Current feelings and bullet points

WHEW, okay, the weekend is over, swim meet is over, Christmas is ALMOST HERE and there is a legit blizzard approaching fast.

Current feelings:

Feeling= Exhausted

• The swim meet all went smoothly, but it’s just a long and full weekend. No major issues, thankfully. Most people showed up and did what they were supposed to, minus a few very irritating people who seemed to gripe and complain and generally think they are “special” and should not have to do what everyone else has to do, just because apparently, they are special. But I digress.

Feeling = Relieved

• I’m grateful the new venue (the new high school pool) worked out quite nicely to host a big swim meet at. Also, I’m just generally glad it’s over and done with and I can stop thinking about it.

Feeling= Happy

• that Asher had a good time this weekend. As he often does at the end of a swim meet weekend, he commented on Sunday night, “Well, that was a fun weekend!” Makes me glad that he enjoys his sport so much. Also, if he hated participating in this big meet that I spent hours preparing for…. well, that would be rather annoying and frustrating. The fact that he enjoyed and appreciated it makes it feel more worthwhile. 🙂

• Also, happy that Asher swam a really great 1,000 freestyle on Friday night. He won his heat in a very exciting race to the finish where he out touched the kid next to him by .14 seconds.

Feeling= Excited

• for Lionel Messi and the Argentina National team. WOWWWWWWW what a World Cup final that was. UNBELIEVABLE game. I got home from the meet in time to watch the end and it was just insane. I was following it on my phone from the pool, and it seemed like Argentina had it in the bag around minute 70 with a 2-0 lead. I never imagined France would tie it up to 3-3 by the end, and then- penalty shoot outs for the win! omg. Just crazy good. I saw plastered all over the internet that people feel this was the best World Cup final game in history.

• I’m just so excited for Messi to finally get the World Cup win that he was missing. Ivan and I went to Camp Nou in Barcelona a few years ago and the museum there is amazing- there are huge exhibits all about Messi and his history and his history with FC Barcelona…. highly recommend. Such a fascinating, talented guy.

Feeling= Mildly overwhelmed

• I’m generally ready for Christmas, but you know how it is… there always seem to be loose ends to tie up. We also have a blizzard coming Wednesday- Friday, forecasting potentially 14 inches of snow!!! Which means, time to get groceries, run last minute errands, etc. is severely limited, because things will likely be pretty shut down at the end of the week here. I took off yesterday, which was great, but I feel like I could use the rest of the week off to finish things up. Unfortunately, I do not actually have the rest of the week off though.

Feeling= Festive

• On the plus side, we have snow! And we WILL have snow for Christmas. Living in Wisconsin, you’d think a White Christmas is almost a guarantee, but it’s really not! We actually have a green Christmas more often than not, it seems. More of our snow tends to come in January/February around here. But, definitely looking like a white one this year.

• Also, I did a bunch of gift wrapping yesterday, which I generally enjoy. I put on some Netflix Christmas movies and sat on the floor by the basement fireplace. Festive!

Feeling= Grossed out

• by this Beanboozled jellybean game that the boys bought on Sunday. We went out to do a little last-minute shopping, and they picked this little game up. They find it to be highly entertaining. You spin a wheel and then have to eat whichever color jellybean you land on. But, there’s a catch. Each colored jellybean in the set has half that are the normal flavor (the “Yum” version), and half that look normal, but are actually a gross “Yuck” flavor. You won’t know until you try it if it’s Yum or Yuck. These are the flavor pairings:

• Liver & Onions/Cappuccino
• Old Bandage/Pomegranate
• Rotten Egg/Buttered Popcorn
• Toothpaste/Berry Blue
• Barf/Peach
• Stink Bug/Toasted Marshmallow
• Booger/Juicy Pear
• Dirty Dishwater/Birthday Cake
• Stinky Socks/Tutti-Fruitti
• Dead Fish/Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Ethan had to eat one that was going to be either Peach or….the Barf flavor. omg. NO THANK YOU. I will never play this game with them. But they find it to be great fun. lol!

I hope everyone is getting ready for whatever your holiday week will bring. If you’re anywhere in the north, stay safe from the crazy frigid temps and blizzard warnings. As usual, I am SO GLAD we never travel over the holidays. Watching coverage of airline cancellations and delays and insane lines and crowds, it looks like an absolute nightmare to me. I will happily pass on all of that and stay in my cozy house!

Daily Gratitude:

I am grateful for meteorologists that at least attempt to forecast our weather…. they aren’t perfect, but it’s certainly better than no forecast at all, or a total “surprise” blizzard.