Neglect

My poor blog has been neglected.  It's not that I've forgotten about it. I take photos with the intention of posting them, I think of little snippets that I want to share, I work thoughts around in my head...but somehow I never manage to sit down and make any of it happen. Ever since school started back up I've been busier than ever. I had big hopes that things would be a little less frenetic this year but alas, no, it's as crazy as ever.  And I just enrolled Kardynn in preschool which I'm sure will make things even crazier.  Of course that makes me question why I've signed her up but I'm doing this for her.  When I first signed Oskar up for preschool it was totally about me. I needed a little break.  Two kids in preschool was even more of a break.  Last year was a disaster. I had one in afternoon Kindergarten and two in morning preschool...and not even on the same days.  I had hoped this year would be better but now I have four kids going to school at four different times.  So...once again I've pinned my hopes on next year...next year things will calm down, next year I'll finally get organized, next year I'll get a set workout routine, next year.

In the meantime Kardynn is getting to be such a big girl. She's bull-headed and difficult but she's also delightful. She uses such grown up words. I'm frequently amazed by the things she knows. And of course in order to start preschool she needed to be potty trained. At this very moment she's upstairs sleeping in her big girl bed - with no rails - in big girl underwear.  It's hard to imagine that this day has arrived.  Of course I'll be real and tell you that this is still a risk. I may be washing sheets tomorrow.  But she's getting there...we're getting there.  I'm almost done with diapers. And it feels as wonderful as I always imagined it might feel.

Other current news is that I've been on a bit of a health roller coaster. Honestly, this is perhaps the biggest reason I've not been blogging.  I've spent so much of my "free" time going to doctors appointments the last few months.  I'm not sure this will be the final chapter in this book but it turns out I had kidney stones...four kidney stones, to be exact.  So on Thursday I had lithotripsy.  Fun, fun.  Hopefully now life can get back to normal.