Everyone is relatively quiet today. I'm not sure what's going on but it's really nice to exist in relative quiet sometimes. I can hear myself think and it greatly reduces my immediate stress. No one's complaining and they seem content doing their own thing. Gavin's in his room, Emmett's is his own room, Lizze is sleeping and Elliott is watching Pokémon in the living room. Now that I'm feeling better, I want to scrub the kitchen floor and clean the bathroom. Those are my big goals for today and with any luck, I meet those goals before I call it a night. ☺

The last twelve hours have been pretty rough for me. Something I ate yesterday is not agreeing with me. My stomach is still upset and feels like it's cursing me out. I went to bed early last night and was hoping to feel better in the morning but that wasn't the case. I had been looking forward to working a job with my Dad this morning, just like we used to. There just wasn't a chance I was leaving my bed. To make things a bit more unfortunate, I've had the fucking hiccups for about the thirty minutes. Have you ever been nauseated and had the hiccups at the same time? Trust me, it's unpleasant. I'm hoping that resting will bring about the light at the end of this particular…

The idea of this post is to help you become aware of changes to the way the State of Ohio is handling school attendance. It begins this school year and so if you've not seen it yet, you would be best served if you take gander below. I've included the letter we received from our school, as well as the bill itself. I haven't had a chance to really dig into this yet, so if anyone wants to explain the changes, please do so in the comments below. I'm sure many of us would appreciate it. [foogallery id="65693"]

Now that the actual logistics of our trip have been worked out, for the most part anyway, all we have left are the things on our end. There are quite a few things that I need to pull together before we can leave and unfortunately, I can't make those happen until the morning we are supposed to be leaving. Having never been on vacation, we don't own any luggage Everyone needs a few new sets of clothes Emmett needs shoes cause crocs won't work with all the walking were going to do Maggie needs a new collar Snacks for the drive down Sunscreen, hats and sun glasses for everyone Still waiting on GPS trackers to arrive for the boys (safety is very important) Haircuts for the boys State ID's for…