Day 9

I didn't purposefully schedule my two days of summer dance classes for the week my family was going to the lake house.  I hate that it happened that way because I would love to be at the lake house right now chillin' with everyone, but I have a job to do...and it's a fun job.  On the bright side, my kids get a break from me for two days and really get to feel like they are on vacation.  When I get back to the lake house tonight, at least one of them will hug me and yell, "Mama!" and it will be awesome.  Awesome that they missed me, but more awesome that they know how to have fun, behave and be obedient without me being around.

My 28 thanks

1. My dad, Lucy and Sarah love my kids.

2. Although it is possible that they weren't ecstatic about the idea of keeping my kids at the lake house without me or Matt for two whole days they did it and mostly didn't complain. 

3. It's not easy to take care of two young children at the lake house when you are fixing boat trailer tires and skiing and tubing and putting sunscreen on them and making sure they are sitting down while the boat is moving..see, it's a lot of work.  My family is awesome!

4. My kids are having a great time at the lake house without me and Matt!  

5. I got to sleep in this morning.  Till 9!  It was amazing!

6. I was on call today for disaster relief, but smarty pants here left her phone charger at the lake house.  It's impossible to make phone calls from a phone with a dead battery.  Thankfully I only received one phone call and Danielle was gracious enough to make the call back for me.

7. I don't really know Danielle.  I know who she is and I could pick her out of a police lineup if need be, but she has no clue who I am.  She seems to be extremely sweet and I hope we get to know each other personally very soon.

8. Traffic on I-35 seems to have finally started moving again.  There were way too many people backing up I-35 taking pictures of tornado damage.

9. It is clear to me that many people have dedicated hours of their lives getting the damage and debris cleaned up.  In just one month so much has already been accomplished.

10. Matt and I had another good laugh over something crazy he said.  "Things that aren't as funny as they used to be are funnier now."  We've been laughing about that one for days now.

11. Miss Connie LOVES getting me out of my comfort zone to teach the troupe girls.  I am glad she does!  Her confidence in my abilities has allowed me to have confidence in myself and to identify my talents.

12. Everyone needs someone in their life who instills confidence.  I am thankful I have Miss Connie and the other teachers to speak that into my life.

13. I was able to go into the dance studio for a couple of hours this afternoon.  My goal was to find music for my first hour which was just progressions and to run through the dance I had choreographed.  However, I found some music and choreographed a whole second dance to teach to the Jr. Troupe girls.  I surprised myself!

14.  Last year I freaked out about teaching choreography to the troupe girls, but this year I was prepared.  I had a full 2 minute dance choreographed for them and it took almost the whole hour to teach it.  I was proud of the work I put in and the results it produced.

15. The troupe girls are fun to teach.

16. In a pinch, Kidz Bop music can work really well for progressions. 

17. I'm getting all kinds of e-mails from Pastor Kara regarding Camp WOW.  It is almost here and I am so excited!

18. The storm that came through overnight did no damage to any of my property or possessions.

19. The Lord has been so faithful in keeping us safe and sound this storm season.

20. My sunburn from Saturday and Sunday has already turned into a tan.

21. The Santa Fe gets better gas mileage than I thought it would.  I went 320 miles on a tank.  Actually, my low fuel light wasn't on yet...so I could have squeezed a few more out of it.

22. Matt loves his new job.

23. He will have been there a month on the 20th and he has had no work related stress!

24. Matt came home from work no later than 6:00 this whole month!

25. He would have never wanted to leave his last job, but the relocation news made it necessary.  I can tell he is much happier without the stress staying at work until 9:00 to finish financial close.

26. 79 cent big gulps at 7-11.  Hey, if I want to be unhealthy, at least I can do it for cheap.

27. Dancing is good exercise.  I am sore today after doing my own choreography with the Sr. Toupe girls.

28. If I drink a big gulp and dance in the same day...it's kind of like I didn't have the big gulp. Right?  I say yes.