Summer Chaos

I'm not one of those moms who looks forward to school being out for the summer.  Just the five of us at home, relaxing in the summer sun?  Doesn't happen.  The crazy nature of our life kicks into overdrive somehow and every year I say this is the craziest, busiest summer EVER.  And it's true ~ they seem to get more hectic as time goes by. 

I will spare you my scheduling nightmare, but between medical, dental, eye and various follow up appointments 45 minutes away for all 4 children, three trips a week to Corvallis, a surgery, a camping trip, hosting a national conference, blah blah blah... I'm exhausted.  Seriously tired.  I got sick this week and I'm sure it was all the stress coming to a head.

Simplify!, you say.  And it sounds good.  I like the concept.  I'm a believer, really.  But then I look at the calendar and it all stays.  Football, horseback riding, weightlifting... we're in a busy phase of life. 

So in all of this I've been doing my best to keep on running.  I was doing quite well until one child had surgery and needed nursing for a week, followed immediately by a week in the woods camping, followed immediately by sluggish lack of desire to run for a week (hey, I'm just sayin').  Boom ~ three weeks off.  Ack.

So I'm back at it, very much looking forward to Hood to Coast and very much terrified all at the same time. 

When does school start, again?