Fall Break

Caution: long post ahead!

And it begins...Fall break is here. It starts today and goes for another week. I guess there are mixed feelings about these breaks. Yes, I like them because I get to see my kids! Like REALLY see them, not just getting them dressed and sending them out the door. Not that we are really doing anything grand or spectacular while they are home, but just hangin' out!

No, I don't like breaks cause there is NO structure! L only wants to watch movies (which I can't blame him, I want to veg too!) N thinks its Spongebob break, where nothing but Spongebob should be watched, spoken, and we only should eat krabby patties. How many times do you think she can take my order this break? Well its only 10am on the first day of break and I have already had 2 krabby patties. yeah.

Yes, I LOVE the fall break especially for the sleeping in factor!!! It seems now that its a little cooler out, the kids are sleeping great all night, and they actually don't want to get up in the morning. This is only a benefit when we are on break! Right now the only person getting up early is K. Poor guy. But his break will be in about 2 weeks.

No, I don't like the break cause there is way more cooking and dishes to be done. YUCK. I don't know if I have ever publically said how much I HATE dishes, but let it be known. In fact, If I could hire someone to do that one simple task, it would make my life complete! I know I shouldn't waste my time or energy hating it that much, but really, it just makes me cringe to have to do the dishes. I would gladly do vacuuming, laundry, dusting, etc. but HATE dishes.
Just sayin'.


OK~ so I know its been awhile since I have given the lo-down on whats been happening around here, so here it goes:

last Saturday and Sunday we watched conference.
Monday was generally fine. Nothing big happened. Same routines like usual.
Tuesday~ I knew it would be busy, but thought I was prepared. The kids & I (ok, N is already asking for Spongebob. yeah. I can hear her in the other room "sweet, I love it" while she is selecting her channel of preference.) Any who, The kids & I slept in because they had a dentist appt. at 8:30am. So, no point of sending them on the bus. We get up, get ready, and OH, did I mention it is also Picture day at school? yeah. So we are fed, dressed, teeth brushed, N's hair perfectly larger than normal cause she is gonna have to lay on it in the dentist chair, everyone is still in a good mood. K even had a late morning to help us out. Things are pretty darn good at this point. I tell the kids to get their shoes and we will be off. It is about 8:25, we need to be at the dentist in 5 minutes, but he is just a few streets over, so we are good.

I go out to the car to start it cause its raining and I want to be mindful of N's hair I just finished perfecting. I walk around to the drivers side to open and start the car and to my horror, the drivers window is completely smashed. WHY are people SO inconsiderate of my schedule??? Things like this on days like this are NOT OK.

I tell K, he is gonna have to call a friend for a ride to school, I am now confiscating his car and yelling at the kids to go to the other car, we are now late!!! They did an ok job. It seems like when its raining though, my kids are slower than normal.

But we made the dentist. check. Now it was time to get them to school. check. Picture $. check. Now for my Chiropractic appt. Check. I'm feeling good. I need some lunch. Its about noon and I realize I haven't eaten anything for myself yet today. oops. I text K, he is just getting out of class, so we decide to have lunch together in the cafeteria. I know. Romantic!.

I leave after a nice lunch, get home to get the kids off the bus and head over to take L to the Center. Now it's time for Parent Teacher conferences. Yeah. I meet K there, running behind by just a minute or so. First is N. Relatively good report. I found out she is in a talented and gifted class. who knew? not me!

Now for L. As most of my past postings show, L is not meeting the bar. yeah, big surprise. We had a nice chat and tried to come up with some ideas of how to fix this.

Get home. First words out of K's mouth is "whats for dinner?" I try REALLY hard not to bite his head off, state the obvious of " I don't know, I've been busy all day and I just walked through the door with YOU!" And right now as I'm typing, I don't remember what we had for dinner? Tuesday was that special!

Wednesday is our short day. Kids get home early, its go, go, go, and then its dinner and bed time.

And as you know today is the first day of break. So I think I'm gonna take full advantage of it!
Happy Fall! :)