Yes, I know it's been a while since I've wrote anything on here. April has just been the craziest month for me! I'm exhausted and ready for a little calm. I was hoping May would be nicer, but it's shaping up to be nearly as busy. And the year is only going to get more interesting as it progresses......yay me?
First of all, the weather has me all messed up. This is spring right? April and May are spring months? I live in Tennessee, where April and May are supposed to be nice. Somebody forgot to tell them that. April couldn't make up it's mind if it wanted to be spring or winter. One day we'd have sunny, warm weather, we could wear shorts and flip flops. The next day it would be in the thirties, threatening snow. And the next it would be pouring down rain and thunder storms rolling in. We never knew how to dress going out because it might start out in the 70's, but drop to the 50's in a single afternoon. Now May is here and it's just wet. Today is the second day of rain. Where's spring? When do I get to say "Spring has sprung"? When can I safely go out in my shorts and flip flops and not have to worry about freezing or getting drenched?
This April I turned 29. I can remember when I was younger, maybe around ten years ago or so, thinking I wasn't going to get weird when I got to 29 and 30 like a lot of women do. I was going to be proud to be 30, I was going to embrace it. After all, it's just a number right? Weeeeellllllll. Now that I'm here....I'm not going to say I'm getting weird, but 29 will be my last birthday. Why does 30 sound so different from any other age I've turned? I know I won't reach 30 until next April, but it's closer now than it has ever been. I don't feel 29. I still feel like a kid. I was talking with my cousin, who's five days older than me, and we agree that we still feel like we're just playing house and playing mom. We don't feel like adults.
Also this April I registered my oldest son for Kindergarten. Talk about a kick in the gut. I look at him and still see my baby boy. He's not big enough to start school. He's not ready for this. It doesn't seem like he's been here for almost five years and is now about to go to school. It doesn't seem fair that I get my babies every day all day for five years of their life, then at five years old, they start school and will be in school 7 hours a day, 5 days a week, 10 months out of the year for the rest of their young life. What about me? But then again, both my sons together have been amping up the crazy in the house here lately. When they're together, they seem to be able to find every one of my stress buttons and the push them like a gamer fighting off the bad guys in one of those video games. My oldest spent most of the day with his grandma the other day and having just my youngest son was a breeze. It was so much calmer. And I realized, "this is what it'll be like when the oldest goes to school". It was like a light turned on at the end of a tunnel. How soon does August get here? Although I'm still nervous, and I wish I had more time with him before he starts his school career, I'm excited for him too. He's going to be okay.....I hope.
And last but not least, the biggest surprise we got towards the end of April. I'm going to be an Aunt. My little sister and her husband have been trying for a few months now to get pregnant. She called me the day before my birthday and told me the exciting news. Come December, they're having a baby! So now when I'm on the phone with her, all we talk about is baby. I'm trying not be one of those, "Well when I was pregnant" and "What I did was" kind of people. This will be an interesting 7 more months. My sister is.....well, it's hard to describe her, she's a lot like me in the hard headed and stubborn department. She's persistent when she sets her mind to something, and she can question you to death as well as any four year old. I've already been drilled on everything from early pregnancy symptoms (Thank goodness she's not had any morning sickness) to what the epidural felt like and if she should get one. (Which, based on my last experience with one, I will probably never get another epidural if I should have another baby) But my sister is also kindhearted, loves kids, and I have no doubt she'll be a loving mother. If we can all get through her pregnancy with our sanity intact! And I can't wait to meet little Wilson or Wendy!
So April was all over the place for me. May is looking somewhat better, but I have my first real photo-shoot scheduled, so I'm studying up on what I need to know. There's a big mud bog event scheduled just down the road from us, it was fun last year and I got some great pictures, so hoping this year will be even better. There's a couple of movies coming out I have to see in the theater, including the new Star Trek. Yes. I am a Trekkie. Judge me if you want, I don't care. I take my oldest for his Kindergarten screening and I get to meet with the principle to try and get him in Mrs. Angie's class. She's not only our cousin, but she was my Kindergarten teacher, and I think that would be awesome! And then we get to prepare for June, which holds our 9th wedding anniversary and our youngest's second birthday.
Wish me luck in this fun filled year!
