Let's just slow down a little

I can't believe Julianne's only been gone a week. It seems like much longer, but maybe that's because we've crammed so much activity into this past week. Between having company and watching fireworks, we haven't really gotten a good night's sleep since the middle of last week. Maybe it's the lack of sleep that made me nearly forget that this is the week Caleb goes to summer camp!

So after staying up late watching fireworks, I roused Caleb out of bed at 6:45 this morning to get him ready to go. I know he hasn't been getting enough sleep when it's hard to get him out of bed on the first day of camp! Once he was awake and up he was excited, but it was a little strange to not have the days of anxious anticipation that usually preceed camp.

I was hit with a major allergy attack today, so I've spent my day driving up the value of Kleenex stock. (I know a great broker, by the way...) I had to get my driver's license renewed, including a new picture, and my license now has a mug shot of Rudolph the Reindeer on it.

This afternoon I steam-cleaned the carpet in the van to remove all traces of where Elisa got sick in there. She apparently still has a touch of that bug, but it is affecting her differently now. 'Nuf said. I suggested she take a nap this afternoon, but she insisted she wasn't tired. A little while later I found her like this.