Journal: Sick days

Out my window: 70 and cloudy in the middle of the afternoon. It's supposed to get up to 86 tomorrow. So this is just a random cool July day.

Around the house: Oh my. Scariness. I didn't get as much accomplished last weekend as I had hoped and I have been laying in bed with a virus since Tuesday afternoon.  I mean, really, it isn't awful. But it isn't clean.  I have fairly high standards for house cleanliness, at least comparatively.  Who boy, if you knew me when I was younger, you know I am not a "neat freak". But the more kids I have, the more chaos they create and the more need I feel to keep it under control on a regular basis.

Clothing myself in: Black sweatpants. Black tank top. Black Cardigan.  Super cheery.

Kiddos: Honestly, I have hardly seen them, in order to keep them from my germs I miss them.

Bringing me joy: Sweet cards and lettuce garnish by my toast when Issy brought me food.  Our counteroffer being accepted!!!! Being in the mountains in possibly (probably?) just a couple of months. The way George talks with his hands when he is trying to explain something.

Thinking about: Tons of things! Since I have been laying in bed the better part of three days, I have had a lot of time to think.

As previously indicated, we found out on Monday that our counteroffer was accepted.  The contingency is that they sell their house, so we are hoping that happens sooner rather than later.  As long as they are able to sell their house, the potential closing date is September 26th.  My last day at Catholic Word is August 8th, and August 9th, we will be leaving the kids with the relatives and heading West to find a place to live.

I am feeling somewhat ambivalent about being done at my job. Well, maybe ambivalent isn't the best word- conflicted is probably better.  I am excited to be at home with our children once again. After a loosey-goosey summer, I really need to rein them back in. I am excited to homeschool them. I am terrified to homeschool them because I honestly don't know how George's boisterous behavior is going to affect their studies.  I really like working- I like talking to adults and I like bringing in a paycheck.  It is a sacrifice to leave that.  A necessary one, at this point, but a loss to be sure.

So yeah, in the event that our house actually closes at the end of September, I need to find alternate homeschooling material for the kids.  We are currently enrolled in a virtual school in Wisconsin, but obviously, you need to be a resident of Wisconsin to be eligible.  I emailed a virtual school in Idaho (in case that is where we land) to see if they serviced the area we are looking to move, since they use the same curriculum that we will be using here.  God's hands.

Also, packing. Some purging left to do. A garage sale.

I've also been thinking a lot about knitting. It was one of my favorite things to do when we lived in Idaho.  I miss not having the time (or when I have the time, I don't have the energy) to do it.  I am really looking forward to going into my old favorite yarn store and dreaming of all the beautiful things I can create.

So yeah, sorry for the brain dump.  Thanks for hanging in there :)