Never a Dull Moment

Monday already seems like a lifetime ago!  This week has turned into the week that just doesn't quit.  From Isaac starting school to our air-conditioning going out in record breaking high temperatures to Grace having an almost-case of blood poisoning -- it's been a non-stop kind of week.

First things first, though.  Tuesday morning started with the high of dropping Shoo Shoo off at his new preschool.  Thankfully, it was a success!  He insisted on bringing a magnifying glass with him -- and he refused to change into his own clothes -- but that's no big deal, right??  Hahaha.  Here's to hoping that his teachers will find him entertaining and not frustrating.  ;)

 "Cheese!"

This is my "What am I going to do with myself now that all 6 kids are at school?" face.  (Rest assured that I found plenty to do.  Hahahahaha.)

 He even took a nap!

The end of Tuesday was much less successful.  At some point during the afternoon, when going upstairs, I realized that the A/C was not doing it's job.  By the end of the day, the thermostat was reading 89 degrees up there and with the humidity in the air, it was miserable.  Everyone but Grace and Sophie ended up sleeping downstairs that night (our downstairs unit was working just fine -- thank goodness), and all of Wednesday was devoted to waiting around for a repair guy to come over and then waiting for the repair guy to fix the right part to make the air-conditioner work.  It was a long day.

Thursday SHOULD have been a nice, relaxing, laid back kind of day, but that pipe dream was shattered when I started getting texts from Grace a little before noon with pictures of her arm.  A bug bite she had gotten the day before was now sporting red streaks up her arm and looking kind of crazy.  After doing some quick Googling -- and then making her go to the school nurse -- I ended up heading over to the junior high to check her out and take her to the doctor.  The doctor, meanwhile, was concerned enough with how quickly it had tracked up her arm, that she prescribed her some antibiotics to keep it from hitting the lymph nodes and then the blood stream and potential sepsis.  Fun times!

 The bug bite.

 The arm.

 The school nurse's contribution.

(It actually looked even worse this morning, and had spread a little bit more up her arm.)

Grace, obviously, was excited at the prospect of leaving school early, but she was almost more excited at the potential bragging rights that having a case of blood poisoning would give her.  The good news is that she was feeling just fine and it didn't hold her back from coming with me to watch Gianna cheer at a home football game that night.

 (We came to watch them perform at half-time for the first time this season.)

Gianna, Grace, and Freddie

Before the football game happened, though, I was able to take a brief time out from life responsibilities by heading over to the middle school "Stampede" with Sophie and a couple of her friends and their moms.  Nothing like a little mother-daughter bonding at school events, right?  Hahaha.  J/K.  There wasn't any actual mother-daughter bonding happening for me and Sophie, but I certainly enjoyed my time socializing with the other two moms while our girls took off to explore the Stampede on their own.  I love that Sophie has found such good friends so quickly here with our move.  :)

 Sophie, Lauryn, and Eva

{I totally should have gotten a shot of the three moms, too!}

And now, thank goodness, it's Friday!!!  I, for one, am totally ready to kick back and relax and enjoy the first Fall weekend of the year!  Ethan's home meet is tomorrow and he'll finally be able to race.  The temperature is supposed to drop overnight, which will be nicer than the heat we've had all week, but it's also supposed to rain all day -- which will make the cheering-on-the-sidelines portion of the race much more obnoxious for the rest of us.  It's all good, though, because at least this week is over!!  And now I'm off to bed...  :)