Falling In It...

So, this weekend has probably been the most unproductive weekend of the quarter. I fell in a hole while carrying my 18 month old in the Ergo carrier, and walking two adorable and rambunctious dogs. I was attempting to house sit for a friend of mine and ended up in urgent care for most of Friday evening. My left foot is badly sprained, along with the ankle.

I will regale you with the fascinating story...

There I am, about 5:30 p.m. in a very nice neighborhood getting two small dogs leashed up while my daughter is giggling because they are licking her face. She loves dogs, and all animals. I thought about taking my cell phone in the pocket of the Ergo carrier she was riding in. If you are not familiar with this carrier, it is a multi-functional back saving baby carrier. Amelie was riding in the front position. I decided, nah, who needs a cell phone to take a quick walk. Mistake number one. I grabbed the house keys so I could lock the door, and off we went.

The dogs were excited to go and were pulling a bit, but not too hard. We crossed the street and went down a couple of blocks. There was a big grassy field, and I thought that the dogs had not done their business yet, so maybe a stroll in the grass would put them in the mood. I was not paying attention to where I was walking. Mistake number two. I was sporting my mary jane Crocs. Mistake number three.

I fell into a hole that upon reflection, was quite well hidden in the grass. I went down so fast that I did not have time to catch myself properly. I only had time to make sure that Amelie did not hit the ground as I did. I felt my entire ankle flop to the side in a grotesque and unnatural way. I did not try to stand as I knew that it would be fruitless. My foot began to swell...

There were two little kids a block away riding their bicycles in circles around their house. I started yelling for them and they took a while to figure out that I was not some weird child snathcher trying to lure them over. They grabbed their mom and grandfather and they all made their way over to me. They turned out to be a very nice family and got me in a chair and brought me water. They held Amelie and played with the dogs until my Mom was able to get there and help me out. My foot began to swell even more...

By the time I got done with urgent care, I had a disc of x-rays, and fancy new boot like something out of a steampunk comic. In fact, I may go home and spray paint it brass and put gears on it...

Missing the fun not the humidity.

Well, the weekend is upon us again. This Saturday is my 5 year wedding anniversary. I am looking forward to some time with my love, just the two of us.

We are both missing Texas and all the fun we had there last weekend. It has been quite some time since we have taken a vacation that we did not really want to come home from. We all had so much fun and it was great to see the girls get to just have simple kid fun.

I have miraculously been able to get most of my homework done for my classes this week. However, still lacking in the practice on my Steno machine. I actually just got a friendly reminder from my speed teacher that I really need to be practicing every day.

This summer has been lacking in motivation to do anything adult and responsible. All I can think about is swimming, bike riding (on a dream cruiser), roller skating, and having lots of fun.

We got really lucky on the Fourth of July this year and landed primo spots for firework watching at a little church on a hill. The pic above is my little one and I tired, as we had just flown in from Texas that evening.

Now, I have to be off to finish up a quiz for English and probably get in some much needed practice time on that Steno machine. Nothing like a scolding e-mail from your teacher to get you motivated...

The First Week Online

The first week of taking classes online is almost over. Let me tell you, it has been difficult. I wake up, turn on the computer, make the girls breakfast and eat my breakfast while doing classwork. Then I clean up the kitchen and the girls and sit down to more school work while they play together. I usually only get to read about two sentences at a time until I am interrupted by questions or being asked to make a doll talk. After a while of this I just play with the girls for a bit, which I love that I get to do that more. Then I put a short film in for thirty minutes so that I can finish more school work. The day pretty much keeps going that way all day long. I am either on the computer, into a book, or doing something for or with the girls.

I have had absolutely no time to practice on my machine. This is going to be a problem. The online requirements are even more difficult to achieve. I have to have 10 hours minimum on my machine logged by Sunday evening. We are trying to figure out how to make this work better. The only option right now is possibly quitting work. However, we rather need the money and if I continue working we will be able to pay our debt off a little faster. We don't have much debt left, but it would be nice to be debt free so that we can work on getting a place of our own.

Well, back to trying to finish up my course work. Just finished making chocolate pancakes too!