Monday, October 19, 2026

Randoms

 To say that this school year has "not been my favorite" is a HUGE understatement.... losing BOTH my work bestie RN and my beloved Principal/friend has been a REALLY hard adjustment... coming to grips with my "new normal" when I used to LOVE MY JOB SO MUCH... tricky...

On Wednesday I left the new RN and new Principal in charge of the office...

Sitting next to Husband while he was in a hospital bed waiting for surgery I got an email prepping me....for THIS....


AWESOME. I had JUST redone the rolls (BY MYSELF.. typically a job I did with Marisa) and I am a control freak about the laminator... well... PK decided to take it on and jammed the thing all up... guess who had to fix that on Thursday?

Speaking of Thursday....

This girl needed a ride home from practice and I thought she looked so cute reppin' her Flaherty racing shirt so we took a pic to send to "Mush-elle"


The LAST of the dahlias LAST week... we had frost over the weekend and they are all gone....

Heart wrenching...

but already thinking about NEXT season!




Friday, October 16, 2026

Back to the REALLY "Big City"

 At least for the CountryMouse and Husband!

Please note the time the coffee arrived on the nightstand... please also note, my phone is telling me I should still be sleeping!


"We've" been doing this a LONG time... Husband did like his past Dr who retired but the one who took over was NOT a good fit....so if you remember we went to Boston for the top dog of New England back in June...he listened and allowed Husband some time but it finally got to the point that he was done waiting, Husband was uncomfortable enough and they had to get removed.... 

Wednesday was the big day.... of course Minnie's soccer game would get moved to Wednesday night because why NOT? 

We left the house around 5:20AM and when I put our destination in my phone it immediately said "there more traffic than USUAL today..." great.... love starting a road trip stressed....


Sure enough GPS was right and our arrival time of 7:30 went right out the window... to say that I was freaking out might be a "slight" understatement... I HATE BEING LATE...

I texted this picture to Minnie because she does love her some Boston Blue...looked like a scene from the show....beautiful skyline beautiful flag and all!


I also snapped this picture for the girls in hopes that it was Season 2 of Crew Girl but after googling it I don't think it was... maybe a scene for Boston Blue??  


Thank GOODNESS no one was grouchy that we were 40 min later than they hoped and Husband got checked right in.... procedure started around 10.... 

I was happy in an empty waiting room but I assure you this is NOT how it ended up... in fact when the Dr called me and I stepped out into the hallway to go over everything.... 

I lost my seat... so I walked and stood for the next hour... until I got a text from Husband that said "let's get outta here" so I went looking for him :) When I got into the PACU the boy at the desk said "did they call you, he's only been in here for 40 min and usually it's 2 hours?" 
I said no.... but my Husband wants to leave sooooo can you check with someone??? 

And at about 2:15 I was experiencing my first VALET service... almost 50... never done valet... had no idea HOW to do valet but thankfully they brought me my car....

I maneuvered all of this and MORE traffic on the way home...


as evidenced by the stress of my blood sugar....

so that we could get home to watch this girl do her thing!





A WIN to end the night and FINALLY my bed by 9:30!!!! 

Husband is doing well, really happy with the procedure and we shall see about next steps....

Thursday, October 15, 2026

The LONG Weekend Report

 

Starting with Thursday because... why not? A beautiful night for soccer.... 




The ONLY time they were smiling.... 





On Friday after they had practice they came over to the one and only HOME XC meet to support their buds....I brought popsicles and THAT got smiles!

We cheered on our PINK LADIES!


Oh my SWEET C-LINE!
Photo by Allyn

Photo by Allyn

Love these track girls!!!
Photo by Allyn

AND these soccer girls!
Photo by Allyn

CountryMouse and Husband sighting! Say WHAT?!
Photo by Allyn

Saturday and Sunday the gals reffed all day both days (Miss B's day was a little shorter on Sunday)

and when we picked her up after church we took a walk down to the water... it was FREEZING cold

on Monday NO one had to BE anywhere....

clearly we ALL took advantage of that....

Why are the 3 day weekends the shortest??? 

Friday, October 9, 2026