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A continuation of my original blog, "Surviving Motherhood". |
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Welcome to my world of middle school, high school, and motherhood. The life of a mom is never easy, especially as children grow, and especially when you have a special needs child. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
| Today marks my sweet girl's 11th birthday. I hope that these last few days events have given her such a great reason to celebrate. We've just returned from a trip to Minnesota, to see my very best friend in the entire world, and her family. It was a fantastic 6 day trip, and I was so thrilled to get to spend it with my best friend and with Journey as well. We went all kinds of places, like the Mall of America, and the Renaissance Festival, walking to get solar eclipse glasses so we could see the solar eclipse, the largest candy store I have EVER been in...many different places! I've fallen in love with a new casual quick food dining restaurant called Culver's. Such amazing food there!! Their onion rings and custard can't be beat! The burgers are PHENOMENAL!!! I would love to go there again sometime soon. I would love to return to see my best friend again sometime soon. I know Journey would love to return as well. She made very good friends with my best friend and her family, especially her "Uncle". Playing pretend is one of Journey's most favorite things, and he played pretend with her for HOURS. She enjoyed that so much. They also have wonderful pets that Journey fell in love with. This was her first long term exposure to a dog, and their dog is as sweet as can be. I'm so very glad that he was the dog that she got long term exposure from, because he's the best dog in the world. Journey was very sad to leave them all, as I was as well. I hope that we can make it back soon to visit once more. I love them all, they're so special to me. I know Journey would want to return with me as well. She did so fantastic on the plane!! I was so proud of her!! She wasn't nervous or worried at all! She brought along her stuffed Eevee Pokemon, and they did fine together. The first flight, we had to sit apart from each other, which was kind of upsetting to me, but she did beautifully. The ride back home, we were allowed to sit together by a window, and she got to watch with wonder as the sun went down and it was night time when we got back in. No moon to be seen, but that's okay. Today we're treating her to her traditional birthday meal at Olive Garden, and froyo stop at Sweet Frog. I'm also taking her to get her hands and toes painted from a nail salon. I hope all these gifts are ones she's enjoyed so far. The best one was spending time with her and my best friend and her family. I will treasure that forever. |
| Journey has made her way home from Girl Scout camp safe and sound, with many memories made, some items that she created, and whole bunch of insect bites. All in all, a good time was had. She made a friend at camp, which personally I like a lot better than going with a friend to camp, so that way they connect with each other most throughout camp itself. Sometimes I find when you go with a friend outside of camp, they tend to find other people that interest them as well, but sometimes you get left behind. I think personally, if it were me, I would just want to go in by myself and see if I could make a friend there instead. Journey does amazing going to camp on her own, without knowing someone, and this year, came back with a friend! Her mom and I connected, and we passed the girls information to each other, so hopefully we'll keep in touch. I excited Journey by letting her know that it's a possibility that we could put her friend and her in the same session next year, and she was very excited at that prospect. We're 4 days away from our trip to Minnesota to see my very best friend. Journey and I are insanely excited!! So is my best friend. We've kind of kept quiet about me going there, but I will post a photo of us on Facebook once I get there. I don't care if people get upset, this is a trip that needs to be documented. I will be taking pictures. Journey is excited to go on an airplane again, for the first time in about 9 years. I'm going to make sure she takes her motion sickness medicine so everything goes somewhat smoothly on the plane. We decided to pack our suitcase today. We'll pack our backpacks by Wednesday, and be ready to go for that night. Ryan says he's going to spend most of his time sleeping, hahaha. I asked him to set an alarm so that he wakes up in the morning to feed the cat at least. I'm having him check the mail every day, and he needs to clean the cat's litter box on Thursday, and then again on Monday. I wonder what Dixon's going to do while we're gone? He's seen Don go outside of the house for a while, he's seen Ryan leave the house for a weekend, and he's seen Journey leave the house to go to camp, and he doesn't really seem too fazed by it. However, Meowlel has rarely ever left his company, and most especially not overnight, so I'm curious to see if anything changes in his demeanor. Truth be told, I'm just his slave, so he may be dancing a jig when I leave. You never know. In less than two weeks, we will be finding out both of the kids' schedules for school. In about 17 days, we have the opportunity to tour her middle school and meet her teachers. In 18 days, we have the opportunity to do the same for Ryan and his high school. We're about halfway through August now. I was acutely aware this was going to happen. Journey turns 11 in 10 days. We are super excited for her! We got her a set of rocks and gemstones, and a book about rocks and gemstones for her birthday. She's very into geology right now, which I love. She has a very scientific mind. She also loves baking, which again, is a science, but also makes delicious things. She loves to see the chemical reactions that baking makes, and how it makes things taste. I love working with her on these things, it's lots of fun! 15 years on WDC today. 12 years of blogging. It's very much been a worthwhile ride. |
| We got a great surprise in the mail today. Journey was sent a letter, certificate and medal today for being one of our Girl Scout council's top 100 entrepreneurs for 2017. I am so damn proud of her, and all that she accomplishes during product sales. She is ALWAYS the top seller in both Fall Product and Cookie sales every single year in our troop, so to be recognized as one of our council's top sellers is an amazing feat of itself! We're in a lower populated, more rural area of our council, so it's that much harder for Journey to sell, but she manages to do amazing! She sold over 450 boxes of cookies this year, and that's the second time she's done that. Her first year of Daisies, she sold over 200 boxes, as well as her first year of Brownies. 2nd year Brownies, she sold over 300 boxes, and for the last two years, her Junior years, she sold over 450. She hit the 100 club in Fall Product this last year, which I'm not sure any girl in our service unit did, other than her. She always does so amazing at Fall Product too! I am beyond proud of her, and so excited for her to see that she's able to achieve her goals while selling. She works so hard, and does whatever she can. She has single handedly earned our troop over hundreds of dollars, if not over a thousand by now. She puts her heart into it and hustles like no one else I've seen. She's amazing. I can't wait to see what this year's product sales are going to be like! |
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