Monday, Monday

Today kicked my butt!

After a four day weekend, it was a tough Monday.  Spent the long weekend up at Lake Tenkiller for some much needed fun. Did a tiny bit of fishing, a whole lot of eating and even more laughing.

Happy girl. I think I need to laugh more often...

Attempted to make my first ever jello shots. Mainly because I wanted to use my brand new OU jello mold. I didn't have any vodka so I improvised with coconut rum...no clue if it would work but it was the best I could do. After hours of waiting the moment of truth arrived - they were ready.  But I couldn't get the dang things out!  No matter what I did, those little suckers were stuck.  After a full jello rescue team, we managed to get two out intact, the rest were just a clump of jello blobness. Didn't stop us from eating them though, those things are good!

Can you even tell those are shaped like OU?

We got home yesterday with enough time for me to unpack bags, do laundry and get the house in order for the start of the week. I have a couple of big projects going. Actually, one super big project that I need to have finished by Thursday. And it's not looking promising because I made very little progress today. I was productive but had too many fires and interruptions to make any real progress.

I had something super exciting happen though. Well, exciting to me. I got a phone call from a man who read my op-ed in the paper. *Last weekend on our way to Tulsa I got a sweet text from a friend with the following picture, letting me know he had read my op-ed. I have the best friends! 

This guy runs a program through the Housing Authority and he said he had never heard of TRIO until reading my article but he felt like we might be able to collaborate. He wanted me to come out to speak with his staff and educate them on TRIO and learn more about their program too.  It's a little thing but I am super pumped - that's what advocacy is all about! 

So I'm meeting with him tomorrow. Of course, it's one more thing I'm trying to cram in but it's totally worth it!  Going to try to knock a few things out tonight. Kids are in bed, hubby is working - let's see how much work Momma can get done!