I'm definitely going to need a small vacation after this week.  My body is shutting down.  I'm tired, weary, overworked, and I feel like I am constantly on the cusp of getting full-blow sick...all from trying to get the house tweaked by Saturday.  In the past two days I've puttied, sanded, painted, cleaned, sorted, painted more, decorated, painted again, and cleaned over and over...you name it.  I've done it...four times.  It will be sheer bliss to settle in and enjoy the house, instead of resenting it.

I can't believe it's almost September.  Samuel received a letter in the mail about his new teacher for Kindergarten.  (Mrs. Belle...isn't that cute?!!)  Sniff, sniff...sob, sob...  THAT'S going to be a difficult day, and yet, we are all looking forward to the reprieve.  The boy talks non-stop.  He needs to share the wealth with others!  He'll be attending the morning session so, perhaps by the time he gets home, he'll have asked his four-thousand questions already.

Sarah and Caleb have asked when we're getting started homeschooling.  I haven't quite decided yet.  I told them we were having a field trip the first day of school...Strong Museum, here we come!  I feel a bit guilty; I've promised this trip for months but just couldn't get my act together.  Of course, now I have to rethink the date since Samuel is IN school.  Can't leave him behind!!  But I can't have him missing the first day of school either.  The Lord will let me know what to do!

Praying once again for a decent night's sleep...especially since I haven't had one in quite awhile.  Last night....ugh.... went back to sleep around 1:00am.  At 3:30, Samuel woke up screaming!  Get up, calm the boy down, bring him in bed with me.  He goes right back to sleep.  I stay awake another hour or two.  It's something different every night, but this is becoming the norm.  Any wonder I'm run down?

Ok...enough talking about it.