A Tale of Two Childs

I have been feeling REALLY run down lately! I have been having a hard time staying focused at work- and really being enthused about my job. I was thinking of leaving, but I cannot bring myself to leave the people I work with- whom I have grown to love over the past 2 years. I have a feeling I ought to stay at my current job too. So I have decided to stay where I am working, and change my attitude.

I went to the "Women empowered" conference today, which my boss had us attend, and I realized that the good thing about staying where I am is, though, that now I can look for ways to still improve as a person and thus improve my organization. It also helped me put things into perspective- realize that I am lucky to a)have a job and b) be so fortunate to work with the people I do, which brings me to c) a good reason to go to work each day, that is not just a pay check.

The conference gave me ideas on improving myself personally and professionally. In addition to giving me a better attitude- it put things in perspective and helped me to be happier and more grateful for all that I have and I am learning, and to find out what I need to learn from this stepping stone in my life. So on I go to learn more, do more, and hopefully be more. Go team!

Once a year Caleb's family goes to Trial Lake in the Uinta's. It is so beautiful to spend time in nature, and even more beautiful to spend time with Caleb and his cute family. The stars at night were phenomenal. It was cold and rainy this year, but Caleb's sister was prepared with games and brought her game face and caught more fish than Caleb! I really do enjoy camping, and camping with the child family includes the best food you will ever eat among dirt trees and fire pits. Oh, and no worries, that wrap on Caleb's shin, he superglued another wound shut... Gotta love the adventure!

With 2 straight weeks of rehearsals behind us, and barely any time together, we approached last Sunday night with a bit of sadness. Caleb was not feeling well (a cold he acquired from the nephews) and we were both burnt out. Caleb has half day school on Tuesdays and Thursdays and was still not feeling well yesterday- I mentioned that we should both just take a half day on Thursday and we could take a break. His reply was "Tuesday would work better," I could not believe my eyes, so I told him to go home and I would make it happen. I talked to my boss- and was honest, husband going home sick, wanted to go hang with him... and so it was, I left after 3 hours, went to lunch with a friend, bought some new pants. I got home after 1pm, Caleb was studying by the fire, I laid by him while he studied, we took a 2 hour nap, we woke up, I made food and we had dinner together. Best "Sick Day" Ever!