I’ve been neglecting you,
Blogosphere & Future Me (Leisure Reading for my 40s as to what I did in my
30s). No surprise – I’ve been busy,
keeping up with the kids during summer break, travel, and getting rid of stuff.
STUFF!
The rate at which “stuff” comes
into my house DOES NOT equal the rate at which “stuff” exits. I am making progress very slowly. I am motivated this week to increase my purging
productivity. My very generous MiL
bought Little Man bunk beds, which were delivered this past Sunday. Due to built-in shelves in Little Man’s room,
the kids have to switch rooms. Furniture
is all over the house in the interim. I’m
debating what to do with the queen mattress now. It is currently stuck on the basement stairwell. I thought I could move it alone and that it
would slide down the stairs. Um,
no. It’s too big. Which also means we (me + whomever I recruit
to move it) probably won’t be able to fit it through the walk-up stairs to the
attic. The bed frame, which was in very bad shape after multiple moves and one too many fun times, is already broken
up into pieces, outside, waiting for trash pickup (also dependent on when I can recruit someone
to help me move it on a Sunday). This
not-having-Man-Muscles-around can really become inconvenient at times. (An
aside: I’m trying to figure out how to
reconnect my cable. I may have to
Borrow-A-Husband for this duty. Ugh!)
MID-POINT OF SUMMER
The key to survival is SUMMER
CAMP! Little Man is in camp 7 out of 10
weeks of summer. It’s just better for
everyone. This week he is in Creative
Drama Camp with a Norse theme (Think Thor).
Next week is Harry Potter Camp with a science focus. The first 3 weeks of summer was Peace Camp, a
family visit to Wisconsin, and “Mommy Camp.”
For Mommy Camp, I had all these great ideas. The only idea that came to fruition was a
movie “Madagascar 3” to include popcorn & Icee (Food cost more than the
movie tickets!). I somehow lazed out of
swimming and Chuck E Cheese (thankfully!).
Diva Darling is in part-time
daycare.
Having a few hours to myself a
week has been integral to maintaining my sanity this summer.
FAMILY VISIT & BACHELORETTE
PARTY
I, of course, have much more to
tell, but alas the bed is calling. I’m
up too late as it is. If I wait to post
until I complete my original intentions, we all know it won’t get posted. Perhaps in the near future, I will post some
notes/observations about the annual trek to Wisconsin for the
Great-Grandparents Anniversary Celebration and my mad party planning skills for
my BFF’s Bachelorette Party. I am still
recovering. Not necessarily from excessive
debauchery but from sleep
deprivation. To bed!
