Robin Grooms

Last week started seemingly great, until I realized there was no water and had to reschedule half of my work day. I haven’t been feeling super great lately. There have been lots of stomach bugs and stormy weather. Dynamics at home have been shifting, and I’ve been getting out of a rut and becoming more myself. My oldest boy is not liking summer camp anymore and wants to stay out with either Dad or me. Which is fine, the activities are geared more towards younger kids than him. The baby, Nadine, is almost sitting up on her own and figuring out how to crawl.

So far, I’ve gotten out of bed and started my day when God told me to, twice. It’s a better track record than last week, at zero. That day was so productive and chill. That morning I initiated a tough conversation with Dad to straighten out a few things on the home front. I’ve been learning, over the last six months, to advocate for myself. Although my heart was pounding the entire time, it was necessary to lift the weight in the house.

All three boys were out on a spontaneous trip to the lake this last weekend. Conveniently, they decided to go on a weekend when I worked, and I needed to have our middle boy return something to church that wasn’t his. There are many more layers to this situation, but I’m just starting to feel ok talking about it, so I’m going to let it out in little bits.

I didn’t do a lot of video recording or talking, or taking pictures. It’s been an ‘off’ couple of weeks for sure.

Whoo! The beginning of summer is upon us! This year seems like it was more of a whirlwind than the last few. This year, we had fewer tardies and absences, but at the same time, one of our little dudes was removed from his daycare program, so now he’s with whomever is available to keep him for the day. Thankfully, he starts kindergarten in the fall. This summer is proving busier than I can remember in previous years. That’s a good thing, don’t get me wrong, it just feels like my head isn’t always screwed on all the way.

On the actual last day of school, everyone but Tristan was sick. School let out at half day, and Mom’s fun plans went by the wayside. The day turned into doing the bare minimum. I did, however, plan on getting something special for lunch/dinner. Ultimately, we got some blizzards, and Dad picked up pizza for the kids while he and I had soup.

The next day at work, I had both boys and Nadine (like usual). The day was going quite well, and the boys were able to get treats for helping clean up, but then…

This little dude bent down to get out of the airstream from the big dryer, and his mouth met the top of a kennel door. Thankfully, this was a baby tooth. It was a clean K/O, and Emmitt got some special mouthwash from the dentist to help heal his gum.

The day this gets posted will be the first day of Tristan’s summer camp and a normal day for everyone else. I’ve got a lot of editing to catch up on the vlogs; I’m only five days behind. Other than the tooth incident, this week wasn’t super eventful; I was just recovering from illness. Thank God.

I did a photoshoot for a client of mine on the 10th of May. As I am typing this it is quite a bit later. I’ve finally got the images cleaned up and shared to the owners. we are both pleased with the results. and the vlog from that day is finally ready as well. I’m taking a short break from the podcast as the Lord is having me focus on my other projects for this season. Work has been very busy and summer break is approaching, so preparing for all of that has been and still is a whirlwind.

After the shoot I had a few errands to run, stopped at the gym, and to print bulletins for church. I grabbed a few things at ulta to get ready for mothers day and Miss Judy liked wearing her new bonnet.