How are y'all?

I gotta tell you...

Sometimes I don't post because I don't really know what to write...

and I am not always sure that anyone reads what I write...

Hmmm...maybe because I don't always post.

Anywho...

School has started and I have never felt happier or more at home at a job. The school represents everything I loved about my childhood and the community in which I grew up. I could see myself as a student at this school...and loving it.

I remember thinking when I was younger of what I would like my life to be like when I was an adult. I realized Friday that I have it (well...I could do without debt. I didn't see that). Madissen left for a soccer tournament on Friday with a family with whom we have made friends. Mads is on a D1 comp. travel ball team and they were playing in Victorville over the weekend. The family offered to take her so their daughter would have company and so J and I could have some time to ourselves. Wow! And we just met them.

So J and I went to dinner and had a great evening. When you're a parent, you learn to savor those moments when eating can be savored. :)

Saturday morning we woke up and left for Victorville. Great travel. Stopped at our favorite German bakery in Tehachapi. Made it to the game right as it started.

Mads doesn't play much. She is pretty much the youngest girl on the team, but she'll catch up (well, we are hoping she catches up with her own body first). They ended up taking second in the tournament against a team they took to a shoot out who out outscored other teams by 5 or more in some cases. It was great to watch. There I was cheering and yelling and fixing snacks and putting on sun screen. I am a soccer mom. Next is the minivan-really-not kidding.

But it's all coming together. Mads is thriving. Her grades are awesome and this team is just what she needs. Joe'l is great. I love him so much. Maybe because we only see each other an hour or two per day before bed, we aren't "sick" of each other. :)

I am happy. Who knew?

How are y'all!?