Shut up!!!!

As I am trying to write this my kids are screaming at the top of their lungs outside. I suppose if it's serious someone will come get me. My husband put in his notice at work today. In two weeks we will be together. I wont lie and say I haven't enjoyed it here without him. In the last  10+ years I have pretty much lived for everyone around me. My children always take first priority. After, they go to bed, my husband gets my attention. It has been very interesting seeing what I do when left up to my own devices. It has been great to spend some time with me. I like me. We haven't hung out in a LONG time. I forgot how much I like to read. It has been a lot of work. I am ready for my husband to come home. We have become involved in a lot of activities. The kids are in swim lessons, Homeschool P.E., and my son,#3, is playing soccer. Archery starts in a few weeks. The best benefit to homeschooling is the allowance of more free time. The kids and I are having a blast together. We cuddle, read stories, and play fight. They help me cook. When I start to get discouraged by all the new weirdness, I focus on how awesome it has been for my children. They are very happy. Yesterday, I drove everywhere and in between to pick up random finds off craigslist. It was exhausting but productive. We finally have a couch. In doing a majority of all this lifting, I can already tell a difference in my muscles.
 One of my dogs broke his leg today. I had just finished giving both dogs a bath. I tied Gizmo up to dry in the sun. He has been wandering off which is not safe here at all.. Basically he dragged the chair he was tied to and jumped through the porch railing. He ended up hurting himself pretty good. We have an appt. for him in the morning. It had been a rare quiet moment, I had just sat down on my new couch, with a Buddhism book about practicing mindfulness, when I heard the yelping. It is never a dull moment.