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I don't have really anything specific to say, so I couldn't think of a title. However, now that I am sitting here typing the thunder is booming and I have a feeling the rain is soon to come. Kevin and Sallie Rose are out at Nana and Pop Pop's for a visit and I had to take a pass. I needed some alone time. That does not happen often, but lately I feel a little overcrowded and like I take care of everyone, so give me a break, please.

Kevin's back has been out for a week, and that has not been easy. I take that back, it has not been that bad, but now after a week I am ready for a break. I get tired of cleaning up after three people and carry everyone around on my hip. Now, my back hurts. Poor Kevin, he is miserable too. I think at first he enjoyed the rest, but now he is tired of it as well. We all are! Get better Kev.

Things are hard right now on the working two jobs front. I am so over my job at the architectural firm. I am very opposite from the principal and it is beginning to really get to me. He is one of those who doesn't do a lot, but takes credit for everything when someone else is around. Yes, it is his name on the door, but that is wrong and I am tired of standing for it. The only thing that really is hard, is that he has to approve my final hours of my internship for me to start taking my exams. It has been 5 weeks and he still hasn't signed it. My career is in his lazy hands. So irritating. I do not look forward to going to work every other day, but I gave my word to finish a project and I will. The second worse thing is this final project. It was supposed to be a high end office and he gave the client a really low budget and now the contractors have bid it and it is $25,000 over his estimated budget. Now we have to cut costs. That is a lot of cuts to make. I could go on for days about how irresponsible and crappy he is, but I am trying to let it go and learn a lesson from it. Don't be lazy and expect to get employees and clients to respect your so noted experience.

On the other hand, Sallie Rose is doing great. She is beginning to talk in full sentences, most of which you can understand. She loves to sing and now she loves to play with other kids too. She is loving her summer camp. It doesn't hurt that she has so many boys she likes to see every other day. She is super cute and loves to repeat everything. Her favorites are still "oh my goodness" and "oh Sallie Rose". I love that girl.

We have been going to the pool a lot. It is so hot here. I am glad that she likes the pool. She now has a little tan and it is super cute.

She loves family hugs. She loves talking on the phone, not to real people of course. She loves for Mommy to give all her babies diaper changes. She loves to color with markers and crayons. She of course loves ice cream and Popsicle. A summer must have.

Next weekend we are going to meet Suz, Luke and Ally in Charleston for a little vacay. I can't wait. I love getting out of town, but even more love going to see some of my family. Kevin and I are still dreaming about going on a trip alone in September and it might actually work. Initially he wanted to go to the Keys, but it was going to be a pain getting Sallie Rose to Texas for the week. So, now we have decided to find somewhere along the way. We might go to California (plane tickets are so cheap there???) or just go to San Antonio. I don't care and I can't say that enough. I just want to get away with my husband. I really want SR to spend some alone time with my family too. She is finally at the age where I think she will enjoy them more and not be such a Mommy cling on.

Have a good week everyone and I hope I will have some good news on my future career in the next few posts. I have my first furniture painting commission and I am super pumped about it. It is my hairdresser's front desk. Woo hoo, free hair cuts!

Weekly highlights

Wow this week was a doozy and had some really good parts to it. I am surprised I can remember any of them, because I have basically been working around the clock to get my final project out for bid. That happened this week and it is going to be a super sweet office renovation. I will hopefully get some pictures in September after construction is over. It was kind of a dream client: no budget and no idea of what they wanted and they trusted me to do a good job. I hope I don't disappoint them. How could you disappoint someone when they will have marble floors, wood ceilings, onyx counter tops, amazingly expensive light fixtures and the best office furniture on the market? We'll see. I am really excited about the project and so fortunate to have this as my final project before I venture out on my own.

Anyhoo, so these are the highlights of our week:
1. Spending Sunday with my family at the pool, after a 3 hour nap of course

2. Giving up the binky for good. In the trash and never coming back. Wasn't that bad

3. Sallie Rose repeating everything we say: "oh gosh" "oh my goodness" "oh Sallie Rose (when she has done something naughty)" and my favorite "oh shit". Her Dad said that one on Wednesday morning and she promptly repeated 4 or 5 times. I laughed so hard.

4. Finishing construction documents for my project on time and not yelling at anyone for them being idiots (like my boss) or procrastinators (like my boss).

5. Picking Sallie Rose up from Summer Camp and finding her in the playhouse french kissing some ugly kid named "Joe Joe". Not once, but twice. It was hysterical, awkward, and embarrassing all at the same time.

6. Opening boxes that Dad and Patty sent me from our now former house. They made me cry, laugh, and smile just like Patty said they would. There was some really funny stuff in there, besides my collection of Michael Jordan stuff. I will hopefully post some of those tomorrow.

7. Finally having time again to blog, relax, and wonder what I should be doing.

I am feeling very fortunate and positive lately and it feels good. I am so blessed and my baby girl is so funny and so cute that I can't help but thank God for everything he has given me.

Summer Camp pictures

Always on the move

First day of summer camp. A little tired after Memorial Day festivities.

first day of summer camp

Well, today was the first day of Summer Camp for Sallie Rose. She had a bad night last night for some reason and was up a couple of times and I thought, she might not be going to camp tomorrow. She woke up this morning fairly happy and I asked her if she wanted to go to camp and she said yes very happily.

So, we had breakfast, got dressed and got all her bags packed. I had packed her lunch the night before, because I had a feeling we might be running late and we were of course. So, she grabbed her lunch box, waved bye bye to me and went to the front door to wait. So cute. Kills me. I want to eat her up sometimes.

I took her picture on the front step (will post later) and we got in the car and went to camp. When we got there she was a little shy, but I asked her if she wanted to go play with the girls at the table and she just walked over and started playing. I left and she didn't even notice. What? She was tired of me from the weekend, I am sure.

I dropped her off all clean and tightly dressed and I went back to pick her up and she was dirty from head to toe. Popsicle on her shirt, paint all over her body, and of course boogers all over her cheeks. EEEEwwwww...it was so funny. She looked a hot mess. Not to mention she was so tired she could hardly hold her little, squinty eyes open. She was happy though. Her teacher said that she did a great job and that she was so petite and loved going outside. Petite? Is that a characteristic? I am beginning to think so, I have heard that a lot lately from people. Oh well, she is petite.

We went home and she went straight to nap time. She was worn out. She slept for 3 hours. Good times at Summer Camp.

I did ask her tonight if she made any friends, no response. I asked if there were boys in her class and she said yes with a little grin. I asked if there were cute boys in her class and she got this teenager look on her face and very bashfully said "yeeeessss". I don't know how she can be so boy crazy already, makes me nervous. What is going to happen in 10 years? Oh yeah....all girls school, that's what.