I Wear My Sunglasses at Night...

Well, not exactly at night, but in the dark...I was part of the way down the driveway to take the girls to school this morning, when I realized that I wasn't wearing my glasses (which I actually need to drive.)  Instead of backing back up the driveway, turning off the car, and unlocking the house to get in to my glasses, I dug around in the glove box for my prescription sunglasses.  I wore these to drop-off at both schools, and then home again, despite sun not being fully up, and the clouds/rain that are remnants from Florence.

I was wearing my glasses when I discovered a monarch caterpillar on the milkweed that I was pulling in the chicken yard Sunday afternoon.  After careful searching, L & I found another tiny one, and I left the remaining milkweed alone. L is now raising them in her butterfly enclosure in the house.  We haven't been able to find monarch caterpillars for the past several years, so this makes me happy!

L worked as Ball Girl at the Varsity Soccer game on Saturday.  The girls wiped up with the competition.  I was (very) briefly regretful that J wasn't playing this year:  the first Fall in 10 years that she hasn't been playing soccer!  She said that last year "just wasn't as much fun as it used to be."  Likely much of that was from the fact that she had drama practice AND soccer practice or game every night for 2 months, not to mention homework.  She was pretty stressed last Fall!

We got over 8 inches of rain last week in a 3 day period - nothing to compare to the drenching that NC got over the weekend.  We anticipated 24 + hours of drenching rain from Florence today, but have only gotten a half inch or less.  We really didn't need another day where the kids had a 2 hour delay for school due to flooding, and then came home 2 hours later because the rain never stopped!

L has a home soccer game tomorrow afternoon, and J is supposed to be at the HS for play rehearsal right in the middle of it.  Sigh.  Can scheduling EVER go smoothly?

Must run...work and school tomorrow!

Please Don't Stop the Music

We have had a rather exciting long weekend for Labor Day!

On Friday afternoon, the Middle School had a Fall Festival, sponsored by the PTO.  A friend and I volunteered to help out.  We had a bunch of inflatables brought in to play on, as well as kick ball and 4 square tournaments, free hot dogs and bottled water, a DJ, and the Kona Ice Truck was there as well.  My friend and I were manning the football inflatable, which was set up next to the jousting one, so I was able to watch L joust with a buddy.

It was a super hot day, so it felt good to go out to eat that evening with my parents to celebrate our anniversaries, which were in early August.

We reserved tickets several months ago for a Pentatonix concert about an hour from home on Saturday evening.  The opening acts were Calum Scott and Echosmith, who was actually cut short after 3 songs because of a forecasted chance of lightning.  We were all instructed to take cover for about 15-20 minutes, and after the threat cleared, Pentatonix came on, and we had a great time!

Sunday and Monday were way too hot to be outside, except in the pool, so we stayed in.  Yesterday and today have been even worse, and the schools even let out at 1:00 and cancelled outdoor sports practices.  That has never happened before!  There is no AC in the Middle School, so I'm sure those kiddos got SUPER hot!

This evening, L is off to an abbreviated soccer practice, as they have their first real game tomorrow.  J heads to voice/guitar in a few minutes.  She is prepping her audition piece for the Fall Production auditions next week.

Rock on Fall!