I’m a bit stumped here.
How can it be that once ALL the kids are in school ALL day long, I am busier than ever?
Suddenly projects are looming before me with no end in sight. This weekend has felt especially busy.
Friday I was frantically making cupcakes and trying to throw together something for a Fandango that we were attending (which was a lot of fun)
Saturday started out with Ryan’s bit 5th Bday party—which wasn’t super HUGE in comparison to some parties we’ve been to, but it was a big effort for me—entertaining kids here at the house and all. After that I had a bit of a break then we were off to the Family Fun Carnival in Longmont where we were signed up to help run booths.
Sunday—well, it was 90% wonderful, would’ve been completely wonderful. It always frustrates me when people talk over you and turn everything into ‘me, me, me’. I’m trying NOT to comment anymore in classes b/c I never get past 4 words—completely rude! I DID get a nap (thanks fam!) and we had our awesome HT duo come over.
Monday, I hit the ground running—well walking this morning. Put up a shelf in the pantry, cleaned off the grill plates in the BBQ, ordered new heat shields for it, made a cake & decorated it, took mini cupcakes into R’s kindergarten class (and forgot to bring my camera—ugh!!) during a downpour of course, took dinner to a sweet family that has had a hard day—don’t think I’m a saint, they had what we did—pizza. And then grandparents came over for dessert (birthday cake) and we enjoyed a bit of a visit.
So…the business has just been snowballing. The normal cleaning and such continues because it must. I started mentally making a list for the rest of this week—how did I EVER think I could go back to work?!? You’d think I’d been huffing Eau de Insanity or something.
One thing is for sure—I love seeing my kids come home, I just need to get a bit more organized so I can have projects wrapped up by that time so I can really interract with them.


**WARNING—EMOTIONAL MEANDERING HERE, YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ THIS!!**
Today this little guy was driving me bonkers! He just couldn’t focus and get going on his ‘out the door’ stuff, he kept playing with toys, messing around, etc. He really is talented at it. But when he was on the bus he looked out the window and just waved and waved and waved to me…until the bus pulled out of sight. It so pulls at my heart to have my baby off to school like this—I’ve been so distracted with the whole birthday extravaganza that I didn’t think much of the fact that he was in school. And when he’s at school he’s happy and fine—he LOVES it. His teacher said I was right, that he’s a ‘ball of energy’, and just has a great time. Its just hard on `ole mom here when he looks out the bus window with that sort of sad look, b/c he knows I can’t come with him. He must know that if there was 1 grade I would redo in a heartbeat, it would be Kindergarten.
Ok, this is getting pretty meandering and making me emotional so its time for bed.
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