School Schmool

That was what we said today to school. We had what I refer to as "abbreviated homeschool" and headed to Macon to spend the day with Melissa and the kiddos. We had a good time doing nothing. . . We did, however, go to Joanne's and Walmart and get knitting needles and yarn.

Here I am. . . I hardly have enough time to sleep, and now I want to knit some scarves for my girls. . . we'll see how far I get. . . hee!hee!

I just love that Melissa is close enough now so we can spend the day together. It doesn't have to be a big event or hoopla. . . It can be part of life now.

We headed back to G-town and I picked up Alexis and took she and Ash to soccer practice. Jon was there, and it was cold, so I took off to Angela's for Grow Group.

I actually got there about 20 minutes before she got there. I was so tired I started falling asleep. So, I decided to go on a run. . . in the dark. . . by myself. . . around her neighborhood.

First things first though. I remember Jon telling me they had a mean dog in their neighborhood. I called him to find out which way NOT to run.

It was actually kinda creeping running in the dark by myself. I run with my running partner (the other Angela) in the dark, but it's different because someone is with me. Then I had all these dogs howling at me. Did I mention it was dark? 'Cause the dark just makes everything scarier.

I was glad I ran though because it put a pep in my step. I just love the ladies in my grow group so.very.much!!! I love how transparent we are with one another. I love that they are my best of friends. I love that I know that they love me and don't judge me. I love how much we laugh together. I love how much I see us growing. Words just can't express how thankful I am for each of them!!!! God brought them to me at just the right time in my life. He knew how much I needed them!

How'd It Go?

Did I paint?

Did I call a friend to go out for dinner?

Did I clean my closet?

Clean up the school room?

Or. . .

Did I sit on the sofa and hardly move an inch?

If you guessed the last choice, you guessed correctly.

The morning started out with me working. Then, I went to a nearby trail with some friends and we ran the 17.? mile loop.

Let me just stop here and say trail running kicks my booty!!! Believe it or not the downhills were harder than the uphills. I'm not the most coordinated gal either. After the 6th time of catching my fall, I finally couldn't get my balance and fell flat on my hiney. I toughed it up 'cause I was with my friends, though I did get teary eyed. It hhuuuurrrrrttttt . . .okay, that's the whiney girly girl in me. Throughout the trail I felt like thte scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz" when he comes off the pole. .. he's all falling around, arms flailing everywhere. That was what I looked like. Then I got the stinkin' song in my head that he sang.

Although it was tough, I have to say I really enjoyed the trail running. Time passese by so much quicker. I think it is because you have no earthly idea where you are going. I have to fess up though, I'm scared to death of snakes. . . so before I left I googled "what time of year do snakes come out in the South".

I have you know I really didn't get a clear answer. I wanted something as clear as "Snakes come out on March 15th every year". I got nothing of the sort. However, I didn't see the first snake . . . praise the LORD!!

I got home and I had muscles hurting on me I didn't know that I had. I ate, watched a little TV with Jon, got a shower, came back downstairs. . .cuddled up on the sofa with Jon, finished a movie with him, and we both fell asleep like babies. .. He did run his 18 miler early that morning. We were both "too pooped to pop".

Jon woke up because he had to get ready to go out with the guys. I cleaned the kitchen and then started dreaming of my favorite dessert. . .a little something called a "Blondie" from "Applebees".

Jon left. I called in a dessert-only order to "Applebees". The sweet hostess delivered that yummy goodness straight to my car. I didn't even have to get out.

I got home, savored every morsel of my dessert (left a little for Jon though), turned out all the overhead lights, cut on all the lamps, lit a candle, and plopped myself on the sofa with "Systematic Theology". Now before you start yawning on me and thinking I'm a big ball of boring. . . this theology stuff is actually really good!!!

After my mind had all teh big words it could take, I opened up Francines Rivers "A Lineage of Grace" and started reading about my girl, Tamar. I'm getting to know her pretty well through the writings of Mrs. Rivers. She's my very favorite author and anything she has ever written is WONDERFUL!!!

My eyes started to get all sleepy, so I turned on the TV. . . Now, I'm thinking, "Jon's out with the guys. It will be late when he gets home. When I'm out with the girls we tend to close down whatever restaurant we eat at, then we all head to the car and talk." Don't know why I was thinking the guys would talk this much. . . Jon got home around 9:00. They talked at dinner. Apparently that's enough for the boys. They had a great time though. Jon really enjoyed himself.

It felt really, really good to rest and read . . . things that truly are a luxury for me. . . don't you just love the simple things?

What to Do??? What to Do??? What to Do???

In a little while I'm going to meet my mom for coffee. She's taking all the kiddos with her this weekend. She has been in grandkid withdrawal. With the busyness of basketball she didn't get a chance to get the kids much this winter. So. . . off to Nanna's they are going.

Meanwhile, back here at the homestead. . . Jon and I will eat in tonight. I'm going to make this pasta dish recipe from our newest "Runners World" magazine. I'll probably stop by "Red Box" and find some kind of funny movie for us to watch. We both have 18-mile long runs tomorrow. We were all going to run together. However, Jon's running partner, Doug, needed to run at 4:00 a.m. so he could spend time with his family. Jon didn't want to leave him high and dry. I'm going with Angela and another friend of ours, Chuck, to run some trails. We have a 31.5 mile trail run coming up in early April. I'm not sure if it is too early for snakes to be out. But, let me tell you - THEY FREAK ME OUT!!!! I will be looking underneath my feet and if I see one, I will run the fastest I have ever run.

Tomorrow night Jon and some guys are all going out. One of our friends just recently lost his father and his wife (who is a dear friend of mine) is going out of town. The guys thought they'd all take him out to grab a bite of dinner and play pool.

Know what that means for me???

Well, I'm not sure.

Very rarely am I ever totally by myself. . . that is unless I'm working. . . Honestly, I'm afraid I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.

I did think about calling an old friend or 2 and seeing if anyone wanted to have dinner.

But, since these times don't come often, I thought I'd just hang here at the house.

I've got a few things twirling around in this head of mine.

- clean up my closet (it is supposed to be a walk-in closet, but is so messy you cannot even step in there without stepping on something) and clean our dreadfully messy school room
- price homeschool books for the upcoming used book sale in late April
- veg in front of the TV
- Start a new Francine Rivers book "A Lineage of Grace".
- paint my hall (in front of the laundry room) and up the stairs
- sew pillowcase dresses for the girls for spring. The sewing bug has really bitten me.
- try and see if I can make some of these
- study and complete my homework for Bibliology/Hermaneutics
- clean up the garage
- catch up on reading blogs

With the looks of this list, it looks like I'm going to be by myself for days (thankfully NO!!)

What do you guys think? If you were getting a night all by yourself, what would you do?