So........

I missed a day of blogging for the first time in weeks yesterday.

I'm kind of in a weird funk this week. I'm gearing up for the in-laws reunion. If you've been reading this summer, you know they're not my favorite people. This is our last big family thing for several months, but it's a really big one, with about 55 other extended relatives, and no escaping, no internet, limited cell phone reception, and really scummy bathrooms where you have to hold the cord to keep the water flowing. I'm not a camping wimp, I can camp, but in state parks with public shower houses with fully running water, at least once if not twice a day. I kind of have an obsession with not having body parts stick together and not being able to smell myself.

It's not just the roughing it that gets to me though, really, that's the easiest part. It's the in-laws. It's just draining to deal with. They hurt my feelings, they tear down my marriage and they make me really ticked off. I'm good at not showing how upset I am, but I'm not good at handling it physically. Bring on the headaches. A cooler full of frappuccinos and a bottle of ibprofen will be my friends this weekend. That, and a laptop full of half finished MOPPETS lessons.

We come home from reunion, and it just turns into chaos. I nanny starting Tuesday, then teach starting Wednesday. MOPS Meeting, Photoshoot and lessons Thursday. Teach Friday (yes I had to give up my day off) and then a family photo shoot and a wedding Saturday.

Yeah, I'm just afraid of next week, and knowing how much I have to do is not helping me do it.

I've got laundry going, camping stuff piled by the door, 15 bananas (you have to bring at least a dozen servings of produce and bananas are CHEAP!) on my counter and brownies in the oven (also, 1 dessert). So, I guess I'm not completely slacking, I'm just very begrudgingly doing stuff.

If you don't hear much this week, I apologize, I'm just trying to spare you from my venting.

I will post my brownie recipe and a picture or two when they come out though, they're a family recipe and too good not to share!