The Blur That is the Month of May

Every year, May passes and it's all a blur to me. Let's see if I can remember all that has been going on.

K has had softball games all month and they have to wrap them up by the end of May. So that took care of quite a few evenings. They did well. Don't know the exact stats off the top of my head, but it was nothing to sneeze at.

Along with the games have been meetings for VBS and session at church along with the yearly scramble in Sunday School to come up with Mother's Day and Father's Day programs. We are thinking about ending the Sunday School year earlier. With all the personal stuff that goes on in May, we have no energy left at the end of the year.

The kids have been busy, busy, busy at school. It seems the schools save all the fun stuff up for the end of the year (aka MAY). K has been on a couple field trips and had her spring concert. The twins have had a spring concert and a class field trip. I decided to be one of the chaperones. I know, I know. Not my thing to be on a bus full of kids. It was just the 4th grade and we had two busses. So only 2 classes to make my ears bleed. :) I actually enjoyed myself! We went to the DaVinci Science Center. The kids got to touch a bunch of stuff and make some slime. So now I can say that I have chaperoned a field trip (two actually with the one I went on to get glasses). I can honestly say that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but I will probably never do it again. What is it they say about "never say never"? Shoot, I'll probably get roped into it next year. LOL

One big thing coming up is Kel's graduation. I've been crossing my fingers she gets through this and will be proud that she applied herself to make sure she had enough credits to get through. I don't know if I've mentioned it, but she is my problem child when it comes to school. Struggled to get her to do her homework (many times she just wouldn't do it) and apply herself to the tasks at hand. She is not stupid, just lazy. She is going to leave us right after graduation which is giving me a boatload of stress right now. Moving in with...wait for it............her boyfriend. Not a boyfriend in town. Oh no. He's got to live in the next state over and an hour and a half away. Grrrr!! Not happy about this. My own life has not been perfect, so I try to remember that I did everything backwards and shouldn't judge. But darnit! I'm old enough to see my mistakes and don't want my kids to repeat them but rather learn from them. Why won't they just do what I tell them? Huh? Anybody? Why? Can't they just stay home forever and do whatever I want? LOL

I think that's about it. I think. Such a blur this month of May!