Can I sit down now?

So I have officially started training for a half marathon run. Yikes! I have picked the race, set my schedule and started following it. So far so good...but I was really excited about today being my rest day. I have learned that there will be no rest day for me!

Today was crazy! And that is probably my fault...if I had checked my calender yesterday I would have shown up at the correct time for Julia's Dr. apt. Instead it was rescheduled for today. And this was an appointment that I had to go too. A month ago...Julia got a spider bite. Well it never really went away and turned into a staff infection. So we had to go and get it popped today. (see picture...not fun) We waited and waited to see the Dr. He had a Med student today so we spent extra time explaining everything to everyone and then he finally punctured it and sent us on our way.

Straight from that I went grocery shopping. I have a great routine set up with a friend of mine that we drive to Butler Pa where the Giant Eagle there has an Eagles Nest. Dropped the kids off...shopped...rushed home (so that we were home for the kids) and then rushed to dance. Meanwhile, I have dishes in my sink, stuff on my living room floor, and a messy bed. Not to mention all of the other messes around the house and laundry piling up! Rush home from dance and start on the dishes...make cold cereal for dinner (not the plan but too tired to cook). Switch the laundry and then sit down. Awwww....now I cant get up. It would be really nice to have some house elves right about now...or a live in masseuse. I would take either!

One of those days!

I thought today was going to be a great day...and it wasnt really bad, it just had a lot of drama in it! I started the day off great! Worked out, read scriptures with Maddelyn, and I even made breakfast for the family. And then the drama jumped right in! As I was cooking breakfast Maddelyn comes in and literally starts yelling at me about the LAUNDRY stacking up in her room. I mean really? She gets sent to her room and I almost have to force her to listen to me. In the back of my mind I am wondering what did I do to deserve this...and trying to keep my cool so that I am not a bully mom like I saw on Dr. Phil! So we get through breakfast...she is still grouchy...I am still grouchy. Finally, I win! She apologizes to me and all is well.

Then Julia wakes up, starts crying over everything. "You threw out the pancakes that I was saving from yesterday!" Note: Yesterday was Monday! That sends her in to a total up roar and then the drama continues. To get her to stop I fed her eggs, bacon (that she decided she didnt want), 2 granola bars, and some vanilla waffers. She said that she needed a big breakfast.

Rush, rush, rush to get ready for a doctors apt. to check out the large bump under Julia's arm. Rush, rush, rush and realize that you husband didnt fill up you tires with air and infomed you that it was very dangerous to drive. Panic, panic, panic! Prayer for safety to get to the doctor safely.

Whew! Made it! So then we waited and found out that her large lump that stayed with her for a month after she got bit by a spider and turned into a staff infection. So now we have to heat it up, give meds, and hope that it pops on its own or else get it popped on monday at the Dr. office. Great! But at least we know what it is...moving on!

Then we drive very carefully to Laura's house so that we can change the oil in my car. This has been planned for months and rescheduled...but hopefully today was the day! Not so much! Her jack didnt work worth jack! So we weeded her garden until it was time to be home for Maddelyn and we would attempt to do it at my house with the jack that I have used before and has worked.

We get to my house...move the garage mess...and start to look for the jack. We look high...we look low...no sign of the jack! Finally we give up all together and weed in my yard. We made plans to work on our lilac bushes, and grocery shop (because we are now dependant on one another to go together), and future plans once again to change my oil (because that needs to be done!) Then it is time for swimming....

Rush, rush, rush....and we are off! We get to the YMCA and all is well. I finally sit down and feel motivated to relax. 40 mins into swim class Maddelyn's teacher calls my name and lets me know that Maddelyn's not feeling well (Oh No! Not again!). I pull her out, and we wait the 5 minutes for Julia's class to end...and then we rush home. Cook dinner quick...eat...watch the family show Survivor...get the kids to bed...ahhhhhh.

Now, hope and pray that Maddelyn is not sick again! Because I cant do that anymore. I have got to reclaim my messy house...and my laundry room again. I dont want to hear "Do I have this this to wear" any more! (upside to hearing that is that I always know the answer...it is NO)

So today wasnt really a bad day...just one that nothing seemed to work out perfect. I had a fun day with Laura. It was nice to be productive and spend time with a good friend. Another good thing that is happening is that I am looking into finishing my AA degree. I am one quarter short and then I think I will be able to transfer to a school out here that does semesters. I think I want to do dental hygenie...if I can find a school around here that offers that. So I have some future plans laid out. And I will make a schedule for me to follow tomorrow so that I can get myself back on track. So not all is bad...just one of those days where you want to crawl back into bed and sleep through it!

Laundry!!!

I have been guilty of saying "I am caught up with laundry". Every few weeks I get it all done and jump for joy because I am finally to the point where I dont have anymore to wash. Truth is when you say that you are just lying to yourself! There is no catching up with laundry! It is something that will always be there. I have a family of 4, in one day we accumulate 4 pants, 4 shirts, maybe a few additional sweaters (knowing me), 8 socks, 4 things of underwear, 4 towels, peed in sheets or the pee mat, any blankets that get peed on, and then any addition clothes that the kids wear due to outfit changes, spills or pee pee pants. Right there alone that has to be over 2 loads of laundry a day! A Day! Oh my goodness! So realistically, I can never ever say that I have caught up on laundry.

So how do I manage these loads of laundry? I have tried the whole wash laundry in one day thing...doesnt work for me I have to wash at least one load everyday anyway with the pee pee sheets. So what works best for me, a functioning messy person? Through my 10 years of being married I have learned that I have to wash at least 2 loads of laundry every day.

Today, however, I have to make up for what I didnt do while I was sick last week. So far I have washed and folded 3 loads of laundry. Today is make of up day so I will try to get in as many loads as I can...but I wont lie to myself and say that I am caught up....because clearly that cant be done!