Last week was a busy one for us. In case you’re curious, I’ll give you an overview of what it looked like.

• Sunday – Church (Luke has his Church School class during mass), followed by a birthday party for a friend’s son and then a trip to urgent care for Maggie (diagnosis: ear infection)
• Monday – Dance for Maggie (which we skipped because of that ear infection) and Basketball Practice for Adam
• Tuesday – Gymnastics for Adam & Luke
• Wednesday – Church School for Adam
• Thursday – Gymnastics for Maggie
• Friday – Basketball Game for Adam
• Saturday – Make up Gymnastics Class for Maggie (she missed a class the week before because Adam was home sick from school), Basketball Game for Luke, and then a Lego Batman Event at Toys R Us (the kids each got to build a Batmobile to take home)
• Sunday – This was supposed to be Church/Church School again, but ended up another trip to Urgent Care (this time for Luke, another ear infection)

So that’s what we’ve been up to. It makes me tired just thinking about it. Add into the mix that I started taking classes this semester (four of them, because I am apparently crazy) and we’ve got a lot going on here.

I haven’t mentioned the classes before, I know. Last summer my mom, sister, and I were talking about what sort of career would be good for me after the kiddos are all in school and one of them (I think it was my mom) suggested school librarian. I thought about it for a while an decided I really like the idea. I’ll get to work with students (but not have to deal with their parents) and I’ll have summers and holidays off with the kids (and not have to bring home tests or papers to grade). So I’ve started taking classes working on a masters degree in school librarianship.

I’m three weeks into the semester and it is a lot of work – A LOT. Thankfully I have the best support team ever. Dave doesn’t mind picking up my slack around here (wait until you see the Valentine’s Day mailbox he and Adam made) and my mom doesn’t mind when I call her three (or more) times a day for help or send her papers to proofread for me.

Whew. So yeah, that’s a lot. Kudos to you if you’ve read this far. Here are some weird pictures of Maggie and me that a friend took as a reward.

Oh, and the kids are all relatively healthy again – thankfully. Thank goodness for antibiotics.