I'm still alive!

I mean that in 2 ways. First, haven't blogged for awhile. Sorry. My dad was headed out this way to visit for a week, and because our history isn't the best, it caused me some serious stress. I spent at least 10 days trying to get the house ready. I overhauled the garage, our desk, both the back and front yards, everything. I even rented a commercial carpet cleaner and attacked the carpets 36 hours before he was scheduled to arrive. Last week, he arrived. It was an...experience. He left today, which leads me to number two: I'm still alive. I made it through his visit, without killing either of us. At times it was a near run thing, but when it really got to me, I hopped on my bike and logged some miles. It was even more stressful for me since he was staying at our house. We don't have a guest bedroom (for that reason!) so our 7 year old had to give up his room and sleep on the couch, which sucked for keeping school bedtimes. Our morning schedules were very difficult to keep, but the kids did awesome. The other (other) part was that dad didn't want to sit around the house. I understand that and all, but he is the one who was on vacation, not us. He had his vehicle, and he did go around without us, but I still felt like I needed to keep him entertained. It really didn't matter what I did, though, as he complained about everything. Ah, well, as I said, at least I survived! Now back to putting my house back into the spectacular shape it was in Tuesday night of last week!