Recently I have been making an attempt to get my life more organized. Some who read this will just roll their eyes. There are times in my life that I have been organized, but this is not one of them. So in an effort to re-establish this as one my organized phases in life I set up a new schedule. It seemed really practical, the expectations not too high and very straight forward. I even went to bed pretty close to on time. And that was the end of that......
This morning on the other hand, the only kid who got up on time is the one who leaves the house last, of course. Y is our morning person and is always the first one up and the last to leave.....perfect. And even better, we take him. So no need to worry about him missing his school bus. The other two don't come even close to being morning people and getting them ready takes a lot of nudging, sometimes, hollering, sometimes bribery and every now and then they do it on their own. Not today. I managed to get S out the door with a minimal of hassle this morning. I only had to bribe him with a homemade chocolate chip cookie and he did pretty well. I balanced that out with a peanut butter sandwich. We could do worse in the morning. M on the other hand was lost to sleep and all my shaking, nudging, poking and so on was lost on her. Until Y woke her up 5 minutes before her bus was supposed to come! Joy! At that late time I would have been happy to let her sleep and get on with my day and let her entertain herself for the day. I suspicion she has been either bothered by allergies or fighting something. Nope instead at 7:30am she gets out of bed. Great. Unfortunately the bathtub water from the boys has gone cold and we can't just drain it like normal people. We have to let it drain slowly or it backs up. Another 15-20 minutes down the drain. I guess pun intended. Then I have to make sure I get all the snarls out of her hair make sure I get all the shampoo in because her brother put dirt in her hair the day before. Plus I want to make sure we get the tea tree oil nice rubbed in to keep the lice out! Then we have to do breakfast and drag feet and so on. She was only about 2 hours late to school. No problem right?! Then it is time to get the grown ups ready, get interrupted, do something else, get D back out the door, have him come back because he forgot something..........And here it is at 11:52 am and my day is gone! In an hour I have to go get Y and that will be it. I did not even make the grocery store today! The only thing I did manage was to vacuum my bedroom floor. Hurray!
Well maybe this afternoon I can manage to do a few things and start fresh tomorrow! Anything is possible right?!
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