It’s Friday! Yay! J has had standardized testing all week long (FCAT and NRT), plus a big project due in her Gifted class on Tuesday. She’s not at all worried about the tests, but the project has her stressing a bit.
X is back to his normal self: Into everything, singing constantly, running here, there and everywhere. We went to Mommy and Me on Wednesday and to Storytime on Thursday. It’s kind of nice to be back to our routine.
Both of the kids are looking forward to this weekend because they are going to see my parents for the weekend. X is particularly excited about it, especially since he found out his Papa has a motorcycle to look at now!
We’re all very sad, though, because my parents had to put their dog to sleep this week. Patches came to our family the summer after my brother graduated from high school (that was in 1991, for the record). She was an exciteable little dog, white with black splotches and a fluffy tail. She loved kids, but hated hair brushes. She was a middle sized dog who thought she was a lapdog. We all loved her very much and will miss her. She lived a long life and always had someone to love on her though.
The reason the kids get to go South for the weekend is because Toph and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary! It’s really hard to believe that we’ve been together that long…it really doesn’t seem like it. We’ve gone through a lot together: lots of moving, job changes, children, illness and the death of our son. I feel like we’ve gotten closer with each storm we’ve weathered together. There’ve been times I worried about the state of our marriage, but Toph has always listened to my worries and we’ve worked through them together. I couldn’t ask for a better partner in life.
So, here’s to ten years together and to many more to come! I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Now I’m off to finish my housework so that I don’t have to worry about any of it this weekend!
