May Mayhem

I've never been so glad to see a month end as I was the month of May and thankfully June seems to be going much better! There were several things that contributed to making May just nuts for our family.

* Car trouble. Matt's car basically spent the whole month in the shop and we became a one-car family. So not fun. Normally, it would't be such a big deal, the kids and I could just hang at home during the day. But, that month was packed with end of school fun events and Matt was doing lots of going between schools at work. I felt like I spent 1/2 of the month in the car.

*Job stuff. This actually started back in April. Matt was approached by the superintendent and asked to consider taking a new job in the district as well as asked to think about getting his principals license. Well, after much discussion, he decided to get the license but go back to his old job at Ramay next year. We thought it was all settled. Then in mid-may the superintendent called and asked him to reconsider. And, when the superintendent asks you to reconsider, you do. It's going to be a great job for him but he'll be busier than if he'd gone back to Ramay. He'll be the Middle School Math Supervisor next year and will be traveling between the 3 middle schools. It all worked out in the end, but not knowing what he'd be doing next year was rough. :) In a years time he's had 4 positions in the district -- teacher, instructional facilitator, interim math director, and now middle school math supervisor.

*Illness. We ended the month with the spring/summer cold hitting us. First, Madeleine got sick, then Charlotte, then I got it. Hopefully that is over and we will be healthy the rest of the summer!

So far we are living it up this summer! The kids are sleeping later, and staying up later. We are ending most nights out in the yard playing Wilson Family Baseball which is so fun! Matt is making the most of his Friday's off and taking the kids fishing. I'm excited for July when Matt is off for an entire month!