CHP Academy Day 24/187

Wednesday!  Less than 48 hours until Brian will be home for the weekend!  Today was good!  After dropping the girls off at school, M and I headed to the park for my run.  Still not great, but there was improvement from last week!  I didn't feel like I was dying, so there is that.  :) My legs were not happy on the second half, but I told them to "shut it" and finished. :)  After the run, I let M play on the playground again.  That girl is like a little monkey!  I need to get her into gymnastics before she loses her braveness.  She hangs from the bars, pulls her feet up, and hangs upside down!  I have to watch her every second.  :)

I did do some cleaning.  A quick clean of the girls room and a good deep clean of the upstairs bathroom.  I would have done more, but half way through I got a package from Amazon and I was too excited to continue.  :)  Four new books!  You might be thinking "wow, four is a lot!", but I have twenty-five more on my wish list.  Two of them are not even released yet.  I had only planned on getting one, but shipping would have been the same price as the book!  I needed the other three to get the total up to $25 so I could get free shipping.  :) To me, this makes total sense.

We also had soccer practice today.  It went better than Monday's practice, but there was still a few time outs.  This time I fed them dinner before going and brought a bag of popcorn for the girls to share.  I also had them bring one toy each.  H got her's taken away when she used it as a weapon against M.  Overall, though, it was better than last time.  Now we have a full week off of soccer due to the holiday weekend.  It is a welcomed break.  I love soccer and love watching A play, but it is difficult with H and M.  

When I talked to Brian he sounded exhausted, but excited.  He said it had been a long day that started with PT and ended with restriction.  While we were talking he was shining his boots, so his day was not over yet.  He was excited because they started to schedule cadets for EVOC out on the course.  The first group goes tomorrow.  Brian is not scheduled for this week, but he is still ready for it!  I think he just wants to get going on it just so it won't be as big of deal anymore.  It is a big deal, but it is easier to deal with something once you are in motion.  A lot of cadets fail out on EVOC.  I really think Brian will be okay, but still, it is something that he will need prayer over.  Today he got the card that the girls sent him, tomorrow he will get the funny one I sent.  Smoking monkey on the front, it would have been funnier if it was wearing a tux, but I guess every card can't be prefect. :)  He says the cards help. I don't know if they actually do, or if he is just saying that to make me feel better.  Either way he will be receiving a lot of cards!  Got to keep visiting my friends at Hallmark! ;) 

So tomorrow is Thursday which usually means growth group, PHC, and movie night.  Not this week.  This week it is only PHC.  Growth group is on break until mid September, and movie night has been canceled this week.  I still have a huge stack of pictures that need a home in a scrapbook before next week. :) So maybe I will watch a movie while I work on that project.  :)  Hope you all have great day!

Blessings,
~Cara