[flickr id=”6038515587″ thumbnail=”small” overlay=”true” size=”small” group=”” align=”left”]The past week has been a jumble of words and laughs and stress and cheers.

For all of that, you get the most fun thing of all. Bullet list of randomness!!

• Brandon is excelling in his Cross Country running this year.  He’s beating his best times, and has always placed in the top 10 except the one meet that had about 8 teams there (in which case he was 12th). So far his best time in the 1.9 mile race is 11:59!!  We’re exceedingly proud of him.
• Brandon’s Boy Scout popcorn selling days are upon us.  Have I mentioned that I am not a fundraiser type of girl? Yeah…school fundraisers never come out of envelopes. This is a big thing, though. If he sells enough we don’t have to pay yearly dues – if he does even better he gets to go to Scout Camp free which…would be awesome.
• Angel got sick last week and missed 3 days of school.  It lingers this week w/ some random coughing and moments of exhaustion (she took a nap yesterday, a long one).  We keep an always worried eye n her.
• There are things of stress that can never be blogged.  Things that pure panic caused me to overreact and delete my blog a couple of years ago.  Things that disappear into the night only to run up behind me with an evil clown mask on and say “Remember me?”  We are in the midst of one of these things now.  We are stressed.
• In a subject to be blogged about very soon I got a phone call yesterday from a very old and dear friend.  It was the highlight of my day and a wonderful way to spend a morning.
• I am actually going to a PTO meeting tonight. I’m feeling awkward about this as I am not a typical PTO mom…but I keep hearing talk about the ‘big changes’ coming up in our district…and now knowing that I don’t have to be a PTO member to vote on these things I think I’d better get clued in fast.
• Every once in a while I realize that very soon my eldest will be a Freshman – and that he is already taking a high school level class that will demand high school exams. And I feel OLD.
• I have been writing. A LOT. I’m also still reading, a LOT. I take great heart in reading Stephen King’s “On Writing” where he mentions that his writing goes similar to mine…dry spells that can last for months that turn into cramming, crazy writing once the inspiration strikes.  I may never be Stephen King, but I don’t feel so bad about my recent 6 month dry spell.
• It’s fall. I’m still baking. Breads mostly (including English Muffins, YUM)…but the occasional sweet.
• That also means Halloween is coming up. I am so unenthusiastic about the whole costume & trick or treat thing. It fills me w/ dread that the girls are well aware of Halloween & the implications this year. Save me?
• I’m still fighting off heaving bouts of exhaustion myself. I try not to complain about it and push through. I got tired of myself whining to the hubby all the time, I can only imagine he felt the same.  My physical is in November. If it’s still around I’ll mention it to the doc.