Life in the fast lane!

Hello long lost world!!!! I am indeed still alive and kicking, though some mornings ( at 5:15am mind you!) I wish I weren't! School is fun, rewarding, crazy and draining all wrapped up into one massive not so pretty package.
so here is a general week for our house:
Monday: up at 5:15, have coffee, get Kristina and Girls and Rob out the door for school. Wake up Matthew and Samantha, get Matthew to school. Come home and work on any homework/housework that got neglected over the weekend. 12 pick up matthew, 1- start making dinner and packing the "fun bags" for the kids at gymnastics. 3- get all kids up from nap and dressed and ready to go to rosedale for Jas and Shawna's gym class, and pack dinner and drinks for Kristina and kids to eat on the go. Do dishes from dinner and finish intercultural homework if I have any. 5- leave with Rob after quick dinner and go to Intercultural class until 9:30pm. Come home, kiss kids, and try to be in bed by llpm.
Tuesday: up at 5:15am, leave with Kristina and girls at 6, go to Rosedale drop off and feed the girls at Kristina's mom's. 7am we get to the college, park, and go to our class. 10:30am i head to math lab for an hour while Kristina is in class, and at 11:30 we head home. noon I get the kids fed and down for naps, and work on history homework. The rest of the night is dinner, baths for all the kids, dishes and cleaning.
Wednesday: up at 5:15 am, same morning routine as Monday, feed kids lunch at noon and finish anything that needes to get done around the house before 3:30. 3:30 I wake up the kids and get them dressed, at 4 we all head out the door to stop and get a drive thru dinner and meet Rob at the college at 5:15pm, he takes the van and Kids home for homework and bed time stuff, and Kristina and I go to History class untill 9:30 PM. Finally home and try to be in bed by 11 again
Thrusday: up at 5:15 am, same morning and afternoon routine as Tuesday. Thrusday night we have to get all the picking up done for having Phoebe and Isaiah over the next day.
Friday: WE SLEEP IN till 6:30am!!!!! Make breakfast for everyone, Rob heads to work, Kristina and the girls head to thier school, and I watch Phoebe and Isiaha and get Matthew too, and From school. Evening is homework(of course!)
Saturday: our offial NO SCHOOL DAY!! We try and sleep in till 9am, have some fun with the family and just relax!
Sunday: sleep in again!! Sunday is devoted to homework all day, and housecleaning/laundry from the week, in between. We try to get in bed no later than 10pm and get ready to do it all over again

Whew! that sure is alot to type out! It's a hectic schedual, and I have to keep reminding myself that it is only for 3 1/2 more months or so! All of the crazyness is taking a toll on my son, he has done EXCEPTIONALY well with all of the changes, we have had a few night time melt downs when mom or dad or both are gone, and tonight we had a big freak out about NOT wanting to go to Kindergarten( not sure where that came from) of course I try to prepare him nightly for the events of the next day, but some are better than others.

Next Thrusday the 14th, we leave for a trip to Minnesota :) I'm so exctied! It is my Grandfathers 80th Birthday, and all of the family will be there to celebrate! It's my dad's side of the family, and the last time they saw matthew, he was 7 months old! of course that means that they have yet to meet Samantha,so they're all looking forward to the trip. I am so greatful to my dad and stepmom for buying our tickets for us, and My aunt and uncle who are letting us stay at there house on the Dairy farm while we are there :) Of course added to the excitement is the stress of preparing to take the whole family on a plane trip. I haven't started preparing Matthew, I figured I'll wait untill tuesday, that way he can't stress out about it to much before hand, and hopefully I will be able to get him prepared for all of the noises and plane, and driving and cows and family hugs that will await him......we will see!

It looks like Rob's job will be changing agian. In two weeks, his dad will offically work for Tri Valley Oil, and no longer own his own business. apparently Tri Valley has offered to hire rob on as sort of an assistant to one of the higher up ladies/the lady his dad will be working for, but we are not sure what they are expecting of him, so we are kind of waiting to see if the offer comes thru, and if Rob can actually do the job....can you say STRESS?????

So if anyone knows of a reputable Job that I can actually do from home or with little energy let me know! we may both be looking in the near future!

I guess that is my novel for the next few weeks....I'll be sure to update with some pictures of our Minnesota trip after we get back!


This is how I am feeling:


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