Today was our first day of Daddy's new job. One where he is out of the house and not able to help us do all of the menial morning chores that he has always helped us do. While it is an amazing opportunity for us, and one that we have been hoping for, and now celebrating, the girls don't quite seem to get why we are celebrating daddy being out of the house... all the time!
It's been quite an adjustment period over the last 24 hours, but i will say that i seemed to have gotten more done since yesterday afternoon than i have in possibly two years. Keeping the girls and myself in motion has seemed to lessen the blow a bit!
Yesterday, I mentioned the fact that when i got the double-jogger cleaned up, we could all go for a spin... thanks to the endless encouragement of my 5.5 year old, we pulled the old thing out of the gunk, cleaned it up, drove to the gas station to fill up the tires, and i even managed to run a slow and grueling 1.5 miles with them around the track at the Y! Impressive for pushing a whopping 65 lbs of children plus the probably 20 lbs of my old rusted not-state-of-the-art machine and two whole years of unaccompanied running!
Today, I managed to not only get M to school (with lunch, snack, homework, teacher appreciation gift, and a full belly), but we were on time... something we don't normally achieve even if the whole wide world is pitching in! I even fed the dog and enjoyed three whole cups of coffee before we left the house! After that accomplishment, B and I headed to the mall to return a few items, window shop for even more, and a quick spin on the carousel- it was fun and somehow relaxing! we made it back with plenty of time for me to wash all of the dishes that had not been cleaned since Sat (because, i stupidly hadn't noticed the error message on the dishwasher, and just kept trying to re-run the load when it didn't come back clean.) Yes, I had dishes piled up since Sat, and i had to hand-wash every single one! I don't know how my dad and his clan have managed this long without their's running! Thankfully, though, after picking M up from school, the girls graciously offered me their help with the dishes and we got so much MORE done in so much less time!
We then headed out for a playdate at Monkey Joes, where i thought letting off all of the their steam would equal instant bedtimes, but no- alas, i was wrong. my children, much like me, feed off any and all excitement. the fun they had at Monkey Joes was only a small taste for them (even after two full hours of non-stop jumping, running, climbing, playing...) No, they wanted MORE. and More and More and More fun and excitement and entertainment- straight through until almost 10:00 tonight!
Once they were asleep, I worked on my course, which i felt i had been slacking on a bit on. And now i am 100% up-to-speed! I am heading off to dive head first into a novel (yes, actual entertaining reading- no more journal articles about mentally ill patients displaced in Uganda for tonight!) and then to sleep!
Day One - Success! Thank God (in every aspect; in every way!)
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