Today was decorate the dining hall day. The two families worked for most of the day, about 9:30-5. Elianna was with Miles and his parents taking Miles back to college. He has to be there early for soccer and this week they have their team warm-ups and practices. He’s supposed to be able to run a sub 12 minute 2-mile run. Last year he was one of three teammates out of at least 20 or more who could do it.

The coach wasn’t happy. So maybe more will be able to do it this year, I don’t know. He’s going to wait until after the 2-mile to remind the coach that he is supposed to miss multiple practices this coming weekend for the wedding. Either that or he has to go back and forth and that just doesn’t make sense. It was cool to see the tables come together with the names, decorations, and runners down the middle.

The exhaustion from the past few days of busyness is catching up with me. There are things I need to do still but I’m feeling grateful that for the most part I have not been feeling super stressed. I asked everyone tonight if we could plan a family night sometime this week, or maybe even a family day. There is that instinct still to want to grasp and hold on to the time, but with more awareness of its futility.