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Posted in LG, Marriage, Mental Health, Musings, Poetry + Writing and tagged autism on May 27, 2018 by alicewgold.

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I'm pretty much a glorified pack mule.

I walked in the door and this gourmet meal was ready in 5 minutes. No joke. Sophia says it smells like her friends houses when their moms cook dinner. Rad. #homechef

I've had a super couple of crazy weeks, and I'm doing my best to get through the end of this semester. Every day is a struggle. But not today! Look what came in the mail. Somebody loves me. Thank you, thank you. You know who you are.

Love me some rain.

This is what I did instead of going to Notre Dame (which everyone is sharing pictures of themselves there - before today's flames.) I'm sad for Notre Dame, and for never being able to see it person before the fire. But, we all know Maximus is the greatest! This boy melts my mama heart. He can be so difficult, but his cuddles, kisses, and "I love you, mom's" are often my fuel to keep trying day after day.

Spring does come.

I took Caroline for some free fun to UVU family safari day, but everything was gone. No stuffed animals. No snacks. No drinks. No balloons. And super long lines for the one thing that was left: balloon animals. So, we looked at the guy talking about snap turtles and mini crocodiles for 5 minutes and then walked around the parking lot finding license plates from different states. This was the winner for the farthest away. Oh Canada! @uvustudentlife @uvustudents @utah.valley.university

Watch out world. Here comes the future of English Education straight from the UVUSchoolofEd training meeting. I love these people. Thanks for posing, guys.

It's all booked down to this. The end of this semester cannot come soon enough.

Thanks to this girl needing a little extra love, I got to skip an hour of homework and go to breakfast at our new favorite breakfast diner.

Spring break day 6&7. General conference weekend going down with the help from some friends and family: MidiCi 🍕, delivered lasagna, some chocolate chip cookies, door-dashed donuts that my kids thought arrived by magic, and general conference chocolate and games. I'm one blessed girl. Caroline and I went to fulfill my last promise for entertainment at Color Me Mine yesterday, and they were too full. So, we put it on a list for later and enjoyed Blickenstaffs instead. And my grades are still holding strong by some miracle, as home life has been pretty stressful lately.

You guys!!!!! I passed the praxis. This was my last major obstacle in becoming a teacher. Thank you all for your prayers.

While we were in the bathroom on campus the other day Caroline asked me for a quarter. I asked her why she needed a quarter, and she said she wanted to buy a napkin. I kindly explained to her that these were not the kind of napkins that she really wanted to buy. I think you could sell anything to a kid if it involves putting a quarter in the machine and turning a handle. #kidsaretheworst

Spring Break Day 4. NickelCity, pizza, and laser tag. This is our favorite family pastime. Now I'm ready for a night of TV because this week has been double-duty trying to keep up with my classes and entertain kids. I'm more exhausted than normal, and I didn't even know that was possible.

Spring Break Day 3 - Homework, work and school with Mom. Tunnel echoes, chikfila campus picnic, frozen yogurt, UVU student center fuzeball air hockey and ping pong (bowling not pictured - Sophia took the kids while I went to class), a ride on UTA back to the other side of campus (they were tired) and we ended with a Nerf battle at A1m arena and a cheap taco. Full dun day! I'm exhausted.

Spring Break day 2 - Wonderpark movie, popcorn popping stop, and Chinese food.#notfree lol

Spring Break day 1. Started with a four-year-old floss and ended with a fire and smores with a library visit in between where I got 10 books for my class library for $14. We're all about the fun that is free.

She did good! So happy for my girl who isn't only uber creative but also smart! I told her I'm taking her 31 on reading and hanging it in my classroom, but she said that was Mr. Negro's doing and not mine. She has to give me some kind of credit for buying her books her whole life.

Spring Break day 1 - wood burning

Yesterday, we had to say goodbye to the best hamster ever. After surviving at least 4 run-ins with the cats by living behind the washer and dryer for days at a time, her demise was the result of the hamster lottery. She had upgraded to a 2-bedroom suite, but didn't seem to remember that there was water through the tunnel, too. Dehydration is all we can figure because she was too young to go. Rest in peace, Mouse.

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