January 24, 2018

Laura my boss told me last night to take the day off. It was hard because I knew Krista was at the office working on finishing my companies payroll. I did end up working for an hour but I just checked email and sent a few things out to Krista. Since I didn't have to work I worked on my office some. I can not believe that I let it get as bad as it is. It will be so nice when I have it all organized again and then I am going to lock the kids out of it. The girls liked that I was home when they got home from school and that I made them dinner tonight. It felt good to be domestic and to also hear about their days. I can't wait till my schedule normalizes so this is a normal day again.
After dinner we headed to the church for New Beginnings. Ashley is so excited to be a Young Women. They spotlighted each new Beehive this year. They had all the current Beehives come up to spotlight the new Beehives. Our ward has an insane amount of Beehives. There are 23 and then 8 new ones this year. I love that she has so many girls her age. I wish Madison would have had more in our old ward. I know that we were meant to move here. Our girls have been blessed so much by the great leaders and girls of this ward.
While I was getting ready for the day I hit my pinkie toe like I have many times. I just went about my business. It hurt but I had done it so many times before and thought the pain would go away like it had before. Well as my day went on my toe just kept on hurting and it seemed to be getting worse. When I pulled my socks off tonight I realized that I might have hit it harder then I thought. It is purple and swollen. It is probably broken but they won't do much if go in so I will just hobble around on it and it should be better in a week or so.
I love modern technology so that I can still experience Madison and her goofiness. We sure miss her sense of humor.

January 23, 2018

Life has been crazy around here. I started my new job on December 19th. I am not sure what I was thinking starting a new job a week before Christmas but I did and thankfully we had a great Christmas even with the new craziness. At the beginning of the new year Kevin started traveling every week to Salt Lake. At first it looked like it was going to be short lived but last week we found out that he is getting a promotion to CISO (Chief Information Security Officer). He is shocked by the promotion and do not feel qualified for it at all but I am sure he is going to do great. Since Kevin has been traveling every week and my hours are longer then they will normally be once I am trained, the girls have been home alone a little more then we would like. My schedule should stabilize and I should be able to work from home more in about a month. I am not sure about Kevin. I hope traveling to Utah does not become a weekly thing but right now that is what it looks like.
Yesterday I worked a 10 hour day and did not get home till 8:00 pm. Allison and Ashley did a great job fending for themselves. I did not think that today was going to be a late day but as 5:00 pm approached and I was still working I called and let them know they could go out for dinner and I would hopefully be home soon. Allison felt like she could make dinner so instead of going out she followed my menu and made some wonderful baked salmon and baked broccoli. When I got home at 7, it was so nice to have a plate waiting for me and the kitchen cleaned. I am so thankful for the girls good attitudes and their willingness to step up and be helpful during this crazy time. I promise that they are going to get their mom back.