We now have a theme

So I have acquired a theme over the past couple weeks. It's called

------------------SLACKER--------------

There I said it. That's the first step, admitting it, right?

I have been such a slacker when it comes to Lorin's school stuff. I have to say I have no motivation for it. *I'm such a bad mom!*

This is not even taking into account the curriculum itself, because that's just another can of worms.

This last week we went to Utah for a short trip. Some stuff NEEDED to get done and lots of friends we WANTED to visit. It feels like part of our life is still there. That part is getting smaller and smaller the more we're away but still, it's there.

Another big part of our life is in VA, working his hardest to get this all past us.

So I let Lorin take 4 days off of school this past week for our trip. And I'll admit I'm going to let her take more time off of school for other trips coming up.

I'm sure her teacher thinks I'm a complete flake for not giving my complete all. Lorin has so much potential that if you work with it she really succeeds. I just don't want to push her to much right now for us to move in another month and a half and have to start again. I want her to enjoy her time here with family and friends. So when she thinks back to this time she doesn't remember doing hours of homework for frivolous tests that she passes with ease.

We drove home from Utah today(pictures to come). It was so much fun to see and talk with family and friends. Lorin sooo misses her friends. It makes me cry. She thought we were going back for her to go back to school and back to church. Doesn't that make you just want to cry? The drive back was horrendous! Just about anything that could go wrong did. Luckily our car was fine and worked properly. We had freezing cold weather, snow, ice, sick kids, tired kids. But we did really good. Not much fighting(that in itself is a miracle) it was just a long and exhausting trip. We were suppose to leave yesterday but the snow storm was so bad we waited an extra day. 13 hours later we got home late tonight.

Tomorrow we are taking the day off. OFF of EVERYTHING! Except laundry, what can I say Christian needs under-roos. Lorin is ditching school(there's that slacker word again) Movie and hot chocolate day for us. I am literally still defrosting from the trip. My toes are frozen! I really don't know how I lived in snow for 10 years. It chills me to the bones.