August already?

I can't believe it's August already.  While days felt like they were creeping by at the beginning of the year, August still seems to have made her appearance remarkably quick.  This month is always crazy for me.  Being in administration at my school now brings a whole new view of August--needy teachers.  I won't expand on that; one truly has to be in education to understand the world of teachers, textbooks, and the first day of school. 

I also turn 29 this month.  29.  Gateway to 30.  28 was my golden birthday (Mrs. Green Grass has a great post about golden birthdays here).  I thought 28 would be perfect. I thought I'd be pregnant on my 28th birthday (ha). I thought if not on my birthday, then soon after, at my brother's wedding (ha. ha).  Instead, 28 served me a big helping of WTF.  I thought I could plan out my life. God knew otherwise.  28 ended up being the hardest, most broken year of my life.  But, I can look back and see where I've come from and who I've become. I'm more empathetic.  My relationship with my husband has never been better.  And hey, my uterus is now pretty darn perfect.  So, 28...thank you for the lessons you've taught me (and my uterus), though I'd rather have learned those lessons without so much heartache and so many surgeries.

29 will be a good year, hopefully a great one.  I can't believe I'm one year away from 30.  Next year, the year of 30th birthdays. Oh. my.

And I'll leave you with a pic of my CRAZY August schedule, house moving not included.  And since I started this post, one of those blank days already got filled up!