The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Mother

It's quiet in the house right now.  I just got back from dropping Bailey at UTSA to load the buses to head to Mo-Ranch for his YOSA orchestra retreat weekend. Savannah had a late night drop off at a friend's for a sleep over, and the little ones are still fast asleep.  Our lovely principal gave us a few hours off this morning, after a fabulous Meet the Teacher last night.  After leaving school last night around 7:30, we still had several errands to run. We made a trip to Kohl's to spend some Kohl's Cash, my sister generously shared with me, on shoes and back to school clothes. Picked up Bailey from work (he was at Braun Station, running a Kona Ice mini truck for their Meet the Teacher).  We then headed to Wal-Mart to get Bailey some snacks for the weekend, because according to him, camp food makes him sick! While driving to Walmart a friend of Savannah's texted to see if she could sleep over, even though they had been together most of the day!  After a quick dro...

Helotes Hill Country Zipline ...did you even know this place existed?  I know I have driven past the sign on Bandera Road, but honestly never paid much attention.  Because really, how awesome of a place can it be just two miles from my house?  I realize my house is on a hill and I know there are several large hills in our area, but I didn't realize what was literally in my own back yard. A sweet boy from Savannah's 8th grade Science class has been persistently pestering her to go ziplining with him.  She tried to say no a dozen times, in a dozen different ways.  She finally agreed last minute when she asked if she could bring someone.  After a few tries of different friends, she settled on her daddy!  He's an adventure junky, and honestly in the last 10 years, hasn't had a whole lot of adventure.  Lorelei and I went along to take pictures and watch.  It looked exhilarating and breathtaking, but with my fear of heights, I said a polite, ...