Today was the first day of school for the girlies. And I knew it was gonna be a weird day. But it actually went a bit better than I thought it would. I was SUPER emotional yesterday, thinking about the girls starting school and all that jazz.
This morning started like every school day starts, haha. Ruben woke me up with coffee (YAY COFFEE!) and let me wake up nice and slow. Then the girls had their breakfast, brushed their teeth and hair, and got dressed. It was nice to see them all dressed up in their first day of school outfits. :) SOO blessed and thankful for all the help with school stuff this year. I know we could have done it, but it would have been SOOO much harder without all the help. So thank you guys! Then we went and took a couple cute pics outside before we walked over to the school. Then I got a pic with each of them and their teachers.
Ivy was SUPER nervous - which I can't really blame her for. Neither of her best friends are at this school anymore. One moved to another school district up her (not far away, but enough to take her out of this school) and the other moved out of STATE. So she's gotta make some new "best friends" if you will. I'm sure she will be fine. She's always better about making friends than I ever was, thank goodness, haha.
Desi on the other hand - she shocked me. Sh walked right in, hung her backpack up, and didn't shed a single tear. I thought she'd be at least a little emotional - but NOPE. Not one tear at all. Which is probably a good thing, cause that helped me stay stable, haha. Cause if she'd started crying like Ivy did, I'd be a WRECK! She was ready though. She's been ready for over a year - just didn't get to start last year because she wasn't potty trained. So I guess that helped her out.
I was just able to go pick them up. :) And the good news is, they both had a really good day. That helps put my mind at ease too. YAY! That always makes me happy when the first day goes that well. I know a good first day is the start of a good year.
I was supposed to have a few hours today to work on getting the house clean for pest control tomorrow, haha. Was supposed to do it while the girls were in school so i wouldn't have any distraction. But Ruben and I spent the majority of the morning out of the house, and then when we got home we made some cheese sticks (really awesome recipe from one of the blogs he follows - thats two we've found that way, haha) and played some games. So far I've gotten the living room almost completely finished. Gotta decide what we are doing for dinner so i can get that seperated out, and then put the rest of it over on the table so it's out of the kitchen. Still lots to do. But I've got a good four hours to do it in before time to wake Ruben up, so we are good. :)
Tomorrow I'm gonna go out and help a friend of mine unpack some of his stuff. He had knee surgery and isn't supposed to be up and around on it all that much just yet, and he's still got a lot to get done. SOO I'm gonna go give him a few hours of my time to help out. Most of that money has somewhere to go now, which I'm ok with. It's more about paying it forward anyway, since we've been blessed with SOO much the last few weeks. Seriously, blessed beyond belief.
Not sure if I've told everyone what all we've been blessed with, so I'm gonna list it all again right here. :) It goes like this:
$50 from the Winkles for school supplies
2 boxes of school clothes and shoes from my mom
School clothes from Ruben's mom and sister
$150 from Winkles mom for school supplies/ clothes
And an extra $30 from Kerr that we weren't expecting.
We only spent $25 out of pocket and they have all the school supplies, backpacks, a closet full of new school clothes, and new shoes. Truly a blessing I can't say thank you enough for.
Add to that the car from Cassie that we can pay her for out of income tax, and the work Ruben is getting from Kerr for painting the models, we are truly blessed. Now, I always wait for the other shoe to drop. When things start going great, there's always something bad that happens, but I'm doing my best not to think about things like that because I have a feeling it's a self fulfilling prophecy. So instead, I'm focusing on paying it forward. Helping friends out as much as possible, reaching out to new people, and getting back in touch with old friends. Making an efford to do whatever good I can do for those who need it, without asking anything in return (except maybe gas money, cause we are still broke, heh). I hope that things work out so that we can do something for those in need this holiday season too, ya know? Maybe sponsor a kid for Christmas, or donate some food to the local pantry, or something like that. We won't be able to do much BIG, but we want to do whatever we can. So if you've got any ideas about things I can do without costing us too much, please let me know. :)
Ok, time to crank up the music and get the house done so it's done when Ruben gets up. :) SOO glad it was a good day. Here's to many more.
LOVE YOU GUYS!
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