Crazy Life!

Well, it's officially 10:04 am, and I am tired & ready to go back to bed! I feel like I have put in a full days work already! It all started with Tess coming & getting into bed with us, (and might I add that they NEVER go on Clayn's side which is the closest to get to, they ALWAYS walk around the bed in the dark to my side of the bed, WHY???) anyways, so she gets in bed & says that she doesn't feel good at 5:30, she has a cold. And she did sound very plugged up. So, I lay there for as long as I can being in the middle of the bed, & finally at 6:20 I got up.

I asked Tess to go & get her room straightened up & make her bed & then she was complaining that she didn't feel good. So, I told her to go & get back into bed & she was going to stay home from school today. Oh, my word, you would have thought that I asked her to stay home from the circus, the way that she acted. She cried & cried! Clayn came into her room & told her that sometimes when we're sick it's best for us to stay home. NO! NO! NO! She was not staying home from school! OKAY, REALLY! I was always trying to get to stay home, faking sick as often as I could. Oh, NOT Tess! So, we meaning ME, cleaned out her book case & helped straighten up her room, then I went up stairs & helped Park clean his DISASTER of a room. Why is it that their rooms can be spotless in the morning & by noon look like a bomb hit it. I mean really!
So, we got Parker's room clean, Tess ate breakfast & by this time it was 7:45 & her & Parker were chasing each other through out the house. Well, I decided that she really was fine, & I had her run down & get dressed & I did her hair in 8 minutes flat, YEAH! Usually, she is the slowest thing on the face of the planet to get her dressed. Well, she proved to me this morning, that she can get completely ready in 8 minutes. Off she & Clayn went out the door at 7:55am.

Let me detract for a minute & just add that I know that a lot of bad is said about public schools & that a lot of people really don't like them. I am on the other side of the fence. I think they are a great institution & that the kids learn things there that they cannot learn any where else. I am so thankful for the amazing teacher that Tess has & that she makes learning so much fun for them. There are a few first graders in her class, that started out this year reading at a level 5. That is amazing! I love that Tess, absolutely does not want to miss. There are some fun activities going on this week, tomorrow is Grandparents day & they get to bring them & make a apple dessert to share with the school, and then on Friday they are going on a field trip to a bee farm, & learn about bees & how honey is made. I actually get to go with Tess, so hopefully I'll have some great pictures, I am so excited! Anyways, I don't want to offend any body, but I just had to add how I feel about the public schools.

So, back to my morning, then after I go them out the door. I played Lego's with Parker & we built a fort, & we read 5 I Spy books. Then I washed up a few dishes & got the rest loaded in the dishwasher, & got it running. I got my floors swept & vacuumed my rugs & the sun room. Then I mopped all of my wood floors. I have already started laundry & I'm just thinking about what I will make for dinner. In an hour, I will go & pick Tess up from the bus stop, it's early release today, come home feed them lunch. I have a PTA meeting at 1:20, (I'm not sure if I'm going to make it) I need to finish laundry, figure out FHE, make an apple dessert for tomorrow, & then maybe take the kids swimming at ISU tonight. UGH, I really do need a nap!!

Really, the life of a stay at home mom is truly crazy! Although, I have to say that I would not have it any other way. I need to be able to be home to support my children. I was older when I got married, 28, (3 months shy of 29 to be exact) and I always said that if I was ever able to be a mom, then I would do everything within my power to be at home with them. It truly is a sacrifice, because of the money that I could be bringing home also. But, what a blessing it is for me to have this opportunity. Yes, we have had to go without quite a lot & we don't have the best of everything, but we have a modest home that meets our needs. Clayn has a great job, teaching at the University, & he loves it. We have healthy kids, & they really do help me out a lot here in the home. So, all in all I truly cannot complain too much.

Life just gets busy crazy! And I know that it's a bit harder on us than on other's, where I don't drive. And my vision isn't quite where it should be. A lot is asked of Clayn, & I have said this a thousand times, there aren't many men that would be as good natured as he is to run me every where that I need to go. I know that I have been very blessed with him. Just think about it, everywhere that I need to go, he has to take me. My vision is bad & I have a hard time seeing. I am continually turning my head back & forth & looking down for fear that I'm going to run into a small child, or trip on something & fall, & then there's the steps. OH, I think that the inevitable is here, I need a cane. I have got to the point that I have to have one. I hate every minute of it, but I have to get one & get trained on how to use one. It's a very scary point in my life, but I am very blessed that I have made it this many years without having one by now. It has been 23 years since I have been diagnosed with RP. Most people don't have near that long. So, I should be grateful, but for some reason, I'm just not! So, if you see me with a cane, please don't treat me any different, I just need a little help, & really don't we all, mine is just a bit more visible.

Well, I need to stop with all of my Monday morning ramblings & complaining. I just hope that as life continues to get crazy, that I'll be able to stay a bit sane in the middle of the craziness!