I love chaos. I really do. I love a lot of things going on - especially when they are fun! My mind works better when it's busy. Really!
So this week, I've been IN MY GLORY!
We got home from the beach on Saturday. The trip was so so so awesome. Maybe the best weather we've ever had for a week on the beach. It's early in the season, so it wasn't too hot. We only had one evening of rain - and it was the last night and it waited until after we had packed up all the beach stuff. The house was amazing. It was on the marsh, so it had a private dock and the most spectacular sunset views. It was really just a great week! We were all sad that it was over, but...
The very next day we picked up our new puppy - a Golden Retriever named Gable. He's been the best! He's pretty laid back (for a puppy) and has us all enamored already. He is so cute! The boys (who are home) take turns puppy-sitting so Bob and I can get some work done. Even Brutus has accepted him already - although it may be because the puppy came with a plethora of new toys that Brutus gets to steal and play with! He's going to be an awesome addition to the family!
Then the day after puppy pick-up, we took Beckett up to Woodlands for his week at camp. He chose to do the Xtreme version of camp this year - which has all the same wonderful content as every other year he's gone with the addition of a couple of field trips (horseback riding and rock climbing) and they sleep in a shelter in hammocks instead of the super nice cabins. I can't wait to hear about his week. (Funny story - I over-funded his camp account because last year he ended up buying snacks for all his friends and ran out. I put more than enough in there... and when I checked it this morning he had 50 cents left. LOL He's apparently quite fond of something called a Milky Way Mocha and I think he's purchased wristbands for everyone in his group. Love him!)
At the same time Bob was heading north with Beck, I was heading south with Quinn for Georgia Southern orientation. I kinda fell in love with that university. It was my first trip and it's honestly a perfect place for Quinn. There are around 5 thousand freshmen, which is big enough to feel different than high school, but not so big that you can't walk the whole campus in 10 minutes. It's all red brick and beautiful. I love that he picked that place - love where his dorm is - and can't wait to see him thrive there.
We got home on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning the tile guys came to do our backsplash. We were told it was a 1 day job. I kept saying "but our kitchen is bigger than the average kitchen, are they sure?" Sure enough, they did not finish. We have a new and exciting variety of kitchen mess at the moment - and don't expect them to return until Monday to finish up. It's OK though because the lady who is painting our cabinets is coming tomorrow to show us how to take off the doors so she can come get them and start the cabinet painting next week. She says it'll be perfect timing. I'm just like - place is already a mess and half the kitchen is already in the dining room, so BRING IT.
This coming week promises more chaos - the puppy playtime, rug scrubbing, cabinet dismantling, car-pooling to football/wrestling practice with the dogs in tow - kind of chaos. And I wouldn't want it any other way.
(Although, I admit that there are *multiple* times a day I have to do a mental inventory to make sure I know where everyone is... and we only forgot to pick up Zane once this week.)
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