There is definitely not a lack of something to do in our small family. I’m now coordinating a small Fourth cookout at our house for some local friends as well as hosting a few college friends for the weekend following. We have decided that we wouldn’t plan on going to the lake this year to watch the fireworks. It has been a standing thing for our local group since before Joel and I got married but each year it seems to get a little bit more difficult to participate. The event is free if you don’t want to be a part of the concert they have at the ampitheatre down at the water. We just tailgate in a large field, enjoy food, fellowship, and around 9:00 some fireworks. Last year the event was capped off by us being hit and trailed by some guy who was drunk and high. Which brings me to this year. I initially told everyone that I was up for the fireworks again this year but I have since decided that I don’t know that I want to deal with the heat this year and with the holiday being on a Tuesday, work comes really early. So we up and decide to host a small bbq. I’m not sure how many we’ll be planning on but I’m hoping to find out more tonight when I talk to a few of the ladies in the group.
I got some clothes in the mail this week of which I was incredibly thankful for. A friend from FBC Jax gave me some clothes that would be transitional. Some of them I can wear now but most of them I will have to wait until after the baby though I did have something new to wear this week. I also received my first order from Old Navy Maternity yesterday so I now have 3 maternity tops. Little by little we’re building my wardrobe though at times I don’t feel it’s fast enough. Washing mid week didn’t have to happen this week. I was so very happy.
My sweet husband tried to buy bias tape for me on his way home so it would be one less stop for me. I was hoping to hem some pants last night and he knew it. Not knowing exactly what he was going for, he came home with some double fold quilter’s bias tape that was $13.19. I thanked him profusely for trying and making the extra stop on his way home. We headed out last night and found the right stuff for $1.24 a pack. He liked that price much better.Â
We had the a/c people come out the other night as our a/c has been freezing up and takes an incredibly long time to cool down. It turns out this tech didn’t look at us like we had 10 heads and actually said that they would do a thorough freon leak detection test once they get their new equipment delivered. He added 1/4 of a pound of freon and said that if we had just had it recharged a year ago, then it shouldn’t be acting up. When he left he made it sound as if they put the system in and have been the only ones to touch it, then they would make it right. Hopefully that will mean less money out of our pockets. The past two nights have been fabulously cool and gone (for the time being anyway) are the temp drops of 2 degrees at a time or a freeze up.
It feels like it should be Thursday today. I had a hard time waking up and getting motivated to put my feet on the floor and get my body moving. I’ve been trying to save my vacation days for when I’m out of maternity leave so I’m looking foward to a long 4 day weekend. (Work is giving us both Monday and Tuesday off for the holiday.) I’m hoping Monday will be a cleaning day for me and one that will be a day of marked progress. So though today here at work feels slow and the work flow isn’t moving much, my mind is racing with the personal stuff happening in my life. There is definitely not a lack of things to do.
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