I woke up this morning on the sunny side of the bed.
It is a beautiful, sunny, frosty day. The weather has been most wonderful for almost a week. We have spent hours playing at the school in the afternoons. The kids are happy. I am happy to see them happy.
The nights are beautiful. The almost full moon illuminating the clear skies. I like to sit alone in the chilly night air basking in the glow of the moon.
And so? And so today i am going to blog my day. A reminder to myself that life is good. I am a lucky woman.
January 31, 2007
7am – shane and eliza out of bed.
7:10am – toby out of bed
7:23am – jess and parker out of bed
7:45am – shane in shower, tristan forced out of bed.
8:15am – tristan, toby, eliza and shane off to school and work.
9:10am – jess and parker in shower together.
9:47am – jess turns up this song and dances with parker.
10am – parker watches bob the builder while eating a bowl of mini-wheats.
10:02am – jess cleans up kitchen, turns on dishwasher, collects many loads of dirty laundry from upstairs, hauls them down, turns on first of many loads.
10:13am – jess and parker in car, off to tim hortons for a coffee for jess and a treat for parker, then off to school for kindergarten pick-up.
10:14am – score! shane forgot his wallet which contains $20 that is now in jess' pocket.
11:30am – kindergarten over. hook up kids with parents.
11:35am – parker and eliza play in sand while jess plays with toby's class on the field.
noon – $10 gas pumped. two happy meals from mcbarfy drive-thru. $20 spent.
12:19pm – home. happy meals smothered with ketchup.
12:20 – feed marmalade.
12:21 – unload dishwasher
12:26 – change laundry, fold first load.
12:45pm – check voicemail. return three phonecalls – two parents with concerns and principal about re-enrollment. Remember need to make dentist appointment and call house insurance. Forget about this walking from kitchen to playroom, now remember.
1:11pm – kick eliza off computer, damn webkinz. check email. i need viagra.
1:12pm – brush teeth, check laundry – not dry.
1:15pm – back in car, off to grocery store. will write check, payday tomorrow. Then to school for 2:20 pick-up.
2:30pm – chat with parents while kids play.
2:40pm – swing on swings with parker and eliza
3:00pm – short meeting with principals
3:42pm – walk down to pond beside school to see if we can skate on it. Yes!!
4:07pm – home again.
4:11pm – fix snacks for kids – cheese buns, apples and dry cereal.
4:19pm – fold laundry. load number four on.
4:29pm – check email, phone school confirming prices for out-of-school care and preschool program beginning next year.
4:31pm – take dogs out for short walk.
5:00pm – start dinner – sausages, wild rice and ceasar salad.
5:11pm – change and fold another load of laundry.
5:29pm – 18 minutes on the phone with school about various things.
5:48 – open bottle of cider and drink it in front of my kids
5:49pm – kids running naked down street because i am too drunk to notice.
5:59pm – shane's home. Early!!
6:12pm – dinner
6:14pm – kids done dinner.
6:28pm – jess and shane do dishes, kids upstairs.
6:31pm – another load of laundry, last one in drier.
6:31pm – kids get into jammies. more laundry to do tomorrow.
6:40 pm – talk to shane about his day *yawn*, my day *same old, same old*, the new shins album and the new modest mouse single.
6:47pm – go upstairs and dance to abba with tristan
6:56pm – play "store" with toby, eliza and parker, buy back all the things they stole from my room.
7:07pm – get parker into bed, read stories – if i could drive a dumptruck and maisy drives the bus – sing songs – itsy bitsy dumptruck, ballgame and twinkle twinkle little stoplight – turn out lights.
7:47pm – realize it's me snoring beside parker.
7:49pm – check email, phone friend. Going out for beer with friend! Must stop at coffee shop in lake for cappuccino first.
7:51pm – feed dogs, feed cat, turn dishwasher on. Shane putting other kids to bed.
7:51pm – forgot to call dentist. crap. go upstairs brush teeth.
7:54pm – phone board member regarding fire safety check at school. fix hair and face while talking.
8:11pm – dash to store to get chocolate for shane, must be his time of the month.
8:27pm – drop off chocolate.
8:54pm – stop at school photocopy a few things for other board members, put in their mailboxes. Log on school computer, check email, update post.
9:07pm – leave for pub. stopping at bank machine first. Shane paid us today. Yippee.
9:08pm – shit. forgot about groceries in car. At least it's freezing out.
9:27pm – in the parking lot. no friend.
9:28pm – friend calls. husband not home from fancy chef job.
9:30pm – play with cell phone. update contacts.
9:40pm – call friend. husband still not home. tell her i am going home.
9:41pm – stop at beer and wine store. buy some hermanns.
9:55pm – home again. give shane beer. watch last few minutes of the sopranos while folding last load of laundry.
10:01pm – the groceries! run to van, unload groceries.
10:10pm – get kids stuff ready for all school swim tomorrow. get lunch bags ready for packing in morning.
10:11pm – shane says i look pretty. someone wants to get lucky.
10:50pm – shane goes to bed. jess is tired. shane gives me a kiss and a goose.
10:51pm – goodnight. let dogs out. lock dogs and kitty in playroom. brush teeth, wash face, put on anti-wrinkle cream. lay in bed not sleeping. goodnight good day.
11:00pm – still up. didn't go upstairs yet. check AIM, nobody there. go outside admire moon. the sky is so clear, the moon is so bright. perfect for full moon soccer. listen to new shins album, very good. read novel in progress. must work on it. tomorrow night.
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