Do married people really do this?

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   So here it is...I am home alone for 5 days! I don't put an exclamation point because I'm really that excited to get rid of my husband, but every once in a while it's nice to have some time to yourself. He's off to California for a few days and I'll miss him. But just thought I would give you guys an idea of how much time we really spend together.

• We work at the same high school. Different floors, but we always have the option of seeing each other if we need to.
• We have one car. We drive to work together, leave together. If one of us has to go someplace alone, the other person has to drop them off and pick them up.
• We have had at least one grad school class together for the past year. We share the same books and spend our Saturdays listening to lectures and trying to make sense of our notes together.
• We have a stake calling together and we are both 4th Sunday Relief Society and Elders Quorum teachers. We travel most Sundays to other wards and branches and where we basically put on the "Reed Show".
• Every Sunday night we become Elder and Sister Reed to our Addiction Recovery Group. Yeah. So after travel time, preparation, set up, group, take down, and assessment of how it went- that's pretty much our night.
• We coach the same season so we are always at each other's events helping out or supporting.
• We have a lot of students in common so not only do we "work" together to creatively problem solve we are role models for what a marriage should look like to staff and students.

I am probably forgetting some stuff, but suffice it to say we are constantly together. I know some of you are jealous. It is nice to have him right here whenever I need him. But I think, just for the next few days, I am going to enjoy my alone time.

A Cinderella Story

In what can only be described as A Cinderella Story, my girls performed fiercely at the Western Mass Swim Championships this past Monday at Harvard. Everyone had an amazing swim and I was so proud to be their coach. The medley relay dropped 7 seconds off their time as our freshmen phenom was personally responsible for 3 of them. The individual swims didn't end up qualifying for states, but did however boast best times for all. Those times were good enough for 1 of them to receive phone calls the next day from several colleges and the NCAA clearing house. Our 400 free relay dropped 11 seconds out of nowhere and ended up with a 12th place finish, enough for a ribbon.

But the huge surprise of the day was the 200 free relay. The boys team had just qualified for states two heats before us and now the pressure was on. They needed to drop a combined 4 seconds to make states. 4 seconds is not a lot in terms of time. However in a race that is a dead sprint it's almost impossible. But I believe in miracles and apparently so do my girls. Not only did they qualify, they are close to beating the school record set by a dream team of swimmers. This comes on the heels of a no win season. It couldn't have been scripted better. The reaction was priceless. They are the little girls from the hood that could. We will be back at Harvard this Sunday at 7:30 am to hopefully lay claim to a record that rightfully belongs to the lionhearted. Please keep us in your thoughts!

In other news, Travis' freshmen basketball team completed a perfect season today. 21-0. He was very afraid of pulling a Pat's, but ended up running away with his last game 78-47. Travis earned high praise from the officials, parents, and players for being a coach with class, optimism, and the ability to focus on learning the game instead of winning. Yea Coaches Reed!

Bunko Night!

I'm actually somewhat embarassed to write about this, but it's true: I am officially part of a girls bunko night that will be happening monthly. I went to my first one tonight. Few observations...1) Stay at home Moms like to make a lot of noise when they have the night off. 2) I miss real food. 3) Who really cares about Bunko? I need a solid game of Phase 10 or Ultimate Spoons to get my Irish up. 4) If you win the prize for lowest point scorer, do you even want it? That's basically saying here is your prize for being a loser. And 5) If you receive wall words as your gift and you don't want words on your wall are you allowed to switch?

Overall good times. I admit I got caught looking at my watch with an hour to go. I know, I had to back pedal. It's just weird to hang out with a bunch of girls again. It's been quite a while. It makes me miss my friends, roommates, sisters, cousins, etc. Just know I was thinking of all of you guys tonight. I wanted nothing more than to go back to the simpler times when I would get body checked into a door frame by Brie as she made a diving leap for a pile of spoons. Gosh I miss everybody. Fun girls rock!