Happy Sunday!!
It is a gloomy day here, which means that energy levels are low as we all recharge our batteries after this past week. Jim is in the process of training for his third marathon, so his fourteen-mile run this morning has left him depleted. Holly and I are recovering from fifteen hours in the car in a twenty-four hour period, as we drove to Rochester, Michigan and back again for Holly’s most recent feis. Connor is on a class field trip to see the musical Hamilton in Chicago. It is just a quiet, relaxing, pajama-filled day.
Holly had an excellent morning in Rochester yesterday. The feis was well-planned, and the hosts did a great job decorating the hall for Halloween. Holly competed in three different dances and ended up placing for each of her dances – third, second, and third! The rest of the team did well too, so there were lots of smiling parents and kids yesterday!
Connor had his cross-country banquet on Thursday. It was another bittersweet moment, as he had to listen to how well the rest of the team did and was faced yet again with proof of his poor performance this season. However, he was recognized for his leadership and was able to celebrate his time as a co-captain.
The rest of his time this week has been spent inside the school’s theater as part of the pit orchestra for this year’s musical. This upcoming week is the last week before the performances, so he will be getting to know the confines of that pit orchestra very well by the time next Sunday comes. It will be his biggest time management challenge to date, so it will be interesting to see how he does.
Speaking of challenges, this week will also be one for me. Not only is it month-end close for me this week, but it is also the biggest week for budget planning for me with a key due date for that also on Friday. I am really looking forward to getting through this week because I know it will be behind me.
Here are past posts from the last week in case you missed them the first time:
- It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? – 24 October 2016
- The Terranauts
- Blood Red Snow White
- Yesternight
- Fabulous Friday – 28 October 2016
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday. Have a great week, and I’ll see you back here next week!
Life is good and busy in your house! I’m jealous that Connor got to see Hamilton…someday I will attend. Congrats to Holly, I love watching Irish dance.
I hope the week is chugging along, and that your work is going well. Friday is just 3 days away!
Thanks, Anita!
Glad you managed to find a relaxing day between bouts of busy!
It was definitely necessary!
Fifteen hours in a car?!? But glad everything went well and that Holly did well. Good luck with the rest of this week and can’t wait for it to be over for you. I guess this coming Friday’s Fabulous Friday will be an obvious one, huh? 🙂
Well, it would have only been 14 hours if we had not gotten stuck driving through Chicago on Friday while everyone was trying to get to Wrigley Field for the World Series game. That little hellish trip thanks to the GPS added a good hour to the drive. It was only supposed to have been a seven-hour drive one-way.
I am thoroughly looking forward to Friday evening!
Holly’s such a cutie, and she looks like she’s having a wonderful time! Did Connor enjoy Hamilton?
Thanks, Jenny! Irish dance is not her first love, but she is damn good at it and I love that she is finally getting the recognition she deserves. Connor loved “Hamilton.” He had only heard a few of the songs before seeing it – those he heard around the house and those his AP US History teacher played for him last year. He was thoroughly impressed with the hip-hop influences he could pick out and loved the jazzier, funkier tunes. I love that he was able to test his music and history knowledge with the same musical!
14 miles – that’s awesome! I hope I’m there some day. Congrats to Holly!! I’m glad it went well!
I have a ton of close duties on my list this week – it’s going to be a rough one. Here’s to hoping we get through it quickly!
He will do more before January. I’m sure you would have no problems getting there if you were to pick a marathon and go for it. This will be Jim’s third, and he sort of loves them.
Here’s to a quick and painless week for both of us!
I hope your week goes well and you get a good rest after it is all done!
Thanks, Stefanie! That’s the plan!
Congrats to Holly on her performances! And good luck to all of you in the challenging week ahead.
Thanks, Amanda!
Glad the kiddos are doing well. I am sorry that Connor was disappointed with his cross-country, but he is a very accomplished young man who will get beyond it! Happy Sunday!
Thanks, Kelly! He hopefully learned from his disappointment and will apply the lesson to future challenges!