Well, this has seemed a busy week! Monday, was the hottest day of the year here. 97º F to be exact. It was gross. No A/C at the house I do respite for, and I was on the job from 8:45 - 5:15 that day. I was absolutely WIPED out after that long day between looking after the kids, tidying up her house and the suffocating HEAT! Anyway, I am finished with respite, earned some extra money for VEGAS baby, got myself out of the house (I tend to be a hermit in the summer), and did a really nice thing for a really nice family! Yesterday she sent me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers and a thank-you card. The added bonus, was that an adorable 15 month old fell in love with me, and I with him. What a fun kid!

Tuesday evening, Sarah arrived. I spent Tuesday doing a bunch of housework and laundry and things. It was great to see her!! Been far to long. Kihei is a gorgeous dog! She tried so hard to play with ours, but she’s just a little to rambunctious and aggressive. She doesn’t know her own strength, so she nipped my pups a couple of times, but when they were all calm, they were fine. Thankfully she sleeps a lot! We took all 3 dogs down to the dog park, and fortunately there wasn’t anyone else there, so we could let Kihei off leash. They all had SO much fun! They did really well! Sarah ran at least 4 laps, and that little pup was still full of beans!

We had my brother out for a big BBQ dinner last night to meet Kihei and see Sarah. Ben popped over a couple of different times to see Sarah (which was GREAT, because he’s been totally ignoring her for the past few months).

Last night the dogs were sleeping with me last night, and Teebo would NOT settle down! He was determined to go down and try to find the puppy. He was up and down off the bed at least 50 times. I seriously slept a half hour all night. Horrible. So, today, I’m going to vegetate once I pick up the house a bit!

Tomorrow I am meeting 2 of the teachers I work with for lunch, and I might stop at the respite families to drop off some things I got for the boys. I’ve been spoiling them with Elmo, and Bob the Builder treasures this summer. Grandma practice I call it!

I go back to work one week from today. Shoot me now!