I know I will get dinged for this, but what the heck.
I was bored today. I literally had nothing to do. Usually, I take my kids down to the school bus in the mornings, finish my coffee and then go to the gym to work out. But what to do after that? Today, I went to the grocery store after taking a leisurely shower and picked up bread and a pork shoulder for dinner. I have so much to do and think about that I forgot onions. Poor me, so I had to go back. Well, I live right next to the shopping center where the grocery store is located. So I called my friend Beth to see if she wanted to get a Starbucks and then make a quick run to the store for my onion. I made some lemon bars from a box mix that I brought back with me while I waited for her to get home from an errand (she lives 3 buildings down from me). Then we headed over to Starbucks. They have a new chocolate Cappuccino which is to die for by the way. Yadda yadda yadda got my onion and came home. So it is 11 am by this time. I have dinner in the slow cooker. Now what? I could clean. No, the maid is doing that. I could iron. No, maid is doing that too. I could clean the breakfast dishes. No, again maid. Beds? made by maid. See this is where I will get dinged.
Okay, so I practiced piano. I am trying to learn Moonlight Sonata and it is slow going. I did a little bit of bible study. I read a bit. Had a little lunch. By now it is 1 pm. Shoot! I have until 4:15 before the boys get home! Could the day move faster please! I could not take a nap. I'd feel too weird because, well, the maid is cleaning. I can't nap while she does work. I mean might as well eat bonbons while wearing fuzzy trimmed high-heeled slippers. So I just kept cycling through my "chores" and added a little sewing to the mix. Finally 4:15 rolled around. The boys got home and we did homework. I do not think any mom anywhere is ever excited about homework. We already went to school and had to suffer through it. But today, I was excited. Math with my fifth grader - fractions of numbers like 4/5 of 35, and a mini report on a city with my third grader. He picked St. Paul, MN. Did you know that the original name of the city was Pig's Eye Landing in the 1820-30's? Named after a whiskey distiller that lived in the area. He obviously was not married and thought the name was catchy. Anyway, got dinner on the table, boys took showers, they went to bed, husband went to work out (he is eating too much Haagen Daaz). Now I am sitting at my desk. I was trying to figure out a blog for our Easter trip, but this popped into my head first. Maybe I will add that to my To-do List for tomorrow. Have to have something on it, right?
That's it. We're moving down there! Is there a school for 3 year olds?
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