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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Friday
Jul162021

Freak out Friday

Okay. I'm freaking out a wee bit. How is it already the second half of July?! What. The. Heck?!

Ack.

Feeling a bit overwhelmed by stuff like...

- Micah will start school in just over three weeks.

- He'll also get his driver's license in just over three weeks.

- Colleges have started sending emails and information to Micah and to me. I feel like I *just* finished that with Asher. Not really ready for the fact that Micah's going to be a junior.

- Asher will move to Omaha in just under a month. (Preparations are well in hand. Still a small to do list, but we're getting there.)

- Between now and then, collectively, we have more than a dozen appointments...eye, dentist, well check, drive test, etc.

- A couple days ago, I took Asher to get a suit for job fairs and interviews and such (wanted to get that taken care of before he heads off to UNO). I've never shopped for a suit before, lol. (Nathan and Noah have always drawn the line at a dress shirt and slacks, lol.) The whole process went pretty smoothly and I learned a few things, too. My boy looks pretty handsome in a suit!

(We'll have to go back to pick up the suit after the jacket gets altered a bit for my slim guy.)

- We've been tackling lots (and lots) of vehicle tasks. I had to make a list of what each vehicle needs done. It's a little crazy...nothing too serious, just lots of little things that we're trying to get taken care of before fall and before Asher takes the Pathfinder to Omaha. 

(Here are both of our Nissans parked on the street after I'd taken the Pathfinder to have the air filters changed and have a coolant flush. I have depth perception issues and can't park vehicles in the south bay of our garage, lol, so parked on the street until Asher could move it back inside.)

- And, well, plenty of other things that need doing. :) 

So. That's that. Just lots of little and some big things. Lots of making lists and just trying to get things done. And now that I look at it, it's not even so much that I'm freaking out about the things, themselves...they're not surprises. It's that I suddenly feel like I'm so quickly running out of time.

Ack. 

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