want to give up my week in the sun, so grateful for the generous company I work for we had the house in Naples for 7 sunny days pool/beach side was what I very, very much needed.  More on that  in a later post, this post is all about road tripping with 4 kids and how to make it manageable. This wasn't our first OH -> FL trek. We have driven there multiple times to Disney, but we were going a bit further this time, Naples, so adding another 3-4 hours on the trip.  Also, in previous trips the kids were smaller, not just in age, but in height.  We have driven to Hilton Head several times, but 12 hours is a lot...

22 days in alcohol free, which is 3 weekends and 12 basketball games. so there is that, but what i am most shocked about is the expectations i had on this journey and how off i was! let me preface this with I always have the most ginormous expectations, with anything.   with people, with events, heck any darn day of the week, I have ridiculous expectations. here are just a few that have me shocked thus far on this journey. expectation #1: relaxing, I mean what can be more relaxing then being sober and not having the stress of drinking and mom shame?   i had thought being sober would be the answer to that question!   being sober is NOT relaxing me, not one bit.   there was just something about getting that first drink in me after a game or anything that had me stressed out or had caused me anxiety.   right about when the first glass was empty and moving through my blood stream and the second one was on the way did I start to ‘unw...