in the Life.
My life:)
Yesterday, after I zonked out on the couch, Tom began to go over what all I did, because I was surprised to be so tired. I'm sure lot's of people can relate, at least to the pace, if not the details.
1. Get up and fixed breakfast for my kids and two neighbor's kids (parents on vacation)
2. Walk Gwyneth to bus stop with Tom
3. Check email, read a few, answer a few
4. Sign petition to stop Senate "Nuclear Option", forward email to friends
5. Clean kitchen
6. Look over schedule and budget with Tom
7. Study where to plant vegetables and herbs in postage stamp yard. Contemplate if neighbors will object to tomatoes and squash in the front yard.
8. Water plants.
9. Look at ads for popup camper
10. Head out for errands. Grab taco bell lunch with too much cheese. Talk to Mom about camping.
11. Take boxes to recycling. Still talking to Mom.
12. Sign G up for summer camps.
13. Talk to Daddy about campers.
14. Release butterflies with 20 kindergarteners. Learn they don't just fly away but need prompting and lots of screaming to help them along.
15. Teach 6 kindergarteners how to knit - or do creative things with pointy sticks and yarn.
16. Drop off medicine for neighbor's kid at friends house where they'll stay tonight.
17. At home, on front porch, trim angora bunny for the third time in four weeks. Neighborhood kids come over to see.
18. Field hormonal teenager who HAS to get on the computer and doesn't feel like working on his project and then does but it's STUPID and he's not going to do it.
19. Stand firm like a mountain for daughter who has total breakdown because I won't run out and buy her a Clairol kit and dye her hair before the volleyball party.
20. Take daughter to party late, but sassy.
21. Eat 11 small pieces of pizza to justify the cost.
22. Discuss with other parents how great HHGTTG book was and the movie was really good and need to watch Star Wars IN ORDER and job search.
22. Back home. Watch Monk with kids. Wakes youngest daughter who hates Monk.
23. Argue with water company that the bill was paid weeks ago and they have the money in their possession and I can't help it if they can't find it, it was sent electronically and no I don't have a stupid check number and yes I'll darn well call Customer Service back tomorrow! and no it's not her fault and thank you. Restart movie.
24. Wonder again why babysitter check got paid twice. Fail to remind husband.
25. Read A Dyers Garden to 6 year old who still can't fall asleep.
26. Tuck in eldest son for the last time because he's getting too old for this.
27. Clean out van - hear racoons chattering very close by.
28. Get husband to come look for the family of racoons that has set up housekeeping in our chimney. Find they are not in the bushes, but on the roof and the youngsters are definitely old enough to move out.
29. Admonish husband for breaking up their family meeting with rocks.
30. Read on couch and nod off. Wonder why.
31. Laugh with husband about why.
32. Go to bed and read a bad novel.
33. Sleep until a child wakes me up.
? So can we trust those lines when we hear:
"Wassup with you?"
"Not much. You?"