Thursday was a snow day here, because we were gifted about fourteen inches of snow over the course of twenty four hours. Then Friday was a pre planned PA Day for teachers to work on their report cards, and that rolled us nice a smoothly into the regularly scheduled weekend. All that to say that right am this morning was full of tears, tantrums, wobbly children shrieking about hating school, and not wanting to go. My spouse was car pooling today and was able to leave prior to the big theatrical elements of this morning’s meltdown. While it was fun to be off for so long, the pay off at the end is always going to be a resistance to going back to school. Those crocodile tears get real big & juicy around here. The level of shrillness goes way, way up too. We meted out a few extra hugs, a couple of pauses, some delays on the walk to the doors, but eventually they all went in, and I got the dog to the farm for his walk with Gracie-Mae. The world is right — again.
I’ve got loads of laundry to do. A kitchen to clean. Floors to vacuum. Maybe even some mopping to do. A general tidy up would not go amiss. We went to the cottage for the weekend. So that involved a lot of driving, but it also means piles of stuff that came home, and has not been properly put away by my kids, and spouse. I come home, I unpack immediately, then carry on. Not these three. They come in, dump piles of stuff every where, go relax, and just leave stuff for days, weeks, or months; left in bags, suitcases, and piles untouched. Gets under my skin like you wouldn’t believe. But then again 8 have full access to my clothes, and things because I sorted them out upon arrival..if I have forgotten anything I know immediately. It could be weeks before they realize they’ve left an item at the cottage, which they now desperately desire to have. Oh well. Act fast and you can catch extended family before they leave to fetch it home for you. Wait a month to look, and that possibility is gone, gone, gone.
I have some errands to run outside of the house tomorrow. I’m just returning some sharps to the pharmacy, and picking up a prescription. Nothing too fancy. Maybe I’ll get some gas so that we can go climbing without fear of running out of gas! Who knows, the day is wide open until I learn otherwise.
Today is Domestic Duties Monday, so I have things to do around here. I’d like to clean the toilets and sinks too. Lots of household chores for me to pick away at if I’m feeling frisky. Although I generally prefer to do the really persnickety stuff when the weather is better. I like to sit in the sun when I take a break from cleaning, not stare out the window at falling snow, icicles and dirty snowbanks.
I’m going to clean until school ends, or I get a phone call to pick up my youngest who is having a tough morning going back to school after too much time off. Wish us all luck.
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