Posted in Every Day Blessings

I keep telling myself that I'm not letting the events in my life effect me -- "I'm relying on G-d to see us through".  But today I show up at soccer games and another homeschool mom asked if had gone to homeschool convention.

Well, duh?  I thought it was next week and I'm not sure where I got my dates crossed but I'm guessing that G-d was watching out for our pocketbook as well because the whole reason I hadn't registered early was because of $ and if you don't go then you aren't tempted with all the new/used curriculum (that I unequivocally do not need).  So I didn't spend any $ either but I soooo don't know how I got so mixed up and as much as I would have liked to attend, I guess "all things work together for good" but silly me. LOL   We might go to the one in PHX but that is yet to be determined.

I'm a little sad because today my oldest son played his last soccer game probably ever.  His team is advancing to the next bracket that we basically can not afford but even if we were in the "more money than brains club" I'm not sure that this kid has the drive or passion for this.  I know he loves playing soccer but I'm guessing it is the social aspect of it because even though he could be really _______ (fill in the blank) on the field, he just doesn't seem to be doing it and it has been humbling and frustrating for way too long.  I think he will be a late bloomer just like his mom when it comes to sports but that is okay because I kept telling myself that brains like Bill Gates make way more than Michael Jordan so sports isn’t everything LOL.  I guess I am grateful that he has ended the season/year/his soccer career (lol) on a good note with a great bunch of kids and we are ready to see what is around the next corner.  Still sad though.

My middle son's team is another story.  With dh's job so up in the air it is difficult to know even what to tell the team.  Dh wants to coach but I'm not even sure if my (very talented) ds wants to play.  Several of our players just didn't want to even be there and it is so difficult to coach kids who are playing for their parents or parents who don't participate by getting their kids to games or practice.  I think dh is burnt out but he is afraid of what will happen to the few kids who want to stay playing.  So it was a bittersweet day.  I will be glad when the end-of-season parties are out of the way so we can move on with our lives.  Everything gets put on hold during soccer season and I have had more than enough of soccer for this year.  The biggest thing I learned from this season is that you really need to encourage and support those who are in "leadership roles" because it truly is tough on the other end not knowing what parents or kids are thinking until the end of the season when they are disappointed that you might not be coming back KWIM?

Passover cleaning update:  Main bathroom almost done but doing nothing on it today.  I should be done but I ended up rearranging our bedroom furniture to put a couple of bookshelves in it so that was time consuming but even dh says it feels like we have so much more room.  The kids make me laugh because they think that the "clean" rooms now echo????  But man it feels so nice.  I can't wait for the whole house to be done but the boys and the Rumple room are next and while the boys rooms aren't too bad because they have been working on it, their rooms are getting a major re-haul (hopefully with paint and maybe flooring but that depends on when the income tax comes back and how much my new to us car will be).  The Rumple room will be the scariest because it started out scary.

That’s all for my silly life

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