Andy was out of town 17 days. The days he was in town, he was not home. The days he was at home, he was working in his office. It. Was. Rough. PS - ALL of the trips were over weekends. Not a single weekend home. I had high hopes for the last one, but I was bamboozled by non-updating technology and there was indeed a trip where no trip appeared on my Google calendar on my phone. We are back to a paper calendar due to the extent of my irritation. A girl likes to know how much energy she is rationing out. I was sorely lacking.
Now, though, I am feeling a little better. It appears Andy will be in town most of October, which is a relief. I have been doing my morning routine created by FlyLady, so I feel somewhat productive and the house is under control, at least for us. I am preparing for the church's bi-annual General Conference plus Charlotte's eleventh birthday this weekend. Chocolate cake, so nothing too fancy. I guess she is being merciful after Claire's rainbow debacle. I can't read or sew or anything these days, I don't know why. I'm leaving that comma splice in there even though it is bothering me.
Today I took McDonald's up to the school for all of my kids in honor of Charlotte's birthday. I also took brownies to her class. And since Claire's birthday was before school began, I took cookies to her class as well. They no longer let me sit at the class cafeteria table with my babies. They now have a "parent" table where your child plus one friend can come sit with you. A little ostracizing, but whatever. At least it is easier to ignore the calls for total silence from the cafeteria wardens. Nobody is going to tell me I can't talk to my kid I'm eating lunch with. Charlotte and Claire share a lunch time, so I sat with them both and their friends (Chloe for Claire and Sydney for Charlotte). Chloe told Claire I am more fun than her mom. Which isn't true because her mom gave her an American Girl birthday party at the store in the private room where the girls ordered lunch off a menu and everything. But it was during the summer, and kids like what is right in front of their faces more than anything else, so. It still felt good. Gabe didn't invite a friend to sit with us because Jade invited herself. She is my friend from his kindergarten class who held my hand the entire field trip I went on. She loves me. Gabe didn't care. He didn't care about anything besides his Batman happy meal toy. Anyway, it was all a fun time. I even sneaked off to the book fair between lunches and bought these sweet babies:
Man, I LOOOOVE these books!
Well, I guess I need to start dinner. Chicken or tacos. Grumble grumble grumble.
2 comments:
I love mo willems! I love childrens books! Also how awesome that you're kids school lets you bring cookies and brownies!! Our school won't allow anything. and you are a fun mom...chloe is right!
Your parent table story and Ashley's comment remind me of how my kids love peanut butter sandwiches and peanut butter is not allowed at the school we would go to if we are still here when my kids go to school, along with just about everything else... "Sucktember" is hilarious. Here's to a better October!
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