Almost Missed Writing Today

This will be brief because it is really late. 

I didn't start volunteering today because the background check is obviously not yet complete.  Oh well -- but let's get a move on!  I really want to get onto a schedule.  Well this left me with a empty morning which I managed to fill with a trip to Costco.  Not a big fan of shopping at Costco on my own, but I had received a $55 rebate certificate and could only use it by shopping at the store.  Picked up a birthday gift for Lauren and some small Xmas gifts for the kids.

Magically the "Check Engine" light on the Lexus went off and I decided to cancel tomorrow's appointment.  In all honesty, I don't need to spend $250 for a smoke test when nothing is going on.  I'll reschedule if and when the light goes on again.  Tom, my builder, thinks its related to Gogel putting the spare on the car -- doesn't make sense to me, but who knows.  Anyway, I'll be able to sleep later tomorrow.

Picked up Natalie at school and brought her home.  Had to keep her with me today, bring her home, and put her to bed because Caroline was working late and Dan had to attend the Back to School Night at Natalie's school.  Somehow managed to get some stuff done before Natalie and I went over to Josh's for dinner.  Although Emma said she was going to cook, she didn't.  Instead they ordered Indian out (regular Indian is not my favorite).  Real problem is that the food didn't get to Josh's until almost 7:30 which was a bit late.  Especially since I wanted to have Natalie in bed by 8:00.

As soon as the food came we gobbled it up and I had to take Natalie home.  Lauren had just walked in but I didn't have a chance to talk to her.  Then Daniel came home as soon as Natalie was in bed and I sat down to read.  Didn't get a chance to read a sentence.  Needed to get home to the dogs.

There are days when life is a whirlwind and I have to spread myself very thin. Today was such a day!