A Very Long Drive

The kids and I have arrived safely in GA to visit my family. We left our house at 5:30 am and by 7 Hannah had thrown up twice and we'd had to stop for the bathroom twice. Hannah's little tummy hates to travel. The rest of our trip was a litte less eventful but I do think we made a record number of stops. The kids sat in back the whole way watching DVDs and I immersed myself in a book on CD. I am listening to Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. It's so good. It's going to be hard to wait a whole week to get back to it. I may have to spend some time sitting in the driveway listening. :0) Unfortunately it's not one that I want the kids listening too so I can only listen to it when they are watching the tv or not in the car. The weather is definitely cooler here, not by a lot but it feels great. I imagine we'll be spending some time outside this week. We are hoping to make it to the mountains. Maybe go apple picking if all that has started. It should be a good, relaxing week with lots of pictures for your viewing enjoyment.
I haven't blogged in days because I've been ridiculously busy. Too busy. The kind of busy that makes me want to quit everything and hide in a hole. I even considered for a few minutes putting my kids in school. But then I realized that that was ridiculous. That's truly the most important thing that I do. If it got that bad there are a lot of other things I could cut out before I resorted to putting my kids in school. One new thing in my already busy scheduling is three new tutoring jobs. Progress reports must have come out this week because I got call after call and finally had to say no more. I only have so many available hours in a week. Once we get back I'll get in the groove and things shouldn't be so crazy. This was just an unusual week. It is fabulous to have a week of vacation!!!
I've been noticing the signs of fall. The Golden Rain trees are in bloom. We have a few near us and they are beautiful. I can't wait for the pink pods. I had my first Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks. Not loving the cinnamon chunks they've added this year. I'll have to get them without the chunks next time. There was a cool breeze coming through the window the other night. We've almost survived another Florida summer!!!