Surviving Thursday!

Yesterday was pure chaos at its finest- but we survived, thank God!

Yesterday was one of those days where you find yourself constantly stopping to take a breath and power through.

It all started with Wednesday...........

We hired someone to come re-grout our counter tops. Well it was a 10 hour day. I, of course, had other things to do so they were here on their own most of the day. Finally after 8pm John told them they could leave if they wanted and finish up on Thursday. Only problem, Thursday was slammed packed with things going on and the LAST thing I needed was people in the house- AGAIN.

So, here I am at 10:30 needing to leave for an appointment and I can't leave because the guys haven't arrived yet. They finally arrive at 10:45, I let them in and off I go. At this point I can not really worry about what the heck they are doing while I am gone. I always tell John, "They will only steal from us once."

So I make it to my 11:00 appointment right one time. I power up the two flights of VERY steep stairs with baby in her car seat, sound asleep (which is a shocker considering the way I was powering up those stairs), arrive in the office and plop myself down in the chair. I was breathing so hard you would have thought I just climbed 100 flights of stairs.

One appointment done and I am off to the next "To Do".

I had about 30 minutes of "down time" in between the 11:00 and a funeral I was attending so rather than go home I went to my girl friend's house. She was kind enough to go pick up some bagels-by this point it was about 12:00 and I had yet to eat. I am VERY cranky when I don't eat! I inhaled the bagel just before leaving to drop Jillian off with my other girl friend who was going to watch her while I attended the service. I was in and out and off I went.

The funeral was so sad. And while I sat there amidst my chaotic day, I was able to take a deep breath and realize that I really needed to slow down. Sure life is CRAZY at times. And some days almost unmanageable. But life can also be WAY shorter than we ever thought possible. So taking that time to really be appreciative of what we have is oh so important.

After the service I dropped my girl friend off, drove across town to pick Jillian and then drove WAY across town to pick Jordyn up. Thursdays are "BALLET" days and Jordyn's favorite day of the week.

I always arrive at Ballet is pure "chaotic" fashion. Almost three year old in one hand and 3 month old in carseat in the other. Dance bag thrown over my shoulder, hair in my face and again BREATHING VERY DEEPLY. I always pray that I get a parking place up front because boy does it help.

Jordyn's class is only 45 minutes so Jillian and I always stay and wait. Anyone with little ones will understand why. By the time I load her back up in the car, drive to a different location, unload her and attempt to run an errand it is time to go back. In a way, my 45 minutes at dance class is my "down time". And besdies, everyone loves Jillian- she entertains all of us moms in the waiting room.


Oh wait- let me back up. I forgot to mention that yesterday, on top of everything, was mine and John's four year anniversary. And I, of all people, had yet to get him a card. If you know me you would know that I usually have one a month in advance. Well yesterday morning arrived and I had yet to get one. I, of course, was feeling extremely guilty. Some of my girl friends found pleasure in the fact that I hadn't gotten one yet. They were relieved that even I can be "unorganized" at times. Well for the record- it won't happen again! (I already have Halloween and Thanksgiving cards purchased for the girls!) So in between picking Jillian up and picking Jordyn up for class- we had to make a stop! Good news- I found the PERFECT card. So in the end, it worked out better than it probably would have had I bought it last week!


Ok back to dance class...........


Afterwards I loaded the girlies back in the car and headed home. I called John and told him to start dinner because I was STARVING! (I hadn't ate since the bagel!)


The girls and I arrived home to Linguine and Clams (one of my favorites) and some wine. John and I don't typically drink during the week but hey, it was our anniversary and I just had the day I had had. So why not!


We enjoyed our meal with our family and our night continued like every other night with baths, story books and a chaotic "bed time" routine which consisted of having to use the bathroom, needing water, wanting ONE more kiss and singing (yelling) for about 45 minutes. But by 8:30, the house was quiet and I was relaxing on the couch watching "trash" television.

Today is a new day. Will it be relaxing? Chances are not! But why would I want that anyways? That would be boring! Uneventful!

Days AS crazy as yesterday are few and far between. So when they come I just need to remember: breathe! And bottom line- it will soon be over. Afterall, there are only 24 hours in a day!