All In a Day

I feel like superwoman today. Since 7:15 this morning, these are the things I’ve managed to do, in order:

1. Make pancakes

2. Babysit for Andrew (Emily and Matt’s precious baby)

3. Direct Gage’s schooling and do some reading with him.

4. Fix a fabulous lunch.

(not my photo.  From Cooking Light.)

5. Prepare dinner for tonight in the crock pot.

6. Take a shower (Does anyone else notice that all hell breaks out in your home when you decide to do this? I took a shower in the boy’s bathroom today b/c Andrew was napping in our room and as soon as I turned the shower on, Gage was banging on the door yelling that he had to do some business in there. Anyway, that’s another post in itself.)

7. Go to Wal-Mart with both boys and buy various items that require thought. That’s not easy with my boys tagging along.

8. Haul the bike with us on the bike rack and go for a bike ride at Tower Grove before Gage’s art lesson. Gage followed Shea and I on his skateboard.

9. Drop Gage off at art and take Shea with me to Aldi for some grocery shopping.

10. Pick Gage up and drive home with an exhausted 3 year old, who claimed most of the way home that he had to poop. In the middle of Shea whining that he needed to go potty, I was trying to move over into the lane beside me before I missed my exit. I’m not sure what happened, but apparently I did something to make the guy in the lane next to me mad and he found it necessary to blow his horn at me and shake his head as he passed me. Sometimes I just wish I could say to the person doing that to me, “Look, buddy! You should realize what a miracle it is that I’ve managed to make it this far! Would you be able to manage passing back animal crackers to your 3 year old, listen to him whining about needing to poop, along with an 8 year old talking non-stop in the back, all while changing lanes in traffic?! Okay then. Back off!”

Whoo! That’s a day, and I’m glad it’s almost over! I’m also so glad that I finally feel well enough to have a day like today. Last week’s sickness was getting old fast.