I went over to my parents house this morning after my job to mow the lawn and start going through my stuff to see what I should get rid of, what I should leave at my parents house and what I should take to Rexburg. While I was there Millie came up to me and asked all excitedly if I could take her and Tessa running. It was cute, I’m surprised haha. I expected them both to not like it because that’s how most people are about running. Haha, anyways turns out Tessa didn’t want to go but Millie was really excited. She wanted to go farther than last time so we ran to Bonneville Elementary and back. She wanted to play on the playground for a minute once we got there so I let her. Haha, the first thing she said as we started running again is “don’t tell Tessa we went to Bonneville. Then she’ll get upset and want to go.”
Just as we were getting close to home Millie asked me when I first started running. I told her I started when I was 14, so two years older than Hattie is right now. Then she told me Tessa was going to do a running competition. Not going to lie, I was surprised. I got excited because I’ve always sort of expected all of my sisters to stick with soccer. Tessa is very athletic too. Like she’s crazy good at a lot of things- dance, soccer, gymnastics and more. Anyways, I was like whoa that’s awesome! It made me really happy to think that she might choose to run. I asked my Dad about it later and he said it was just the school fun run, they can walk if they want. I was a bit disappointed it wasnt something else, but they’re both 7. They have a lot of time to figure what they’re most interested in and I want them to do what they want to. But it’d be really cool if one of them chose to run. Anyways, Millie proceeded to tell me she wouldn’t be doing this “running competition” because she wouldn’t win. She wouldn’t get any trophy’s. I thought of the trophy’s in my parents basement I’d won from local road races and given to Millie and Tessa to play with, that was most likely what she was referring to. I then told her that running isn’t always about winning, it’s about having fun. You do it because you like it!
I’ve been nannying and babysitting a lot this past month. I applied to a nanny job in Rexburg today. I’m surprised at how excited I got when I saw it worked with my schedule and how much I want it. I’ve been thinking a lot about family this week for some reason, like yeah I’m good with kids and I’ve always wanted to have a family of my own someday, but I re-analyzed if I still wanted it or if I just thought I wanted it because that’s always been my plan. This conversation with Millie confirmed it. Yeah, kids can be frustrating at times, but I love my sisters so stinking much. I’m old enough to have watched them grow up from infants and I remember it all. And I love all the kids I watch. Jake does this cute thing where he’ll exclaim “HI!” And then I’ll say hi! and then he’ll say it again and it keeps going back and forth. And he always blows kisses and this morning wanted to give me a real kiss as I left. Oh my heart. And then Tommy I nannied when he was 4 months old, now he’s 2 almost 3 and has a little brother Jack who is 4 months old. Tommy’s a ball of energy and Jack is the cutest chubster. I also nannied Sam when he was 1 and Liam when he was 4, now Sam is 4 and Liam is 7. I’ve watched them a lot lately and they’re just the cutest kids. Anyways, sorry rant over :) I’m pretty far from having a family at the moment and I won’t be getting married anytime soon, but I’m getting family hungry :) psht I gotta focus on reality- school :)
VA loop today :) didn’t run yesterday or the day before, I wanted to but I pushed them both off until the evening and then got busy with other stuff :/ I should start waking up earlier and run in the mornings.
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