Wednesday, October 27, 2004
I don't know about the rest of you, but I know when I am busy I am much happier as a person. The past couple of days have gone by so quickly and it's all thanks to a very busy schedule and extra long "to do" list. Monday I ran Hunter to Kindergarten, Mark to the train and ran home to vacuum out our car before I picked up our neighbor Elizabeth. She's not doing very well lately and needed a ride to the doctor. I was not, however, going to pick her up in our disgustingly dirty vehicle. A quick run with the vacuum and Noah, Denver and I were off to pick up Elizabeth. After dropping her off we ran by CVS to drop off some film and returned home to finish cleaning the car, rake some leaves and mow the front lawn. In an attempt to keep the little boys busy I set up our tents and tunnels out front and I threw some yogurt raisins at them while I ran around like a mad-woman with armor-all and the lawn mower.Then we rushed back to pick up Elizabeth and returned home to find our neighbor kids having a blast in our Playhut collection. I tried to encourage Noah and Denver to join in, but they refused to be social and eventually the neighbor kids got pooped and we all retreated to our separate living quarters for lunch. After lunch I had a quick shower and then took Noah to the doctor for a little visit--nothing major. We picked up his prescription at CVS as well as my film and a treat for each of the boys. Then we rushed home for Hunter. I did my best to tidy up the house a bit then we had to get Mark, eat dinner and call it a night.
Yesterday was just as crazy. I got Hunter to school and Mark to the train as usual and then rushed home to get Noah and Denver in the bath and dressed. While they were in the bath I read them Halloween stories and rehearsed "Five Little Ghosts" so I'd be ready to read to Hunter's class. Then I bicycled Noah and Denver over to Miss Melody's where we left Noah for preschool. On my way home I felt sort of popular because I kept running into people I know and a five minute trip took me almost 45 minutes to complete. Of course that threw me off of my schedule a little and instead of a leisurely shower and a real hairdo I had to settle for a two minute rinse and a wet pony tail. Then Denver and I grabbed our sandwhiches and walked up to school where we joined Hunter for lunch. Mrs. Bunkoci was smitten by Denver and couldn't believe how well he speaks. We helped her wipe down tables (including Denver) and Mrs. Bunkoci said we should have at least ten more kids. I cringe at the thought of even one more--but it made me feel good at least. I ran Denver over to Miss Melody's after lunch and then went back to school to read to Hunter's class. After reading to them, we picked up Grace and returned her to Miss Melody and I picked up Noah and Denver. We ran to the grocery store, which is a really bad idea right after school and before naps, but we muddled through and got the necessary goods. Because I made the mistake of opening the garage when I got home (to put away some ice cream, of course) the boys pulled out all of their bikes and zoomed off down the street. So, I pulled out the mower and the rake and finished the backyard while they played. I made dinner and before you know it, the kids were in their pj's and sawing logs in the back of the car, on our way to get Mark. Mark and I ended the day with "50 First Dates" which is a fantastic movie and two large helpings of Peppermint Ice Cream which is back in stores for the holiday and also on sale, buy one get one free--yipppeee!
Today is another hectic one but since it's not over yet, I won't bore you with the details. I do need to get dressed though and get going to Nate and Devanie's for our Pumpkin Carving Party. It doesn't seem real--time to carve pumpkins already--but that's the way it is when you are constantly running. Time flies and the days and weeks and months just sort of blur all together and make me crazy.
So far we have 16-30 gallon bags of leaves packaged and ready for the garbage man. Last year we had around 60 bags by the end of the season. I imagine we will at least tie, if not beat that number this year. Exhausting!
posted by Shana # 3:38 PM 
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