Oh, it has been a while!
Benjamin has had his play and he did a good job. I went to the dress rehearsal and then both of the evening shows. It was fun to see the kids get more comfortable in their roles and even improvise more with every show. They did Jookalarum, a short sampling of O Henry stories. I never knew much about him, but an interesting author, with quite a back ground.
I still have not been called back to do my home assembly stuff. I guess the company still has not secured a new military contract. I have enjoyed the down time, although I don't feel like I have much down time.
I am slowly trying to get our house cleaned up. We would like to move but not in a hurry. We are somewhat specific in what we are looking for. I talked with a realtor and we are looking at a quick timing thing. Basically, since what we are looking for is few and far between, but out there, we need to have our house ready to be put on the market within 24 hours. Then when something we like comes available, we have to have our house on the market before a serious offer on a house we want to buy would be accepted. In my mind, I have a 2 year time frame in which I would want to move. In 2 years, Benjamin will be pushing 15, which means another driver and his friends with cars and me really wanting a place with a game room, of sorts, for kids to hang out in. I have started doing touch up paint and getting a mental list of all the things we need to do. If I can just get the boys on board to keep everything picked up. Fortunately JR has a storage unit for work, so we have a place to take a few things to get them out of the house, so it is easier to keep the house 'show ready'.
We are in a lull with extra curricular activities. I think the only thing we have between now and summer will be football for Jacob, and that starts probably late April? I guess Benjamin will have another round of drama club, after spring break (which is in 1 week). This time around they are doing a musical. I sure hope he continues to pursue drama.
I continue with Crossfit 5 days a week and love it. The eating plan is going well. It is not recommended but I am weighing myself every morning. I find it very fascinating what certain things will do to my body. If I have salt or any simple carbs, I can almost always plan on being 1-2 pounds heavier in the morning. I can tell before I even get out of bed if I retained water overnight. I am competing in the Crossfit games, every Friday for 5 weeks. It is a worldwide event, where all athletes complete the same workout and then report their scores. The first workout is done and I was about 90 seconds from fully completing it. I am in the top part of the bottom half for my age group. Not great, but pretty good considering I have only been doing Crossfit for 6 months. I can only imagine how much stronger I will be in 2018. If you are bored, google 'Crossfit games 2017 workout' and check out some of the insanely amazing athletes.
Not much else happening these days. Sorry for the few and far between posts. My days just all seem to run into each other!
