I am listening to hear where you are

This weekend was one of those weekends where you don't have a minute to catch your breath. We ran here and there at a frantic pace, feeling like we were late or missing something the entire time. We'll need a break to recover from it.

Saturday I took the boys up to the Allegheny football game. Mike was working the scoreboard, as he will at all home games this fall, so I was on my own. Luckily, it was community day, which meant lots of people I knew were there and there was also a bunch of stuff to keep Ev entertained--bouncy castle, obstacle course, face painting, man walking around dressed as a gator, that kind of thing. We did sit and watch the first quarter of the game, but that's about all the boys could handle. It was fun though, and it tired all three of us out (Mike was tired too, but mostly because he had stayed up late the night before, perfecting the scoreboard animations).

Yesterday we headed up to Erie for Lisa's surprise birthday party. It was a lot of fun--Kelly was in from Pittsburgh, and Elaine and Brett were in from Sacramento, so I really enjoyed hanging out with them and catching up. And Lisa was even somewhat surprised, which was a treat. The food was good, the company was great, and Ev even had other boys to run around with.

It's a challenge when we girls are together now, as half of us have kids, and the other half do not. I always feel like I'm talking too much about mom stuff, and I don't want to bore the daylights out of them. And then there's the juggling of babies and feedings, which doesn't allow much freedom at parties. But the one outstanding thing is that when we're together it's as though no time has passed, and we always fall into an easy rhythm of jokes and conversation. And that is something wonderful and priceless--I feel very lucky to have these friends in my life, even if I only see them once in a while (and even if I terrify them with potty training stories).

So now we're here, totally worn out and starting another crazy week. Evan has a full week of school and therapy, Mike is super busy at work, and I'm turning 30 in there somewhere (but I'm sure I'll have more to say about that mid-week).