Crazy Fall

So, you may have been asking yourself, "What's been happening with the Fowlkes since mid-October?". Okay, you probably haven't, but if you had, you couldn't have found out here on the blog. And I probably wouldn't have returned your call/text/email. It's been crazy! I traveled almost every week this fall and work would have been extremely busy even without all the travel. Plus, the fall is always busy with school/sports activities for kids and Thomas' work travel has picked up some, too. 

Quick sidebar rant: The week prior to Thanksgiving, we had 3 daytime events at Carter's school for parent stuff (the kind of stuff that is optional but you know your kid is going to be sad if you aren't there) along with about 17 other things (okay, that is an exaggeration, but it felt like that!) that had to be done for his school (volunteer sign ups, fundraiser stuff, etc), and another 3 daytime events at John's school (which is DAYCARE, so everyone that sends their kid there WORKS). This week happened to coincide with my Tuesday return from a 6 day trip to California (4 days work, 2 days play) and Thomas' Tuesday departure to California (4 days) and the kids and my departure for Thanksgiving vacation the following Saturday. In total, Thomas and I saw each other for 18 hours over a two week period, and we slept/laundered or packed for most of that.

Everything is good, but there just isn't enough time in the day (or night). I haven't had time to take care of many of the basics (Carter was overdrawn in his lunch money account by about a week's worth of lunches), so nice-to-do stuff like blogging also fell by the wayside. 

In any case, I'm going to get caught up over the next several days!