Giving Thanks

As yet another Thanksgiving is upon us, again I am traveling for soccer. We are leaving early tomorrow morning to drive to San Diego to the Nomads College Showcase soccer tournament. I am thankful to spend this weekend with the three most important people in my life - Franklin, Alex and Cassie. Oh, and 14 seventeen year old boys. Hee hee.

I will not be spending the weekend with my immediate family, nor any of my close friends that are just as important to me as my blood family. Yet I hope they all know how much I love them and am thankful for their presence and support in my life. I will make sure to convey that message to them as I call them tomorrow in between stops on my long drive.

Today was a day off but it was full and crazy getting ready for our trip. Alex had school today and the rest of us were off, so at least we were up early to get going. Cassie had her 6 year old checkup, in our new doctors office. It's closer and it was nice to see familiar faces in an unfamiliar place. Cassie is growing nicely, 46 inches tall and 54.6 pounds. She's always been a bit above in the weight area compared to her height, but that's been her trend since birth so there's nothing new. However, we did talk about her tendency to graze for snacks and I'll be reigning that in because I'm noticing that she is constantly snacking even when I know she can't possibly be hungry. Granted, she's grabbing hard boiled egg whites, string cheese, fruit, yogurt, pretzels, etc. but this child can put it away and she needs to break the habit of mindless eating because she can easily substitute the healthy snacks for unhealthy ones. She's begun to play soccer but we need to step up the physical exercise.

Had a meeting in the afternoon, and while Franklin was getting soccer paperwork ready, Cassie and I changed the fish bowl (I leave it for as long as possible and the darn thing is quite the survivor!)and then we went to rent not one, not two, but three rental cars. I'll drive one, Franklin and another dad will share another and another dad in the third. Top that off with Alex going to the annual Alumni basketball game at school until 8:30 and my mother asking us at the last minute to dig her Christmas decorations out of her garage, I didn't get home until after 9:00 and had to pack. Sigh.

It's after 11:00 pm and the last load of laundry is drying as I write. I'm exhausted and need to get to slept since I'll be driving all day tomorrow. I pray it doesn't rain for long and that the traffic isn't too bad. Two years ago when we went to San Diego for a different tournament the traffic was fine on thanksgiving day. It's coming home on Sunday that I dread.

I'm bringing another release to script and write intros. I've got my textbook and study guide in the hopes that I'll have time to study. I have to. There's no choice. I scanned the practice test and I'm nowhere near ready to take it. I'm feeling incredibly screwed right now but I have to turn that attitude around and buckle down and get serious. Oh. Boy.

Off to bed. I am really thankful for all that I have and where I am in my life right now. Here's to a safe trip tomorrow and a successful tournament for my boys :-)