First Week Of November (And Keeping It Real)

Well, here I am blogging again. Soccer ended up being canceled today because of all the rain. Now we have to try and make some tournament games up.

That is all it seems to do around here anymore ~ rain. I'm so ready for some sun and cooler weather.  

Some bright spots during our rainy week...

Bri had a student holiday on Tuesday from school (voting day), so we asked bestie Taylor to come over and hang out that afternoon...

I had lunch with two of my girlfriends this past week ~ one on Wednesday and one on Thursday. It's always good to have girl time... 

 Wednesday evening was the last soccer practice of the season (we were rained out of our Monday practice)...

The girls were practicing hard for the tournament...

Briana practicing her corner kick...

Love all these girls (and the wonderful coaches)...

Briana actually asked me to take a picture of her on Thursday. She liked her two long ponytails...

To be honest though, I've been struggling with some stuff lately. My back aches (I see an orthopedist on Wed). I have some other (minor) medical issues that popped up recently that I'm dealing with now as well. Some medical issues are plaguing my family too. Doug is super busy with work. I'm really missing my friend Carole ~ Thanksgiving was her favorite time of year. Of course, this Christmas will be very difficult without her here.

Briana got a couple of projects assigned last week that are due after Thanksgiving. As much as I wish she could do projects completely on her own, she is still only 9 and needs some minor advice and guidance at times. She has already had 3 projects that she has had to turn in and it's only November.

I hate to complain about things going on in my life because there are so many other people that are dealing with issues that are much bigger than mine. But, all this stuff clumped together is kind of bumming me out. I guess you can't help how you feel sometimes. I truly think the sun needs to come out soon (literally and figuratively).

Luckily, I have a constant companion that tries to lift my spirits...

I try to put on a smile for the world and I blog mostly about the good things in my life, but life can't always be perfect. I like keeping it real ~ and this is where I like to do it.

A friend of mine just made the statement to me "this too shall pass." I'm trying to hang on to that.