Time Flies When You're ... Busy?

IT CANNOT BE THE END OF AUGUST ALREADY!

We're wrapping up summer around here. My two biggest kids head back to school tomorrow.

Guys, I'll admit, I'm terrified of this school year. My oldest daughter is heading to MIDDLE SCHOOL, for one thing. For another, I'm home schooling one of my kids (never home schooled before) so she can keep up her rigorous gymnastics practice schedule. My second-youngest is off to preschool. And my littlest will be in daycare a couple hours a day.

So many changes! And logistics!

I hope I still have hair by the end of the semester.

There's been some highlights of this month, though, that I haven't posted about yet. 

Signing my contract!

Editorial letter arrived!

Made dinner! ... oh wait, that's not a highlight.

Anything to celebrate or stress about? We can party/have group therapy in the comments!

Janet's EPIC Visit

First of all, I have to say a huge thank you to all of you for all your congratulations when I announced my book deal. You all are WAY too nice to me!!! XOXOXOXO

And now, let the embarrassment begin....

Some of you may remember that Janet "The Bomb" Johnston was going to visit me a few weeks ago on her way to the Oregon Coast. Well, she did. She was actually HERE! I got to meet her cute kids (and her parents and her sister) and we had a great big SLEEPOVER (well, sort of, though not with her parents and her sister ... they went elsewhere). 

Of course, we had to make a video of the two of us together because of the Hacky Sack Club. And of course it had to be a ridiculous video or it would not be worthy of the Hacky Sack name. 

So, here we are. And this pretty much sums up our awesome visit, I think: 

Janet, I love you and I miss you and I hope you make another drive to Oregon Coast from Kansas City NEXT WEEK so you can stop by again. Or you could just move in with us permanently. Even better! I promise to always have Ben & Jerry's in the freezer for you.

Guys, this is why blogging is awesome. Because if I hadn't blogged I wouldn't have met Janet. And if I hadn't met Janet then the Hacky Sack Club would never have happened, and Janet would have driven to the Oregon Coast and straight past Prosser without thinking twice.

HUZZAH FOR BLOGGY FRIENDS!