Yellowstone

Firehole Falls in Yellowstone

This is just an intro to Yellowstone. After we went to my brother-in-law's wedding, Spencer and I ditched the kids and escaped to Yellowstone. It's about an hour and a half drive from where we were "based" in Idaho. It was a wonderful 3 day getaway. But I've got the summertime blahs right now and my writing is what you would call "blocked". I'm just not feeling inspired. Also, if by blocked I mean that I'm cooped up in a little 2 room hotel quarters with 4 squirrelly kids and an internet connection that has the bandwidth of a silly straw. Seriously, it's making Egypt look good. That's bad. Now if the internet goes out for no reason and I call to ask when it will be back up and the lady says, "Tomorrow, insha'allah." I may run screaming down the street and never look back.

I'm enjoying the summertime schedule; i.e. no lunches to make, buses to catch, homework to help with, club kits to put together, etc. I do like not having to wake up to an alarm and have a schedule, so in that aspect, it's nice. But keeping the kids busy, not that easy. We've got workbooks to exercise the brains, playgrounds to exercise the bodies, cartoons to give Mommy a break, but it's still hectic. So I'm going to rely heavily on the pictures I am so fond of snapping and maybe some inspiration will leak back into my dehydrated brain. How's that for a mental image! ;)


Firehole Falls