"So, you're not busy at all!"

Thanks to all of you, our YouCaring site is over $3,000. We are so incredibly thankful and so warmed by the messages you all are leaving us! Some days can get really tough around here, and you have all brightened our moods when we really needed it-- like after yelling at Lili to not ride her sister or the cat or the bookshelf like a horse for the 4,298th time that day. We're gearing up to go back to work full time (because, you know, teachers DO work during the summer) and searching high and low for a new rental (our new landlord still hasn't called us... hmm), so our lives are getting crazy again. Hence, the following post:


When people find out that
A) I'm a teacher
B) I have a 2 year old
C) I have twin 6 month olds
D) They are all girls

I get a few of the same responses
A) So, you must not be busy at all. Muahahahah
B) So, you must not be tired at all. Muahahahah
C) Was it natural? Or were you on fertility drugs? Sometimes followed with: Oh... I'm sorry- is that asking too much?
D) God bless you.

The general public has always been naturally inclined to offer me far too much information, and I'm sometimes at a loss of how to respond. When purchasing formula at Target the other day, the cashier informed me that her boyfriend had planned a really romantic night for her, but thanks to a bout of diarrhea, as well as her dog battling some form of cancer that also caused him to have diarrhea, she was going to have to cancel and she felt really shitty about it (badumdum... I don't think she caught her own word play). Oh- and you're buying a lot of formula! Twins? Wow, were you on drugs? Natural? That must have hurt.

Where am I going with this nonsense? To let you know that it's back to school time! In just a few days we will officially return to work and my life will be a whirlwind of "Mom" "Mom" "Mrs. Jones" "Mrs. Jones" "Hey, teacher!" "Mom- I mean, Mrs. Jones" and I might hear "Diana" from Aaron if we run into each other whilst stocking and changing diapers or blindly hitting at each other when our "snooze" alarm has gone off for the 8th time (ahem, Aaron). I LOVE teaching and I am so excited to get back into my classroom and see my kids and coworkers, but this also means that I will have a hard time updating this blog daily. I promise to commit to at least once a week-- and will squeak in some more if I find a few extra minutes a day while avoiding grading papers or planning lessons or if I won a round of rock, paper, scissors for the poopy diaper change.

And please, if there are any topics you'd like to see me write about, comment or message! In the spirit of returning back to the land of cell phones and selfies, I shall leave you with this gem.

Twinsies first selfie