Life is weird.

A couple of years ago after leaving our previous church, I was pretty sure that I wasn't going to be playing again. We were in a really big church that has a ton of top notch musicians and I had been hurt so incredibly badly (being told you're not welcome to play at a church where you were previously playing consistently for 2 years is devastating). I knew I'd miss playing, but just assumed that those days were over. Then about 10 months ago (give or take) I started subbing on the praise team. It was so great to have an opportunity to play the keyboards with so many amazing musicians. Then in February, a vacancy opened up on one of the teams. Incredibly, I was asked to play and have been playing regularly since about March.

Recently, the lead guitar from our team asked if I'd like to join his cover band. I'm thrilled for the opportunity but dag! I haven't been this nervous about playing in a really long time. I know that this is supposed to be fun (how can playing I Love Rock & Roll and Power of Love not be fun???), but for this wedding, I'm just terrified that I'm going to suck up the band and make us lose other potential gigs. I will feel so much better after next Saturday has passed! All that said, I can't believe I'm 35 and in a rock band. Seriously, life is weird!

In other news, summer is barreling by. The kids have mostly enjoyed the summer camp program and have made some good friends there. It doesn't have the greatest supervision, so the boys have had a few incidences of bullying that leave me a little less happy, but overall, it's been pretty good. We had a nice trip to Washington D.C. I hope to take the kids again before too long. They loved riding on the Metro & we had a great time seeing all of the monuments. Very cool. James said that being there made him love our country all the more. Fantastic!

On Sunday, we're taking the kids up to my parents' for two weeks. The children are very excited about it -- I'm not sure about my folks! I think it's that same feeling of excitement and terror that I'm feeling about the wedding! I know that Jason and I are looking forward to a little "staycation" at home. In the past, we've used these weeks to go to a few movies, grab a few dinners out and enjoy being home alone. It's nice to be able to put in a grown-up movie at 6pm so we can stay awake for the whole thing!

After those 2 weeks, we'll have one week with the kids at home, then we go on vacation with my parents. This year, we're going to be going to the mountains of North Carolina. I'm really looking forward to it. Mom keeps telling me that there's nothing to do there, but honestly, sitting around in the pool for a few days sounds pretty darn good to me! Then a week and a half, and school starts back. When I start looking at it like that, it feels like the summer is almost over. It reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld when Elaine & Jerry visit Jerry's parents and he boils their visit down to an afternoon. *grin*

I'm sorry I haven't written much here lately. Summer keeps us all pretty busy. I guess that's a good thing!