September 11, 2001 changed everything for me. I was finishing up a house in a new allotment that my company was doing punch-out work in. I was working with my brothers that day. Lizze called me about 8:50 AM, and told me what happened. We'd been dating for a few months at that point. She's was very upset and it took a minute to register what she was telling me. Once I understood what was happening, I told everyone what had happened. It wasn't long before everyone on the job site had gathered around the radio because we didn't have a TV and cell phones were still flipping. I remember the collective gasp of everyone as we heard that the second plane had struck the south tower, and then the…

It's been a long weekend and I'm happy to say that both boys will be returning to school in the morning. Elliott's doing much better and should be good to go in the AM. With that out of the way, we need to catch up on a few other things because I pretty much took the weekend off from writing. I haven't done that in awhile but we got an impromptu break from the kids, courtesy of my parents. ☺ We spent some time working out some details for our trip to Florida. Lizze and I have been paying close attention to news and everything that's going on with Hurricane Irma and what may be going on with José. Lizze and I have also been talking about what we should…

Emmett had a great day at school today and Elliott is still sick. When I picked Emmett up, one of the staff members told me that four kids went home due to vomiting. That sucks because it tends to spread through the school. I'm hoping that the weekend will be enough to avoid that kind of stomach bug nightmare. There are no plans for the weekend ahead and I'm okay with that. I'm just working on the house and slowly getting somewhere..