On a side note, the Chevy Chase/Goldie Hawn movie "Seems Like Old Times" is one of the few things that Wayne and I actually have in common. I don't mean that in a disparaging way, we just don't have a whole lot of similarities. A few of them are that movie, we both like the old b&w Twilight Zones, we both love thunderstorms and the South. Awww, don't you feel let in on a little secret?! ;) J/K
Actually what seems like old times right now is tonight. We're sort of just falling back into our old "deployment routine", the kids and I. It's a little bumpy at times, for me more than them I think, but all in all it's not been like being dunked in acid. LOL
Tonight was cleaning night at the Bratcher hacienda. You know, I sure use a lot of Spanish words for someone who prefers French....hacienda, siesta, chico...but I digress. Saturday was always our Cici's day while Wayne was gone before. I'm still figuring out what the equivalent of that will be here. The one thing I'm sure of is that I won't get out as easy as $21 here! And Sunday was always our day to pretty much hang around the house and get ready for the next day. It didn't go exactly like that today, but after I finally dragged my unmotivated self out of bed we did o.k. Brent and I ran a few errands, where I let him drive. And he did EXCELLENT! Once we got home the van needed washed BAD! Not just because we'd been out, it had needed washed for a while and Brent kept asking me if we couldn't just find one to drive through, but it was such a nice, sunny day today I insisted that they get out there and do it by hand! So while I worked out and turned my legs into jelly, they did that. I made them eggs and cheese on toast for supper and then we all started on sort of a cleaning jag. Each of the kids had jobs or even multiple jobs and they all pitched in very well. And now the rest of the night is just for relaxing, watching a few of our shows, etc... The next two weeks are Spring Break for the kids so it should be pretty easy. Brent still has workouts each afternoon during the first week and none the second. And Jack and Rhett has swimming lessons 4 days this week and then they're done. Unfortunately they had to miss a couple lessons last week with things going on so I may have them repeat level 1, rather than move them up, but we'll see. They, well when I say they, the boys minus Brent, want to go back to the lagoons so I'm sure we'll make several trips out there.
All in all not a bad weekend. The key is going to be just finding a good routine. And that's my big job I suppose. As long as we all have something like that I think it'll be smooth sailing!
I haven't posted pics in a while, so here are some pics from our weekend:
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