Upload Failure

The blogger app on my phone isn't publishing any of my posts. Thumbs down.  So I'm slumming it on the laptop, which I have no time to do unless I ignore my children, which I am doing right now, which I am very aware that it's a bad idea. A makeshift ping pong tournament is happening behind me involving beach balls, fly swatters, paddles, wrestling, and a lot of tattling for cheating.

It's so good for the kids to be out of school. They need opportunities to just be kids while I sit here and blow my nose 100 times. They found a lizard on the porch. They got bored. They ate popsicles for snack. Soren learned how to put his flip flops on without help (way to go, Saunchy!). They did chores. They made mudpies and "dirt water smoothies" the other day. I was informed that dirt water and mud are not the same thing. There you go.

Also, two big, fat, gigantic thumbs down to this killer cold! I sound like an 80 year old smoker.
The children are enjoying my lack of a voice today and laugh when I have to repeat myself. I'm not finding it very funny.

Summer Break is here and I am so very happy about it.  I am thrilled that my children love school, but I really love having everyone home.   Higher temps and humidity arrived yesterday just in time for summer to feel like summer.  If my phone cooperates, there will be an onslaught of posts about graduations, awards, garden updates, Walmart Shareholder's Meeting 2015, kid journals, summer adventures, and life at Fort Willy.

Now, little Sloane and I reeeeeaaaallly need to get better so we can enjoy it all as much as everyone else. I feel like I'm operating at 30% capacity with this icky cold and little sleep....but I suppose 75% capacity is my new 100% capacity so I shall embrace my new normal and press forward, looking forward to the day when 150% energy is 100 again.  Illness has a good way of humbling me, and reminding me to create realistic expectations. I've accepted both.

There are two in my lap. Blogging will wait.  Fingers crossed the app starts working again. Out.