Today was destined to be a doozy. It all started last night when I was a few miles into my trip home from church when I realized I'd forgotten the ice cream maker someone had returned to us. So we (Devon and I) tagged another 10 minutes onto the trip as we went back to get it. Ten minutes doesn't seem like much, but the kids already get to bed an hour and a half late each Wednesday night. So, Devon was wiped out. Then I was up til 12:30am with insomnia and up at 6:30 to get the day started.
I let the boys sleep as late as possible this morning, but ultimately had to wake them up in order to get Naomi to an appointment with her dermatologist. We swung by Safeway on the way home to pic up some bargains and freebies, but wasted a small chunk of time searching for some meat they had on sale ... but evidently failed to have in stock. Then it was home to try and cram in some school with tired, hungry, grumpy, bickering kids.
Delighted to have an opportunity to nap, I crawled into bed after lunch. However, one of our offspring made naps for themselves and two others family members impossible. I made no attempt to hide my frustration. Back out of bed to get dinner started, as we had people coming over at 4:00 and it was clear that I wasn't getting a nap.
Ugh. What a lousy morning.
However, the evening was much better. Linda, Tim's mom, came over with two of her other grandkids, our kids' cousins that they haven't been around much. She wanted to do a quilting project with the boys. I wasn't sure they'd be interested, but she was welcome to give it a shot. Both boys enjoyed learning some quilting basics and picking out some border colors with. Then Devon took off to play with his cousins while Silas helped Linda design the quilt. Should have known my box-checking, plan-making son would like the designing of a quilt!
Tim came home and we all had dinner. The cousins, who I've been told are kinda picky eaters, liked the main dish I served. Then the four youngest kids went back to playing happily together while Linda and Silas started cutting some fabric. I got the dishes washed and garden watered while Tim hung with the non-quilting kids.
About 6:30 everyone took off - Linda and the kids back home, Tim and the boys to pick up my grandma and take the boys to their swimming lessons, Naomi and I off on a walk. Naomi and I returned home to a clean and quiet house that smelled wonderful, thanks to a chicken that was in the crockpot. We played together for about thirty minutes without any interruption, then she hopped in the bath for quite a while.
Boys came home, kids got jammied up, I took care of the chicken, Tim went to work out. I got into comfy jammies and spent well over an hour reading in bed - my Bible and a devotional book, then a "just for fun" book.
Now I'm tired and I can tell I'll be able to sleep. So, I'm going to bed by 10:00. What a nice night!
1 comment:
What started off not so good sounds like it ended much better.
I don't like when nap is disrupted... not one bit.
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