I have been so stinking busy the last few weeks. I have one professor this time around that I am finding to be pretty difficult. She's a tough grader and has a lot of complicated assignments. Thankfully, she allows resubmissions, but I have a difficult time understanding what she wants. With mid-terms, it's been especially challenging trying to accomplish everything.
Jay's 15th birthday was the first of this month, so we took him and the kids and six of his friends to McCormick's Creek to go hiking. One of the girls wore flip flops, too, which somehow escaped our notice until we were halfway down the trail that follows the creek. It was still a bit chilly out, and her poor little toes were so red by the time we finished. We cooked out for the first time this year, but went back home for cake and ice cream because we were all wet and cold. Only one boy didn't get completely soaked.
Then last week was the Minister's Wives Retreat in Indy, and I couldn't miss that. I worked really hard to get caught up on my school so I wouldn't have to do school while I was gone. I drove up with a group of ladies from another church. I was supposed to meet them at 9:00 a.m. but I was 22 minutes late because I had left my phone at work the night before and had to drive out of my way to Walmart to pick up my phone that morning.
Then this week we the Penners come down to visit again, and we took them up to Turkey Run. Thankfully this week is Spring Break, so I can finally rest a bit and work on catching up on my blogs and the housecleaning and everything else I need to do. I'm also going to work a little on my schoolwork this week since I'm supposed to write a fiction story for my creative writing class. I think I know what it's going to be about, but there are a lot of details I haven't figured out yet.
In other news, my sister Susie is engaged! She just announced that officially yesterday. It's crazy how fast everyone around us is growing up. I don't think they have a date set yet, but I'm sure they will soon.
