Do you hear that? Could it really be? It's silence...well except for the hum of the washer and dryer. Oh, and the dishwasher, too. They are never quiet. But the only other sounds in the house at this very moment is my ipod and the tapping of my fingers on the keyboard. And, I'm sitting in my brand new office space which I LOVE! Ahhh....
It was a rough morning here. It shouldn't have been. Last night I felt like the morning had all sorts of potential. Snow in the forcast meant the likelihood of a two hour delay meaning we could all sleep in a little and take our time getting to school. After dropping the big kids off Earl and I would take Kinley and head out for lunch and maybe a little shopping or errands. Or maybe we would just come home and watch a movie while she napped. Sounds lovely doesn't it? Yep, if it would have worked out that way. But, apparently Kinley missed the memo since she was awake and ready to go at a little after 4am. Around six, Earl rescued me and urged me to go back to bed. I was awake watching my DVR'd shows. I should have just stayed up. But I didn't . I crawled back in my warm bed "just for an hour" which turned into two. I got up and thought perhaps we could all grab breakfast at one of our favorite spots. Everyone else had already had breakfast. No biggie. But from there things just started to backslide. McKenna was out of sorts, crying over missing mittens and whatever else seemed to come up. Cooper wanted nothing to do with going for a haircut since he had effectively missed all the learning parts of preschool today. And Kinley, well she brought out every toy she owns and every kids cup in the cupboard, along with some chef boyardi's but wanted nothing to do with any of them. Sigh. Apparently we don't do well with a break in our morning routine. I am no longer a fan of 2 hour delays. However, my monster of a morning makes me appreciate these few minutes of solitude a little more.
I have enjoyed a pretty slow past two weeks. There hasn't been much on the calendar and I have tried to stay home as much as possible in order to avoid the flu at all costs. Some days my sanity comes into question but luckily a few hours of work at the hospital has been available to break up a long string of days at home. Still, there are some days when I think I must be forgetting something. My daily planner is full but I can't help but think there is something important I forgot to write down. And then it occured to me that last year my post holiday schedule was very busy. Last year at this time my mom and I were strategically planning my dad's retirement party. I was also gearing up to start work for Bloomsburg in March, stuffing my freezer with every frozen meal I could come up with. In my spare time I poured over clothing catalogs trying to arrange outfits for three kids for Easter, Cady's bridal shower, a surprise trip to Disney and then Kyle and Cady's wedding. Holy Crap! Was I crazy?? But this year I don't have anything fancy to plan for and I've been through the weeks of clinical enough to now know that my family will not starve in the 5 weeks I won't be around for dinner.
The spring catalogs have been arriving in masses and I look at them fondly before putting them in the recycling bin. Our winter days this year revolve around sports practices and games, church and just hanging out together. We don't have any parties to plan or trips in the works for many months. We are just being. Finally. I don't say that with regret for last year. In fact, I'm kind of sad that all of those milestones are past us now. That was one jammed packed 6 months of fun. But this winter is looking pretty promising too. It's fun and refreshing to see the seasons of life as they spread out behind and in front of us. It's fun to turn focus to different areas and get to those things that have been put off. But if anyone can think of a good reason I can buy the kids some adorable fancy outfits please let me know. Wait, who am I kidding, I've never needed an excuse in the past. In fact, since I have a few quiet minutes I think I'll do a little online shopping right now.
Have a happy Wednesday!
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