A Long Day

It's 11:20 PM. I slept in until 7 this morning, but we still managed to get Jayden to school on time. Kate fought me tooth and nail on her hair, though, so she went out with it in a big tangle. (I'm paying for all the times I wished I had curly hair. It's tough to care for!) Still I managed to get the kitchen cleaned up and the living room looking better. Jayden & Kate had a confetti party in the living room yesterday while I was cutting coupons.

Unfortunately I had to try to write reading responses while they were in crazy-play moods. They moved their ball pit from the dining room to their bedroom, which involved lots of tossing the balls at each other and some screaming.

Brian took them to the game farm for a church potluck, and unfortunately for him, he had 3 other things to handle there. He was supposed to harass people into signing up to bring dishes for a dinner for the residents of the women's shelter. Then he had to get together with others to set up a training time for women's shelter volunteers, and he had to discuss a church directory (which I'm organizing) with our board president. When I talked to him around 9, he said that he felt he came home to a zoo today.

Apparently Jayden & Kate were "washing dishes" when he came out of the bathroom. Jayden actually does a little washing, but Kate mostly fills up a cup and then pours it out - sometimes on the floor. Then they decided to eat some leftover doughnuts, which apparently caused a big mess. And there were lots of sweets at the potluck. Overall, he was wiped out.

I sat in traffic for about 45 minutes with the car turned off, listening to some guy playing his guitar and singing. Damn the stimulus package. They're doing roadwork everywhere here. Next week I'm bringing readings with me so that I can get something done in my nightly traffic jam.

Brian stayed up long enough to tell me good-night and rub my feet. (Don't think he's too sweet. He's really apologizing for letting someone borrow our heating pad when I needed it. Who loans out heating pads? They're something you *only* need if you're in pain!)

I'm exhausted but enjoying the sounds. The house is silent. We have the windows open, so I can hear the sounds of nighttime outdoors and feel a cool breeze. It's wonderful. These moments are the ones that make life beautiful.