Dance party is working.

Okay!

Don't know what had gotten into me the past two weeks or so ~ too many big things going on, too many big decisions facing me/us.....but today as dance party ended with this song I had a gigantic grin on my face and the lyrics felt very very true ~ whatever funk I've been in has lifted, and though the coming weeks are a little bit terrifying in terms of commitments, I've decided that I'm going to dance my way through it ~ everything will be handled, it always is, and truthfully I have very few real worries right now. So, I'm going to keep dancing. Isn't this a great song?

I still really, really stink at dancing, but damn am I having fun in there! It helps that my sister and my good friend Regan, who are both fabulous dancers take the class too, so they are there to laugh at me with me, keeping things light. I'm going twice a week and I find myself totally looking forward to it!

The holidays are really, really upon us! I can't even BELIEVE this.

I was just listing out the order of things to the kids ~ Next week is thanksgiving, then December is Christmas, then we go to the beach for New Years, and Aunt Becca and Uncle Pete and Daddy's birthdays, then Mommy and Daddy go to San Fran (all in Jan), then Luke turns 6 (in Feb), then Julia turns 5 (In March), then Mommy and Daddy (*hopefully, but likely) go to Hawaii (in April), then Daddy Graduates and Jake turns 3(in May) and then we go on the Disney Cruise (in June)..........and you know what......all that stuff is going to be in like A SECOND!!!!!! THAT is how close we are to Nate being done school. Add in the basement chaos and  we are seriously down to the wire, folks.

My family and my sanity truly may make it to the end zone intact. Its feeling like it may be a reality.

I'm feeling better about my hip since moving into some different activities. I don't pine for running like I used to.

I'm sorry if I've been glum. Or crazy. Or really just nuts. I will say that my mood swings wildly from day to day (okay, hour to hour!) from feeling totally in control and like I got this.........to feeling like its all to much and I am failing everyone ~ every friend, every family member, every child, every ugly fingernail and poor unkempt hair/unorganized house part. I don't know. I guess its just the nature of the beast. I think that all in all we are doing okay. And sometimes I think that I should just shut the heck up and stop thinking so much about :how: we are doing and just keep doing it, but I guess that isn't my nature.

Anyway. Dance party! And yoga! And stairs! Oh my!