Sometimes my wife amazes me

School has started, as has soccer season. Our days have become a gallimaufry of moving kids around, playing with the kids, homework, and house management. And yet, in all this chaos, I think Diane has found her groove. The house has been staying cleaner than ever, including deep cleans of bathrooms, furniture polishing, and more. Laundry is getting done daily. Dishes (my responsibility, though I haven't done even half of it lately), aren't piling up like they used to. The kids are getting their homework done. And the house is being managed... amazingly.

On top of all of this, Diane has been riding her bike to school with the kids in the mornings instead of driving them. Dinner has been cooked every night. And yet Diane is still reading over a hundred pages in her textbooks a week, doing her hardest semester yet, and still pulling A's.

So Diane, thank you, publicly, for the fantastic work you've been doing. For the work you've been putting in. For the patience, diligence, and effort that has been going into our lives, every minute of every day.