Speed It Up!

I jog/ran today, with a bit fewer walks. My neighbor came home yesterday and pushed me hard. It's 10 AM and I'm feeling pretty good still. But I can tell my calves are going to hurt. They were already talking to me. It feels good to get out there and blow off steam. Someone in the church died yesterday and I'll be doing the funeral tomorrow. With such a quick turn around time and two sermons to still write before Sunday, we'll just say my stress level is a bit on the higher side. But the running helps. I'm going to do it again tomorrow morning as I will definitely need it. It's so nice to have an outlet with a neutral/non-church member person. I'm really going to miss her. She spent our time (when she could breathe) talking about how some families rub off on others and her daughter, who spent most of the week with cousins, is now hitting and back talking and a bunch of other things Mom & Dad will now have to re-teach. It's amazing how one week can effect kids so much. I talked about how busy our summer's been. It seems as if there are "plans" every single day of the summer, and while the kids are enjoying focused time, I think it's important to have down time too. I've alternated the kids' camp schedules this year (they each get two weeks somewhere but never on the same week) so I can have some one on one time with each kid. That's been nice. But the driving back and forth to camps at the crack of dawn reminds me why I homeschool. I hate, no I mean HATE, the morning rush!

Enough for now. I must go prepare for a funeral . . . again.