Well, seems that I had a birthday since I last updated here! It was a big one too and I managed to survive. For the record, the surprise party happened two weeks before the big event and I managed to pull off extreme looks of shock and just the right surprise attitude. Whew. And it was a surprise that all my family came up…both parents and their respective spouses along with husband’s mom and dad, both sisters and their husbands. Wow! Nice feeling of being loved, that.

One thing I discovered from my trip to Texas was that I’ve got to get away more often. Being away from all responsibility is relaxing, even if life is crazy upon reentry. I know this but I tend to forget the importance. The nice thing about our trip there was the kids could do their own thing and I could do my own thing and yet we were together now and again. But to make it really relaxing for me, I’ve got to loose some responsibility for these monkeys. Trips to Santa Barbara to see husband don’t work. I’ve got to drive, manage kids, deal with meals, sleeping and making everyone happy.

That was a really great discovery but now how to make it work.

Well, off to get the kids’ dinner (eggs and pancakes…yummy for them) and then a grown up dinner for myself.

Happy Summer.