Busy Week!

What a crazy week here. Maggie had her first quarter exams, Tom was in Houston, and Abby had basketball try-outs. Whew!

Started on Monday -- Tom had a 5:30am flight to Houston and, as you can imagine, I was unable to sleep while he was getting ready (don't get me wrong, he IS quiet!). I took Abby to school at normal time, Maggie didn't go in until later (exam started at 10:10). I picked up two of our carpool people (the other two are in 9th grade and had to go earlier) and dropped them off. Spent the time at a coffee shop (yucky coffee and had to pay for street parking). Picked up Maggie and a different girl to take to cross country practice. They ran, I walked. Took Maggie and a third group of girls home. Quickly ate some lunch, went to get Abby. Home for a bath (finally!) and then to take Abby to violin lessons. That was that.

Tuesday morning Maggie went with the "normal" carpool. I took Abby to school and enjoyed going to the gym -- rode the bike for a bit and then went to zumba class. I still haven't fallen on the floor.....Quickly home for a shower and back to get Maggie and other girls to take to practice. She had a different ride this time for home, so I went to the grocery and then enjoyed a bit of a break, especially as I didn't have to go get Abby until 4:30 as her basketball tryouts were then. And that was Tuesday.

Wednesday morning Maggie had standardized testings (kinda odd, having them in the middle of exam week). I picked up all 5 normal carpool people, took them to school, back to drop Abby off. Home for a short work-out and bath. Then to Bible Study. The cross country team were "allowed" one day off from practice and Maggie chose Wednesday. So she came home with the carpool and she and I went out for lunch together (chinese food). Afterwards we headed to a coffee shop -- she set up her laptop to study and I worked on my study homework. Finished that up about 2:45 and headed home. Relaxed a bit and I headed to get Abby from the second day of try outs. Stopped on the way home for Popeye's and had to wait as they didn't have "mild" ready. Home and DONE (well, aside from quizzing Maggie for religion and science classes!).

Thursday Maggie again had a ride to school, so I took Abby and headed back to the gym again. Ran to the library and home for a bit. Went to get Maggie to take her to cross country practice and then home. She came home with another mom, a bit before I went to get Abby. Home to iron and await Tom's return! He made it home about 8 and we were so glad to see him!

This morning I took Abby to school and then returned home to take Maggie and two of the carpool girls for their 10:10 exams. After the lackluster coffee experience on Monday, I just sat in the car and read. Took 2 girls to cross country practice, enjoyed a short visit to Starbucks and went to pick up 3 girls (including Maggie!) to take them home. Got them all home and went to drop Maggie off to meet another friend at the mall and quickly grab some lunch. So much for that plan -- as we were heading through the traffic light an on-coming car decided to make her left turn right into my car. Sigh. Both cars were driveable so we headed into a parking lot and I called the police. The other driver (an elderly lady) and I sat in our cars. Maggie called her friend and her friend and her mom walked over to collect Maggie. The police came, took down all the information and (correctly) determined that the "fault" was the other lady -- not only did she fail to yield the right of way, but there was a "no left turn" sign on her side of the street. Tom, meanwhile, came to meet me. He took my car to the shop and picked up a rental while I went to get Abby. It'll be a pretty painful repair -- almost the entire driver side is damaged (including the electronic door). But there are many things to be thankful for -- no one was hurt, no one got angry or yelling, both drivers were kind to one another, Tom was able to come and provide a LOT of help, the weather was pleasant, and so on. I went to get Abby and we came home where I enjoyed a much-delayed bowl of soup for lunch. Later, Tom took both girls to the mall and he and Abby are currently flying helicopters in the tv room -- have to go check that out -- so bye for now! Hope your week was a bit less-eventful than mine.....