Springing Forward...

Hm.  I haven't been writing the last few days.  I'm not sure why.  There have been many funny and frustrating things that have gone on in my household that are blog worthy.  There have been terrible natural disasters that have been occurring in the world that are certainly blog worthy.  There is my usual state of angst and confusion that may or may not be blog worthy.  But I haven't blogged.  So there. And that is that.

I can't sleep (I'm still not used to springing forward I guess), so I thought I would write a bit.  I will start by recapping my weekend...  It was very busy (hectic).  Saturday D had his pinewood derby race, Big A and Little A had a girl scout meeting, and Big A had a soccer game...  ALL at the same time!  So from 9 am to 12pm I was shuffling kids around town like a mad woman....  Fortunately the girl scout and cub scout things were at the same church... But I had to leave the little ones at their respective events to run the big one to soccer, then leave her there to go back to get the little ones...  Glad no one got lost in the shuffle...  On Sunday, Little A and D had their soccer practices...  They were supposed to be at the same field, but a mix up occurred ( the field was double booked), and D's practice got moved to a different school field.  SO, I had to leave Big A at one school to watch her little sister, while I took D to another school for his practice.  I did not feel good about leaving my 8 year old to babysit my 5 year old in a public place while I spent an hour a couple of miles away with my son.  Fortunately, we had the same coach for Little A's team last season, and his wife agreed to look after them for me.  Still, I am not too happy with the YMCA right now.  Mix ups like this are not doable for single moms like me.  But I suppose that's what I get for being a single mom... Ha!  Anyway, no one was abducted or injured, and the girls behaved while I was away, so it worked out fine.  I just hope this doesn't happen again.  My nerves can't take it.  Sunday afternoon a friend came over to help me in the garden, then Pixie came over, then another friend came over... and pretty soon we were all having a drink of wine, watching 7 children play in my yard...  that led to dinner, which soon led to hyper children and stressed out mothers...  But it was really a LOT of fun!  :)  That was my weekend....

 This morning I woke up late, got the kids to school late, and felt totally exhausted all day, but I did get a few important things accomplished--- like GROCERY SHOPPING!  So there is that...  This evening I helped D with a mountain of homework...  He has a book report due on Wednesday.  He chose this book:
The Three Questions [Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy]  I love it.  It is a very sweet tale about what is important in life.  Anyway, tomorrow he has to make a puppet for his book report.  He is very excited about that!  It was actually a nice little evening we had... Tacos for dinner, and stories before bed.  I am exhausted, but for some reason I am wide awake.  Again.  Okay, I think I will try to get some sleep now... nite nite...