Is is July already?

What a crazy couple of weeks we've had! Last weekend our good friends Ryan and Ellen drove down from Winston-Salem and spent a couple of nights. We took the boat out on the Intracoastal Waterway at sunset (and saw dolphins!), ate WAAAAY too much fried food, went to the beach, celebrated Ryan's birthday, had some fulfilling conversations, ate barbeque, and in general had a great time. Also, Joel and I have decided that everyone who visits has to have their picture taken with our mascot! 

Ellen and Ben

Ryan and Ben

Ellen in action!

View from the boat on the Intracoastal Waterway. All of those boats are much, much, much more expensive than ours. But we have more fun, right?!! Actually, those boats have flat screens, bars, and beds, so they're probably having more fun, but whatever...

This past Friday we went to a party hosted by a work colleague of Joel's. Work parties are not really my idea of a good time, but this turned out to be pretty low key. There were probably about 12-15 older kids there, which means they were all CRAZY!! I think Ben was a little overwhelmed. He just wanted to sit and look at everyone. I made some new friends, and it was nice to meet more of Joel's co-workers. 

On Saturday our friends Dan and Sylvia came over for barbeque and conversation. It's always wonderful for me to see Sylvia. We've really connected recently, and I'm looking forward to spending more time with her. I feel like now that the craziness of moving, pregnancy, and having a new baby has passed, I can work more on developing friendships. 

Lots of stuff is happening this week, which I'll write more about later. Joel still needs to grout the backsplash tile, but it looks GREAT. Ben got two new teeth yesterday, so you can imagine how fun that was for everyone:) I don't know what's going on with me, but I am SO. TIRED. Nope. Not pregnant. Just exhausted. I even went to my midwife for my annual, and kept asking, "are you sure I'm fine? I'm so tired all the time." She told me that I'm exhausted because I have a 14 month old, it's really hot and miserable outside, and my hormones are still trying to adjust. I don't know. We'll see. In the meantime I feel like I'm barely functioning. I'm just having a hard time maintaining an interest in anything, even in things I normally love to do, like reading. Maybe this is depression? I don't feel particularly depressed, just really out of it all the time. My energy level has drastically dissipated in the past month, yet the laundry still gets done, the dog gets walked, the bed gets made, and dinner is ready every night. It can't be that bad! I'm still obsessed with finding my "illness" on WebMD though. Why is not wanting to clean your house not listed as a symptom? 

Uh oh. I have a baby who's decided to not take a morning nap today, so my computer time is cut short. I better get moving!