Wednesday Hodgepodge...Back to School

It's time for Wednesday Hodgepodge with Joyce, who blogs at From This Side of The Pond.  Each week she'll pose some questions for us to answer. What a great way to journal life.

1. August is National Back To School Month...how does that make you feel? I don't really have any feelings...my girls have been out of school for several years. My oldest daughter graduated in 2014 and my youngest in 2017.  Share a back-to-school memory. Boy I don't have a good memory so I'm not sure. My girls homeschooled and I did really enjoy choosing and ordering their books for the next year and teaching them at home. 

I couldn't find any pictures of me but here are a few of my girls. 

While we were building our house, the girls often brought their school up to the property and did it in our pump house. 

Even though they were homeschooled, we did do a back to school pic.

First soccer game of the season and first time they played together on the same field. They are 3 years apart so they only got to play one year together. 

2. Something you've learned in 'the school of life'? Always be willing to admit you could be wrong and you don't know it all. Always be willing to have an open mind and think outside the box. LOVE. PEOPLE. ALWAYS.

3. Three words to describe your current mood. 

I started writing and then I stopped and thought "wait, the two things I typed are more like feelings..hmmm..what's the difference between a mood and a feeling?" So off to google I went. Sure enough there is a difference. Most sites say that "mood" is an emotional condition or state that last longer than a feeling and is often caused by a chemical reaction in the brain, affecting the emotional state, while "feelings" are caused by experiences and perceptions. Happy or Sad would be moods, while fear or love would be feelings. Moods tend to be either/or. 

With that said...3 words to describe my current mood are: 

Optimistic: I have always tended to me an optimistic person but sometimes life just makes it hard doesn't it, yet I still remain an "optimistic realist" as I like to call it. 

Contemplative/reflective: Since losing my dad last year I spend a lot of time reflecting on life, contemplating things a little more than I used to. Which is good, though sometimes the negative of that is that I overthink things to much. 

Tired: I'm dealing with some mild hot flashes and I haven't been sleeping well at night. 

4. A summer food you've eaten too much of/are tired of? I don't think I'm tired of anything. I would maybe get tired of potato salad if we ate it alot but we haven't. A summer food you haven't had enough of? Corn on the cob. I could eat it every day.

5. What small stuff do you sweat that you know you shouldn't? What other people think of me! 

6. Insert your own random thought here. Heading off to babysit the grandkids soon. It's supposed to be hot so maybe we'll play in the sprinkler. I have to bring my computer and two hard drives with me and await a call from a computer tech who is going to attempt to solve a problem remotely. I'm hoping it works. If any of you are a part of Weekend Coffee Share with Natalie the Explorer I mentioned last week that I was trying to do something on my own, and after a series of "moves" on my part I realized it didn't work how I thought it would and now I'm paranoid about undoing it or fixing it myself so I called a local tech company. Let's hope it works and they don't charge me an arm and a leg. 

Next week we head out on vacation so I probably won't do any posting unless I get up early enough before everyone else. If I don't, then I'll ya'll in a few weeks. 

With Joy Unquenchable,

Kirstin