Long Weekend....

Wow, I am almost glad it's Monday. This past week-end was just crazy. Saturday started with soccer in the scorching heat. Then we get home and I get a phone call that my step-cousin was killed in a car wreck that morning. We weren't extremely close, but she was such a sweet person and she was only 24 years old. She has a 7-month old daughter and a 3-year old son and she loved being a mom. I'm so worried about the kids- the husband didn't really take care of them much, so I don't know if he can handle being full-time mommy and daddy and working. Terrible situation and just so sad. All day Saturday I was consumed by thoughts of her and her life and how quickly it was gone and thinking of her mother and her kids. I'll be going to the visitation tomorrow and I know that is just going to be heart-wrenching. Sunday was consumed with houses. Some friends of ours wanted us to come look at a house they bought and are thinking of flipping. Since we have basically been doing that for the past 8 years, they wanted our advice. I love stuff like that, so it was a good thing for me. The house is great, space-wise and in a wonderful location. Then we jetted over to P'ville to see our office manager's new house. They just moved in and she has been wanting us to come see it for a while. It was really pretty, but really bare. Then she tells me she wants me to decorate it. I'm starting to feel overwhelmed at that point, but like I said, I love that kind of stuff, so I agreed to help her with that. It's about 6,000 square feet, so I am going to have a tough time with it, I think! I told her we would have to take that room by room. After that we grabbed some dinner and went to our builder's home to show him our floor plans for the house we are wanting to build and discuss it so he can estimate a price for us. That was about 2 hours worth of discussion and decision-making, so we got home around 10:00 last night and the girls were absolute bears this morning when they had to get up for school! WE put a contract in on some lots in P'ville this morning, so we are waiting to hear back from that and we will then start the "building process" over again. I am so excited about the house, I'll post more about it later. Anyway- please keep my cousin's family in your prayers. They are having a truly difficult time. And remember the babies. I cannot imagine what that family is going to face. Well- I need to go back to work- got to call these worried Mommies back!