Laughing Attack

Friday evening-
Spencer and I did a little cleaning here and there and then relaxed. We had a few good conversations. Really not much at all happened and things I planned for didn’t end up happening but that’s okay.

Saturday-
I ended up sleeping like a baby and then got up to get ready for Idaho! Jessica, J, and my mom came to our house and we packed up and half way to Idaho we picked up Stephanie and Rick. Then we got to Pocatello around 11am to see Mallorie, and Cache. We all hung out in the backyard a little and played with a few toys with Cache. Then we headed out to a place called Pizza Hole for some lunch. It was an interesting looking place but it was pretty cool. After that we went to a park for the boys to play. I did the monkey bars and man my hands were really close to blisters. My hands are a lot softer than they used to be. There were these other kids that came to play on the playground and one of them was probably an 8 year old girl. She asked me if I would be her friend and I said sure (because you’re not going to say no to a little kid). But after I said yes she stood and talked to me for like 30 minutes about random things that really didn’t make any sense. I told her that you and your sister should go play with your brothers and she said not that’s okay. Eventually I got her to go talk to my mom and she never came back or came to say goodbye to me when we left. She was sweet but she was a talker. Then we headed to this water park to go swimming. Rick, Spencer, and I stayed out and watched the rest of them play in the water. I finally got some sun on my legs; they are a little bit tanner. After being there for about an hour or two we headed back to their house. We played for just a little bit longer but man did I feel wiped out! We left around 6pm to head back home. We stopped at an A&W on the way back for dinner and it wasn’t the best place ever.

Sunday-
Happy 58^th Birthday Daddy! He retired from the Navy/Seabee this day. Thanks for doing all your service for this country Dad! Love you!
It was a pretty good morning and I got ready pretty fast but before we left I got a text from one of the sisters that help in nursery that she couldn’t come to church. She was the one doing the lesson so I had to throw together a quick lesson and get things organized. It all kind of fell down from there. There were about 9 kids in nursery, and two leaders plus another sister that comes in and helps us when we need it. It was okay at first but they just kept getting louder and louder and some just kept running circles around us. We got them over to singing time and the lesson but one or maybe two of them all stayed sitting down but the rest would not stay sitting, or keep their hands to themselves, or keep their lips quite. I did the lesson but not for long because they just weren’t listening and I couldn’t fight that anymore. So we went over to snack time and I forgot that I didn’t bring a paper over to relief society. I was running around trying to get all of them their snacks and make sure everything was okay. Then after they were done they got up and ran around and I would try to keep one to sit down but then the other ones would copy and do the same thing. Then a total of two were crying. And I probably could of calmed them down but I was so overwhelmed and didn’t have any patience that I thought it best to take them to their parents if needed. Towards the end we got them settled down a little bit but I was just so embarrassed and overwhelmed that I couldn’t see the good in all of these kids. I just wanted the world to stop for a minute just so I could catch my breath. At the end another person came in and was probably just trying to help but made me feel inadequate and just took over when it wasn’t their job to do that anymore. It was just the cherry on the top along with everything else. I rounded up a few things and talked to people quick that I needed to and then went to say goodbye to Spencer like normal. I usually just say if nursery was good or hard today. And he talked a little bit and then I just said nursery was really hard today and tears started coming out of my eyes; I just couldn’t hold them back anymore. So he shut the office door and just held me while I cried. Then I stopped for a minute and told Spencer a little bit more and than started crying again. I don’t think I’ve ever cried over a calling before but I was probably just holding so much in that the water works just burst open. So he decided to tell the Bishopric that he couldn’t stay until 2 and he walked home with me. That was something that meant A LOT to me, him kind of cancelling something to stop and help me when I really just needed him. That meant the world to me and it honestly makes me love him even more than ever. I’m just not the type of person to say can you stop doing your calling or your job for a moment because I need you. So that I didn’t have to ask him to do it; and I wasn’t going to ask. I was going to just hold my tears in until I got home but my tears had a mind of their own. I calmed down and we ate lunch and watched some TV shows for a little bit.
Around 3 we went to the church to organize the nursery a little bit and I made a few phone calls to prepare nursery for next Sunday when I won’t be there. I am terrified of leaving nursery but I really need a vacation as well. Then we headed over to Jessica’s. When we got there Spencer and I smelled some of the Fall scents that we plan on getting sometime in the fall. Then we played a game with J for a little bit. Then Jessica tricked my dad into coming over and we said SURPRISE!!! It was good to see him have no idea that we were planning that. I still wish we could do a bigger surprise for him but in time. Then we ate Pumpkin pie Jessica made for my dad. After he left we made French toast for dinner and ate Play dough ice cream! Then Spencer and I headed back home. Spencer and I watched a movie and played a card game.
After thinking about what happened in nursery I realized a lot of it was a blur and I can’t remember what all the kids were doing or did. I really need to focus on them a little more and if I can’t get to other things that’s okay as long as their happy and doing okay. And if I need help to ask the sisters that are there to help me to do something when I need it. A lot of times I just have ALL this stuff I need to do in a short time that I’m the one running around when I should have us all share the duties. I also think that all three of us in nursery aren’t parents; I am the one that’s been married the longest and so it’s really hard sometimes to really know what we should do with a child or how we should say something to them.
My mom was saying how the kids probably felt that I was overwhelmed and so that’s probably why they were more crazy than normal. I am very grateful for the sister’s that were there and did help us when we needed the help.
I did have A LOT of laughing attacks towards the end of the night because I was just so exhausted but I really need to laugh!

Monday-
This morning I got up and watched some Grey’s Anatomy for a little bit. Then I decided to curl my hair today. I love how my hair looks curled but man I really don’t have the patience to curly my own hair. Half way through I want to just stop and do something else. I wouldn’t mind if someone else did it but I have a hard time just standing there and doing it.
Spencer has an interview tomorrow for a higher position that pays a little more than what he gets now. I think he would really like having this new position too but if it doesn’t work out the one he has now is pretty decent too.
Not much happening at work but I’m okay with that since I’m getting close to the end for a much needed vacation. Hopefully I can keep myself busy but I’m getting antsy already.
I plan to organize a few plans and then watch Sonny with a Chance and maybe read one of my books today.
After work I just plan to clean up the house a little bit and go buy a few things we need for our vacation. Other than that just a relaxing Monday.

Countdown-

2 days until Chicago/Iowa!!!
86 days until Thanksgiving in California