That’s about all I have this morning to update, 10 minutes. I’m printing out health and science lessons, prepping to read extra history and the girls are out delivering fliers for the housing office on our block. They’re little troopers. It’s COLD out there this morning. So Monday is usually our “we don’t have to go anywhere let’s catch up” day. That is mostly true of today. I have school photos to take starting at 5:00 and a homeschool board meeting at 7:00.
Ok, maybe not 10 minutes. The girls are back and we need to get busy. Update in bullet form:
- Play practice continues, next week it gets worse
- Katy has her ortho appointment to start phase two of her braces/treatment
- Soccer is almost over!!!
- It has gotten COLD up here!!!
- We’re staying busy busy busy!
Today I will:
- Wash laundry
- Go to a costume fitting for Katy’s play
- Go to tae kwon do with the girls
- Squeeze in some school work
- Try to run to the post office to mail some pictures
- Send in album order from May wedding EEP!!
- Make spaghetti for dinner
- Maybe let Katy skip soccer practice tonight
- Help Steven finish his paper due tonight
- Help in the Missionettes office
- Come home exhausted
- Put on my jammies
- Get the girls ready and tucked into bed
- Curl up on the couch with my hubby and watch an episode of season 1 of Heroes (We are sooo addicted)
- Pass out in my bed so I can do it all again tomorrow…only slightly different
When did my life become so chaotic? I wrote myself a note on the bathroom mirror that says “Family NOW! Everything else doesn’t matter!” I meant to take a break from work and the chaos during this school year. Well, it isn’t happening. LOL! A little photography work here, a little bit there. A play here, soccer there. This that and the other, it all adds up. And how do I balance all that with my desire to live for today and not be tied down to a chaotic schedule? The desire to laugh with and love on my children? The desire to speak my husband love language LOUD and CLEAR?
I don’t know. I honestly don’t know. Most days I’m so tired after all that we’ve had to run and do, I can’t think past sleep. Never in my life have I been out of the house this much. I’m a homebody. I LIKE to stay home (most of the time). It figures that when gas got this high my turn to be constantly in the car would come. LOL!
I’m not complaining. Honestly I ‘m not. I’m just thinking out loud about my desires as compared to reality.
This is just September’s list of things to do…
Let’s just say we’re busy, shall we?
Good gracious! When did she grow up??? It’s so hard not to look at that little toothless grin and not be somewhat sad that she’s growing up so fast. She’s the last one, my baby. Some days I wish we could have another. That baby smell, the chubby little baby cheeks, all the “firsts”. Other days I’m thankful that all three of them are old enough to help out….
We sat at a picnic table on the river and were quiet for two minutes. We had the girls draw a circle in the middle of the paper. Then they had to mark an X on the map where they heard a sound as they listened. It was kind of neat.
