My show, the one and only one (now that "Life" is cancelled) had it's finale tonight. It was wonderful wonderful, and I am glad, but now what? I hate summer. If you have to ask what my show is, I'm appalled. It is NCIS.
In other news...
I forgave nature for the fleas and went to the park with some friends today. The weather was gorgeous, and we didn't even burn (thank you SPF 10,000!) It's looking good for going outside tomorrow.
I'm really really grouchy, and checking the calendar, there is a high likelihood that it is pms. Watch it, people. Example: Andy carried Charlotte downstairs to my bed so I could get her ready for school. She was almost asleep. I was nudging her and telling her to wake up. Nothing. So I pushed her legs off the bed to force her to stand. She started crying and saying she was so tired. Me (in bed and probably near tears because I was also so tired) told her briskly to get herself upstairs in her bed, then, and she can stay there all day. It sounded reasonable to me. Actually, it sounded ideal, and I wanted to sentence myself to the same. She just stumbled off in tears to get dressed. Mine is the only kid who chooses school over a day in bed. I'll remind her when she is a teenager.
I'm having the pre-summer pipe dream. That is, I'm starting to think about all the wonderful things I will plan to do with the kids this summer as well as the cheery daily schedule that will keep us structured and productive. Big sigh. We aren't structured now. We barely have wake-up and bedtimes for the kids, and this is with a school schedule to follow. Still, I will plan. There will be limited tv and computer. There will be chores and practice work (I know, but Claire has some progress to make before kindergarten. I'm not sure she knows her ABCs, and she sure doesn't know how to write her name.) There will be playtime and naptime and set meal times and weekly outings (yeah, I said "outings." I'm channeling Mary Poppins.) I've only got 2 weeks to roll out the new regime, though. Crunch time. That means look-up-the-new-season-of-"Project Runway"-online-so-I can-carefully-include-crap-tv-viewing-into-my-summer.
2 comments:
You are tooooo funny! I do the same summer schedule thing. How long does yours last? I don't think mine has ever lasted for more than two weeks and I've been doing it for, um, let's see, about 9 years. Ugh, someday I'll improve, right?
I have the same pipedream every year and it never really turns out. I was so worried about this summer because Ethan needs structure or he just can't cope. Luckily he is going to go to summer school. I will just let the school take care of a lot of his structure this summer.
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