Anything But Gray

So we wake up this morning and it's raining. It's the first time it's rained on a school day since the kids have started school. I had no idea how to dress them! That sounds bizarre, but I can explain…

Up in Alaska, the kids play in the rain. You just dress them for it. Because if they didn't play in the rain, they'd never get to play outside! Well, here it's different. Here a rainy day is treated like a rainy day. People stay inside….it's so freakin' weird!

So I honestly did not know how I should dress the kids. I didn't know if they would have recess or not.
I wound up putting them in raincoats but their regular shoes and when we got to the school to drop them off, I asked the teacher that was outside about it. Apparently when it's raining the kids don't have outside recess, they stay inside.
Whoaa….just whoa!

The things that we have to get used to….so weird to see a little rain keep the kids inside.
Weird….good, but weird…LOL
And I bet anything my full of attitude 7 year old daughter is gonna bitch about it when we pick her up. I bet you anything she's gonna have something to say about that….LOL

Last night was a BLAST up at Dave and Wanda's. It was so nice to see them and visit.
They both looked really good and sounded really good.
It was cool. Wanda made martini's and her and I were drinking and we stepped outside so I could smoke.
I loved that me and Wan could step outside and leave Zak and David to talk and know it wouldn't be awkward.
I've always said those two remind me of each other. Zak and David…they think in the same kind of way a lot of times, I've noticed. And it was nice to see it actually happen.
Zachary said he enjoyed himself, he had a good time talking to David and he had fun.
YAY!!!!
I love David and Wanda bigtime and they mean so much to me and I really want to spend some more time with them now that we're back here and Zak enjoying himself and having a good time is AWESOME!!! I hate when I feel like I'm dragging him somewhere with me…that's not fun. So I'm hoping we can get together again soon.
Wanda and I were talking about her and me getting together to do stuff and I'm really excited about that!
I can't wait…

hopefully my crazy life will slow down a bit so I have time to go have some fun "girl time" with Wan!

Today is nuts, trying to get everything set up for Ben's birthday. I'm bummed it's raining and I keep praying it'll clear up by tomorrow, but it's not supposed to. Figures! I was so excited for Ben because September is always super crappy in Juneau and I was thinking how awesome it would be for Ben to get a nice, sunshiny bday…yeah, so much for THAT! Oh well…I bet he won't care either way. 🙂

Off to get stuff done!!!