A Reprieve

Today, our daycare is closed, so I stayed home with Lilly. After the past few weeks, a day off is just what I have needed! Things have been busy, no surprise there, but the past few days have been really crazy. Saturday, we had dance, and I had to get things organized after dance, so I was at work for 3 hours on Saturday. Our dance group is for children of all ability levels, so we have kids with very mild physical or cognitive disabilities all the way to children with severe impairments. I coordinate the program each year, and as it has grown, I have gotten by with less and less help, which is great that it can be run efficiently, but it can overwhelm me at times. So, practice was a bit crazy, and I was all flustered and over stimulated. But then, I thought about the performance, and how that is such a wonderful experience. It makes all of this work and craziness so worthwhile. If any of you can make it to the performance it will be on May 17 (Sunday) in Sauk Rapids. It is just the cutest thing in the world!

Then, yesterday, I worked until almost 1:00 at SPOT (I generally come home around noon and work from home), then had a meeting at the boys' school at 2:00, a Dr. appt in Monticello at 4:30, and Cameron had First Reconciliation at 7:00. Plus I had to make supper in there! Believe me, I had quite a bit to confess just for being such a grouch that afternoon :-).

I have been trying diligently to break my addiction to sugar, and was doing pretty well until today, when out of sheer boredom, I broke into a box of Girl Scout cookies. Shame, shame on me! I tell ya, if I didn't have a job that kept me running all day long, I think I would be one of those overweight people that they do a reality show on. I am planning to bike again this year in the Tour of Saints in July, and would like to get in shape to run a 5k, although I don't know if that will happen or not. But, the first order of business is to break this addiction I have going. I have done it successfully in the past, but it was a long 5-6 days to get there! Once I was over the hump, though, I found that I didn't ever crave sugar (chocolate, candy, ice cream, all that good stuff), nor did I want to eat those types of foods. Hopefully, my trip off the wagon won't set me too far back, I had done really well for the past three days.

I am hoping that the rain stops soon, especially for the people in the area of the Red River. Ed's uncle and aunt live near Grand Forks, and so I am hoping that they are ready for it. They don't live right near the river, but there is a tributary that runs near their property. In 1997, their barn and much of their land was flooded, but their house was OK. So, we are watching it and hoping for the best.

Hope to see the sun soon...gotta love March in MN!