The Puddles

I am exhausted from the weekend.  I actually went to bed at 9:30pm.  That is unheard of in my world.  Usually my evening doesn’t start until at least 10:00pm.  But the weekend caught up with me.  I am actually grateful for Monday and the routine that comes with it.  School, scouts, bell choir, chores.

There are so many chores to catch up on.  Last week and this weekend were so full, that I kept putting off laundry, cleaning, decent cooking, and most other things considered normal.  My usual cleaning/catchup day is Thursday and Friday and  I spent those days getting ready for the lockin.  My thoughts were . . . be prepared for 20 girls for an overnight or have a clean house.  Well I think we know which thought won out.

The lockin was so much fun.  The girls had a blast and I did too.  I think I completely wore out my other moms and one dad.  They were pretty excited about going home.  In fact, I am so proud of the fact that my troop cleaned the entire Fellowship Hall (except the few rooms that we didn’t use).  They scrubbed toilets, swept and mopped floors, and took out the trash.  And . . . they were excited about it.  That’s right. They woke up at 6:30am and started asking where the brooms were.  Yeah!  I had parents asking that I teach their daughters how to scrub toilets too.  Don’t worry.  Everyone will get an opportunity to scrub!

I came home from the lockin and still had so much energy that I went back out and ran errands while Chris was still home.  Then I came home and Chris left.  Then I made a poor choice.  I sat down.  I know that it sounds innocent.  But after pushing it for 24 hours, sleeping on the floor, and worrying about the safety of all of those girls exhausted me.  I didn’t get off the couch for another two hours.  There was sleep involved on occasion. The rest of the day was spent trying to clean up and recuperate.

After finally deciding (out loud, in fact.) to rejoin society, I served up dinner, put kids to bed, and got to work on preparing for Sunday.  I finished up writing the Christmas program, prepared for Sunday school and packed the car for the day.  Sunday was another busy day with church, meeting after church, another shopping trip for a birthday present, dropping two kids off at Aunt Debra’s while I took Miss A to a birthday party, and then finally coming home at 8:00 to get ready for bed.

And to top off the weekend, my car battery is dead.  So every time, I have to go any where I have to jump the car.  Luckily, I have a quick start jumper in the car.  But I jumped the car 4 times yesterday.  That stunk!  Didn’t have time to deal with it yet, so I haven’t.

So this week will be catch up.  Must work and reclaim.  The car is full. The house is full. The laundry is full. The sink is full. It will probably take me all week to catch up.  It is a good thing that I went to bed at 9:30 last night.  I needed the extra sleep.

So make more coffee!  It is time to start the week!