Thursday, October 19, 2006

If today had gone as planned

I would have awoken at about 730am, showered(in silence) as my children slept. I would have then taken the load of laundry out of the dryer and layed out the kids clothes for the day, by 830 I would have dressed and fed T and had her playing on the floor with some toys. at which point I would be feeding both girls breakfast, gotten them dressed and done their hair. At 9am I would have dressed snuggle bug and been feeding him a bottle. I would also have had the diaper bag packed, stroller loaded onto the back of the car. By 930am I would arrive at the bank, I would cash my check and head over the to grocery store. I would have bought apples and dip for the halloween party. I would have come back by the house, washed chopped and repacked said apples, and an easy lunch for the kids. I would have unloaded the stroller and loaded the wagon, and kids and food and driven to the next town over for the big annual fall harvest/halloween picnic trick-or-treat festivities put on by our large homeschooling community. I would have seen friends I haven't managed to see in months. Instead I woke up with ragging cramps and a pounding headache. I made my kids microwave pop corn and fruit snacks for breakfast, took some motrin and went back to sleep on the couch while they watched disney cartoons. I did manage to "pick up" the house, take a shower and while I did put on some makeup I reached for my comfy pajamas verses the clothes I should have put on so that I could go to the bank this afternoon. Now my kids are eating their 4th fruit snack for the day and still watching disney cartoons and I am about to head back to the couch...this time to read some trashy romance novel my mom handed me today in passing, promising it was an easy read and fast escape. If tomorrow goes right we will have done all I needed to do this morning and be at June bugs speech therapy appt by 1030, immediately following that we will be meeting Rae and Maggie to go apple picking....Wish me better luck!

3 comments:

momtothreeboys said...

Oh man, good luck! Don't you just hate when your days start out sucky? But hey, I've done the fruit snack, and goldfish crackers thing for breakfast too (but not popcorn altho that sounds good too).

Anonymous said...

i know just how that feels... i get home from work at 4am and have done that a couple of times with Brooke not fruit snacks but cherios and bananas.

Estelle said...

How many kids do you have right now honey? I counted four... I think.
Charlie takes bags of goldfish out of the pantry and feeds himself. At least you're GIVING the snacks to the kids!

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